Mon. 04/04 - The Artwork Made By Six Million People and Counting
Apr 04, 2022•20 min
Episode description
Six million people and counting are creating a piece of artwork together right now in a reminder that sometimes we can have nice things on the internet. Plus, birds are laying their eggs almost a whole month earlier than they used to. And some sounds from Ukraine’s musical resistance to Russia.
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Links:
Internet communities are battling over pixels (Washington Post)
Reddit's r/Place art experiment has already devolved into beautiful chaos (Input)
2017 final canvas (r/Place)
Cool time lapse of the first day of r/place (ethorodison, Twitter)
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If Blink 182 Wrote 'Never Gonna Give You Up' (Alex Melton, YouTube)
Birds are laying their eggs a month earlier than normal (Washington Post)
Birds nesting, laying eggs earlier, Field Museum study by John Bates finds, reflecting climate change (Chicago Sun-Times)
Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, UN Panel Warns (NY Times)
Zelensky makes surprise Grammys appearance to urge support for Ukraine (Washington Post)
Ukraine Has Written a Folk Song About Its Drone (Vice)
Coca-Cola Byte: Coke's New Drink Is 'Pixel' Flavored. What to Know (CNET)
Jackson Bird on Twitter
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