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Oct. 6, 2020

Tue. 10/06 - Asbestos: The Secret Weapon Against Climate Change?

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  • Show Notes

How the pandemic is changing our taste in music. The most ironic thing that could happen to a newly-published book titled Word Perfect. How asbestos might actually be a weapon against the climate crisis. And a Rocky Horror Picture Show-themed monument in New Zealand.

Links:

  • Is Pandemic Brain Changing Your Taste in Music? You're Not Alone (Vice) 
  • "Music is 5x as good right now" (Demi Adejuyigbe, Twitter)
  • Famed lexicographer's new book "Word Perfect" released with a ton of typos (Boing Boing)
  • Asbestos could be a powerful weapon against climate change (you read that right) (MIT Technology Review)
  • There's a park in New Zealand dedicated to Riff Raff from ROCKY HORROR (Boing Boing)
  • Riff Raff (Visit Hamilton)
  • RiffRaffStatue.org
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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