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Wed. 04/28 - How To Fix Our Crappy Toilets & Secure Our Future
It’s time for a toilet revolution. No, I’m not just talking about bidets. Our wastewater systems are dangerously out of date, but sustainable innovations could be just around the u-bend. Plus, the future of contact lenses is bright––or not, if you’d prefer they block the sun. And Apple dropped a very pandemic-themed update to their emojis.
Links:
The Pandemic Proved That Our Toilets Are Crap (Wired)
High-tech contact lenses are straight out of science fiction — and may replace smart phones (The Conversation)
The new syringe emoji is a better fit for the age of COVID-19 vaccines (CNET)
The 'Vaccine' Emoji Gets a New Look This Week (Wired)
💉 Syringe Emoji (Emojipedia)
Kottke Ride Home: Thu. 1/14 - How We Narrowly Avoided an Emoji Shortage on Apple Podcasts (Kottke Ride Home)
'Great Gatsby' Musical to Be Written by Florence Welch (Variety)
Citizen Kane lost its perfect Rotten Tomatoes score (A/V Club)
Citizen Kane loses 100% "Fresh" rating after 80-year-old negative review added to Rotten Tomatoes (Boing Boing) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
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It’s time for a toilet revolution. No, I’m not just talking about bidets. Our wastewater systems are dangerously out of date, but sustainable innovations could be just around the u-bend. Plus, the future of contact lenses is bright––or not, if you’d prefer they block the sun. And Apple dropped a very pandemic-themed update to their emojis.
Links:
The Pandemic Proved That Our Toilets Are Crap (Wired)
High-tech contact lenses are straight out of science fiction — and may replace smart phones (The Conversation)
The new syringe emoji is a better fit for the age of COVID-19 vaccines (CNET)
The 'Vaccine' Emoji Gets a New Look This Week (Wired)
💉 Syringe Emoji (Emojipedia)
Kottke Ride Home: Thu. 1/14 - How We Narrowly Avoided an Emoji Shortage on Apple Podcasts (Kottke Ride Home)
'Great Gatsby' Musical to Be Written by Florence Welch (Variety)
Citizen Kane lost its perfect Rotten Tomatoes score (A/V Club)
Citizen Kane loses 100% "Fresh" rating after 80-year-old negative review added to Rotten Tomatoes (Boing Boing) 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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