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Worth reading: Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins.40 Illustrations Show The Most Fascinating Facts About WorldCoding is not ‘fun’, it’s technically and ethically complexNaomi Klein: How big tech plans to profit from the pandemicRijksmuseum Posts ‘Most Detailed’ 45-Gigapixel View Of Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’Australia 'records fastest internet speed ever'New Logo and Packaging for Bowl & Basket by PearlfisherJapan by Car - Illustrations by James GilleardRio Tin...

Worth reading: In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō TanizakiExplore the world of passports by colorSingle-use plastic: China to ban bags and other itemsMy Ordinary Life: Improvements Since the 1990sKinuta Terrace by Norm ArchitectsSeven new peacock spiders discovered in AustraliaThe intelligence coup of the centuryRosebud AI. These models aren't real.1,500 Free Online Courses from Top UniversitiesArt by Peter D Harris Worth watching: Conversations: Featuring Claire Lehmann, Founding Editor of Q...

Worth reading:  Casa Flotante treehouse by TalleresqueNoah Kalina took a picture of himself every day for 20 years – and will until he diesGordon Pembridge - fine art and woodturning Academic research: integrating security and privacyToo Many Americans Will Never Be Able to RetireThe Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know ItYouTuber uses neural networks to upscale 1896 short film to 4K 60 fpsA Long-Lost Legendary Roman Fruit Tree Has Been Grown From 2,000-Year-Old SeedsSignal Is Fi...

Worth reading: 'Perfect' Scotch whisky collection could be worth £8mHandwriting Is an Overlooked Memory BoosterFinland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracyPorcelain by Yuting ChangCocoon - a social media alternative for those closest to you Bumpers Oast by ACME architecture Everyone needs to stop building giant glass skyscrapers right nowIkuya Shigezane (Japanese graphic designer)Algorithms can now detect your heart rate and stress levels over v...

Worth reading: Permanent Record by Edward SnowdenContract for the Web - A global plan of action to make our online world safe and empowering for everyoneGame Chronicle - A History of Japanese computer games, in a game.Paranoia Is Now a Best PracticeWhen the Pianos Went to WarGoogle reportedly collects health data on millions of Americans without informing patients4 Feminist Lies That Are Making Women MiserableRussia to ban sale of devices that don’t come with “Russian software”Canals: a four pa...

Worth reading: RESIST! How to Be an Activist in the Age of Defiance. I hesitated to include this book on the list because I'll happily admit I only bought it for the design direction. The content is not all that interesting but it serves as some nice design inspiration. The Tiny Scottish Island Where Arguments Are Settled With Cheese and WhiskyThe Global Disinformation Order - 2019 Global Inventory of Organised Social Media Manipulation. Research paper by Oxford University (PDF download)Why Ame...

Worth reading: The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Well, I finally finished reading The Gulag Archipelago and it is by far one of the most important books any of us could possibly read. Be sure to add it to your list.German Unity Day: Today is the day to fight for privacy. Lufthansa Upcycling CollectionMEISTER branding Using Google Maps costs more than you think.A.074 - A house near the forest, WarsawBring Back Handwriting: It’s Good for Your BrainIndia is planning a huge China-sty...

Worth reading: The Discent of Man by Grayson Perry Privacy is power - Don’t just give away your privacy to the likes of Google and Facebook – protect it, or you disempower us allA SoHo Loft with a Hidden Loft BedroomWhy I Printed My FacebookWater harvester makes it easy to quench your thirst in the desertLip-reading CCTVAn Office in Poland Inspired by Shipping ContainersPaging Big Brother: In Amazon’s Bookstore, Orwell Gets a RewriteFrom bread to beer: Woolworths helps create its first circular...

Worth reading: Improve Your App Stores Assets & Workflow with These Design Tools - A new article I wrote on the ASO Stack. If you're interested in mobile growth then please check it out!Seaside Abode by Norm Architects The Stories Behind a Line - visual narrative of asylum seeker routesThe world needs a tech diet; here is how designers can helpTourism Is Eating the World - Congestion taxes seem like the inevitable answerCivilization Is Built on CodeIf You Want to Be Creative, Don’t Be Data ...

Worth reading:  In einem stillen Lan by Roger Melis - Black and white photography during the GDR periodKuroi Hana knife by Edge of BelgraviaLotus Evija is the first fully electric hypercar from the British car makerDribbble's 404 pageNestlé Japan is making KitKat packaging recyclable, and ideal for origamiNetting portraits by Benjamin ShinePrints by Kitao Masayoshi100 Every DayMulliner completely re-creates pivotal 1939 Bentley CornicheTokyo subway’s humble duct-tape typographerDetailed photogr...

Worth reading: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt (book)Soviet Logos - Lost Marks of the Utopia (book)The Camera That Went To The Moon And Changed How We See ItHow to make Sushi (animation)Communism And Nazism Are Now Legally Synonymous in UkraineThe art of Joseph LeeOntario family files human rights complaint after six-year-old girl upset by gender theory in schoolCabin Stokkøya - NorwayHong Kong Protests Show Dangers of a Cashless Society Hello House by Fooi-Ling KhooPlex typeface by IBM W...

Worth reading: 'The Strange Death of Europe' by Douglas MurrayA Professor Spoke the Truth, He Still Pays the Price21 Phrases You Use Without Realizing You’re Quoting ShakespeareFord GT Mark IIWhat Apple, Facebook and Google each mean by "privacy"A House In Kyoto (with a tree growing in the middle) How I Fully Quit Google (And You Can, Too)You Are Doing Something Important When You Aren’t Doing AnythingPakt Coffee Brewing System for Travel The 11 Most Nightmarish Depictions of Hell in Art Histor...

Worth reading: On Tyranny - Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy SnyderIGNANT’s Guide To Brutalism In BerlinThinkspot - a platform that is an intellectual playground for censorship-free discourseRare Harvest mānuka honey packaging by Marx DesignThe Left's character assassination of Roger ScrutonKimpton Saint George, TorontoYouTube Pulls ‘Triumph of the Will’ For Violating New Hate Speech PolicyDucati Streetfighter V4 prototypeSamsung deepfake AI could fabricate a video of you fr...

Worth reading:  The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban LandscapeWeekend Villa in KaruizawaSan Francisco bans cashless storesAlso, San Francisco Approves Ban On Government's Use Of Facial Recognition TechnologyLumipod minimalist cabinUpcoming 2020 Toyota SupraDice - a modular, conrete vinyl record storage systemAncient hallucinogens found in 1,000-year-old shamanic pouchIn Tbilisi, Stamba Hotel Takes a Page from a Former Soviet Printing Press6 Feminist Myths That Will Not ...

Worth reading:The Life of a Stupid Man by Ryūnosuke AkutagawaHumane by DesignDad cannot stop docs from giving daughter hormone treatment, Canada judge rulesFacebook employees had access to millions of user passwords (in plain text)Helm Home Server by New Deal DesignChristchurch mosque shootings: 'Manifesto' deemed objectionableA House Of Platforms Overlooking Nojiri-Ko LakeAlbert Camus: Unfashionable Anti-TotalitarianMuskoka Boathouse$450 Million “Salvator Mundi” by Leonardo Da Vinci Is Apparent...

Worth reading: Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar WildeThe First Hyperlinked Text: The Bible and its 63,779 Cross-ReferencesLight Phone 2 Auction Block: Steve McQueen’s 1953 Hudson Hornet SedanGRAND-PIC Chalet Amazon’s Project Zero will let brands remove counterfeit listings of their products 50 Facts About BerlinEndangered Alphabets: Preserving Endangered Writing Systems Revealed: Facebook’s global lobbying against data privacy laws How Sweden’s Blind Altruism Is Harming Migra...