Feb. 1, 2021
Mon. 02/01 - February's Mars Invasion
Sharing some thoughts from Langston Hughes on this first day of Black History Month, and questioning what makes someone a hero in our history books. Plus, the discovery of a new blue pigment. And all the Mars news for February.
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Links:
- We Are the American Heartbreak: Langston Hughes on Race in a Rare Recording (Brain Pickings)
- Langston Hughes Reads Langston Hughes (Open Culture)
- How We Celebrate Black Heroes Can Obscure How Change Happens (NY Times)
- 13TH (Netflix)
- For the First Time in 200 Years, a New Blue Pigment Is Up for Sale (Smithsonian)
- Meet YInMn, the First New Blue Pigment in Two Centuries (Hyperallergic)
- YInMn Blues: The Discovery that Startled the World! | Mas Subramanian | TEDxUNC (TEDx, YouTube)
- NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover landing will be must-see TV (CNET)
- NASA Mars Perseverance rover: What to expect on landing day (CNET)
- February’s Gonna Be a Big Month for Mars (Wired)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
