Inside a martian canyon https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/02/Inside_a_martian_canyon

Making Doctor Who, 1977
"Every visual effect is an experiment"... A look behind the scenes of the UK's biggest sci-fi show https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/making-doctor-who/zjs4vk7

"Personally, I wanted to know how Baskin came up with all of these made-up credentials. But to my surprise, she pointed out these are all the same qualifications the actual Twitter app requires of its users requesting verified status. And that’s kind of the point of the prank."

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/Blue-Check-Homes-SF-artist-prank-verified-Twitter-15918854.php

Reporters used cell phone data to track Jan 6th insurrectionists from their homes to Washington DC, to the rally and inside the Capitol.

Fascinating data journalism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/capitol-attack-cellphone-data.html

The only items initially believed to have been stolen were food, including the eatery’s trademark chicken and waffles.

(I've eaten breakfast at this restaurant. It's yummy.)

https://www.pasadenanow.com/main/man-robs-pasadena-restaurant-of-chicken-and-waffles-at-gunpoint/

HBO Max has ordered a drama series based on the life of Julia Child. https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/julia-child-series-hbo-max-1234885718/

"The Arduboy Nano not only pushes the boundaries of how small you can make a handheld gaming system, it’s also gone several miles past that boundary into uncharted territory."
https://gizmodo.com/youll-need-a-microscope-to-play-this-inch-tall-game-boy-1846179983

1937 film explains how a car differential works https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a25833/1937-film-perfectly-explains-how-a-car-differential-works/

Digital artist Scadarts (previously) uses Photoshop to put Star Wars characters into classic artworks. His latest series uses the classical Japanese style to portray Boba Fett, Ahsoka Tano, Darth Maul, and Leia Organa.
https://designyoutrust.com/2021/01/star-wars-characters-as-classical-japanese-art/

The Lousy Tippers of the Trump Administration

"Baseball caps violated our dress code, so for those more decorated Trumpets, most meals began with an unwanted amuse-bouche of flambéed persecution complex."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/trump-administration-tippers-fine-dining-dc.html

Conspiracy theories tend to form around certain narrative threads that connect various characters, places, and things across discrete domains of interaction that are otherwise not aligned. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/study-folklore-structure-reveals-how-conspiracy-theories-emerge-fall-apart/

Beautiful diagrams explore the nervous system from two pioneers in the field. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/illustrations-of-the-nervous-system-golgi-and-cajal

Techdirt founder Mike Masnick spoke with John Battelle about Section 230, data privacy, and a possible path forward for both. Awesome conversation; I listened to every word. https://pgsignal.com/2021/02/02/can-the-platforms-solve-content-moderation-and-data-privacy/

The blue screen we all know and love today usually occurs when something has happened to cause the Windows kernel to call the KeBugCheck function https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/02/windows_blue_screen/

In Germany, sugar-free chocolate isn’t chocolate. The official rules say chocolate has to contain sugar. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/feb/02/ritter-sport-no-sugar-bar-not-chocolate-cacao-y-nada

May the best robot win https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/22/1016633/robot-arms-smarter-self-play-reinforcement-learning-training-openai/

What a manuscript can tell us about an iconic scientist and the history we’ve built around him. "Anyone who has worked with these manuscripts must have sympathy for Pellet. They are a mess." https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/the-newton-mess

"Although Red House is a stylistic masterpiece, certain of its features reveal the relative inexperience of its designers." For William Morris fans... https://www.archdaily.com/873077/ad-classics-red-house-arts-crafts-william-morris-philip-webb