Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Thu. 03/18 - Salmon Chaos & The Paris Commune
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Thu. 03/18 - Salmon Chaos & The Paris Commune
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Paris Commune––and it remains as controversial as ever. Scientists have grown a mouse embryo in an artificial womb and have set their sites on human embryos next, speaking of controversy... And why people in Taiwan keep legally changing their names to "Salmon."
Sponsors:
- StartMail, Get 50% off your first year at StartMail.com/kottke
Links:
Paris Commune: The revolt dividing France 150 years on (BBC)
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century by Greil Marcus
Revolution, Rebellion, Resistance: The Power of Story by Eric Selbin
The Paris Commune Is Still a Beacon for Radical Change (The Jacobin)
Vive la Commune? The working-class insurrection that shook the world (The Guardian)
A mouse embryo has been grown in an artificial womb—humans could be next (MIT Technology Review)
Taiwan official urges people to stop changing their name to 'salmon' (The Guardian)
Taiwan warns people against changing their name to 'Salmon' (Washington Post)
This Salmon Was Burned Alive - A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix) Season 2 (YouTube)
How Sperm Whales Learned to Collectively Outsmart 19th-Century Whalers (Kottke)
Studying Humpback Whales to Better Communicate with Aliens (Kottke) 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
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View all episodes
By Cool Stuff Daily
4.6
730730 ratings
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Paris Commune––and it remains as controversial as ever. Scientists have grown a mouse embryo in an artificial womb and have set their sites on human embryos next, speaking of controversy... And why people in Taiwan keep legally changing their names to "Salmon."
Sponsors:
- StartMail, Get 50% off your first year at StartMail.com/kottke
Links:
Paris Commune: The revolt dividing France 150 years on (BBC)
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century by Greil Marcus
Revolution, Rebellion, Resistance: The Power of Story by Eric Selbin
The Paris Commune Is Still a Beacon for Radical Change (The Jacobin)
Vive la Commune? The working-class insurrection that shook the world (The Guardian)
A mouse embryo has been grown in an artificial womb—humans could be next (MIT Technology Review)
Taiwan official urges people to stop changing their name to 'salmon' (The Guardian)
Taiwan warns people against changing their name to 'Salmon' (Washington Post)
This Salmon Was Burned Alive - A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix) Season 2 (YouTube)
How Sperm Whales Learned to Collectively Outsmart 19th-Century Whalers (Kottke)
Studying Humpback Whales to Better Communicate with Aliens (Kottke) 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
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More shows like Cool Stuff Daily
View all
WSJ Your Money Briefing
1,720 Listeners
BrainStuff
1,660 Listeners
CyberWire Daily
1,030 Listeners
Science Friday
6,435 Listeners
Make Me Smart
5,461 Listeners
Up First from NPR
56,508 Listeners
The Indicator from Planet Money
9,532 Listeners
The Jordan Harbinger Show
11,994 Listeners
Tech Brew Ride Home
963 Listeners
The Journal.
6,089 Listeners
Fiction - Comedy Fiction
6,446 Listeners
Consider This from NPR
6,381 Listeners
Big Technology Podcast
508 Listeners
Cybersecurity Headlines
136 Listeners
The Economics of Everyday Things
1,637 Listeners