Jan. 28, 2022
Fri. 01/28 - Why the Metaverse Doesn't Have Legs
Catalonia is set to pardon a thousand people who were condemned for witchcraft four hundred years ago. Plus, a mysterious object discovered in our galaxy has astronomers a bit stumped. And why don’t avatars in the metaverse have legs?
Catalonia is set to pardon a thousand people who were condemned for witchcraft four hundred years ago. Plus, a mysterious object discovered in our galaxy has astronomers a bit stumped. And why don’t avatars in the metaverse have legs?
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Links:
- Catalonia to pardon up to 1,000 people accused of witchcraft (The Guardian)
- Hundreds of Women Executed for 'Witchcraft' Were Just Pardoned (Vice)
- Catalonia Pardons Hundreds of Witch Trial Victims (Mental Floss)
- What the hell is this new thing in the Milky Way? (Mic)
- Astronomers detect powerful cosmic object unlike anything they've seen before (Space.com)
- Scientists amazed by blinking star's 'totally unexpected' behavior (Reuters)
- 'Spooky' object that unleashes periodic bursts of energy detected in Milky Way (NBC News)
- Astronomers Detect Strange Signals We've Never Seen Before in Our Cosmic Vicinity (Science Alert)
- I found out why metaverse avatars don't have legs (The Next Web)
- Tongan Flag Bearer Cancels Olympic Plans to Help Tsunami-Stricken Nation (Vice)
- Tonga Tsunami relief by Pita Taufatofua (GoFundMe)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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