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A new fossil analysis that bolsters the theory that primates may have lived alongside dinosaurs––and somehow survived extinction. The high school girl who invented color-changing sutures that show when a wound has become infected. And why the filter made famous from the viral Lawyer Cat video was installed as a default setting on thousands of Dell computers.
Sponsors:
- Gabi Insurance, gabi.com/kottke
Links:
Did ancient primates walk alongside T. rex? New evidence backs up theory. (National Geographic)
Our earliest primate ancestors rapidly spread after dinosaur extinction (Berkeley News)
This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection (Smithsonian Magazine)
That Zoom Call with the Lawyer-Cat, Explained (The New Yorker)
Zoom Cat Lawyer Rod Ponton Has Controversial Prosecutor Past (Insider)
Forever Given
NUMTOT Tinder Is a Dating Site for Transit Nerds (The Atlantic) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
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A new fossil analysis that bolsters the theory that primates may have lived alongside dinosaurs––and somehow survived extinction. The high school girl who invented color-changing sutures that show when a wound has become infected. And why the filter made famous from the viral Lawyer Cat video was installed as a default setting on thousands of Dell computers.
Sponsors:
- Gabi Insurance, gabi.com/kottke
Links:
Did ancient primates walk alongside T. rex? New evidence backs up theory. (National Geographic)
Our earliest primate ancestors rapidly spread after dinosaur extinction (Berkeley News)
This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection (Smithsonian Magazine)
That Zoom Call with the Lawyer-Cat, Explained (The New Yorker)
Zoom Cat Lawyer Rod Ponton Has Controversial Prosecutor Past (Insider)
Forever Given
NUMTOT Tinder Is a Dating Site for Transit Nerds (The Atlantic) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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