Wed. 07/27 - Netflix "Lucas-ing" Stranger Things
Cryptographers have identified the first known secure global communication system, in the form of nineteenth century newspaper ads. Plus, a fourth patient has been effectively cured of HIV. And Netflix is retroactively editing Stranger Things. The edits are not as big a deal as they seem, but the fact that Netflix can implement them so easily raises bigger questions about the future of arts and entertainment.
Cryptographers have identified the first known secure global communication system, in the form of nineteenth century newspaper ads. Plus, a fourth patient has been effectively cured of HIV. And Netflix is retroactively editing Stranger Things. The edits are not as big a deal as they seem, but the fact that Netflix can implement them so easily raises bigger questions about the future of arts and entertainment.
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Links:
- Codebreakers Find ‘Sexts,’ Arctic Dispatches in 200-Year-Old Encrypted Newspaper Ads (Vice)
- Fourth patient seemingly cured of HIV (BBC)
- Fourth person 'cured' of HIV, but is a less risky cure in sight? (Medical Xpress)
- Stranger Things Season 4: Duffer Brothers on Fixing Will's Birthday (Variety)
- Netflix retroactively editing Stranger Things is the beginning of a dangerous TV trend (GQ)
- Is Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Editing Out Jonathan’s Creepy Behavior in Season 1? (The Mary Sue)
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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