I’m sure you’ve all seen WPlace.live by now, which has become an unexpected internet sensation, and it was on my list when i first found it (back when it seemed to be used only by Brazilians)… but, eh, it’s lost its luster. Too much spam, too much brigading. There was a nice period at the start where everyone in the Holy Land was keeping to their side of the Green Line. Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Gaza, Jerusalem, Bethlehem — all beautiful. Now it’s just a giant mess. Anyway! Links.

• Making a restaurant in a river so you can eat an invasive species
• Protoweb, a service hosting old versions of websites for retro computers to access.
• StoryTerra is an interactive map of stories (films, books, games, &c.) that take place in a certain place and time. A bit laggy, and there are a few omissions from whatever algorithm they’ve used to categorise it, but still fun to explore!
• An Australian ship used a quantum gravimeter to navigate for six days
• Raspberry Shake, a decentralised network of Raspberry Pi-based seismometers that anyone can join.
• Gen Z isn’t powerless against technology. There’s a lot of doom and gloom about around my generation’s poor relationship with the computer, and while it has merit, i found this article a refreshingly optimistic counterargument.
• Salt Lake City’s Catholic cathedral is not subtle
• A supercut of characters in TV and movies going, “What are you gonna do, shoot me?” and getting shot.
• The ultimate Xanthe-bait: A group of medical scientists conjectures that the mythic feminising effects of Salmacis pond, sacred spring of Hermaphroditos, may have been very real and a result of the presence of mycoœstrogens. (via Linkfest)
• How one artist conned his way into having the most translated article on Wikipedia
• manul life could be dream
• I love this idea: playing bingo with obscure unviewed Youtube videos. Legendary algorithm pull.
• “Giving people money helped less than I thought it would”
• Babe what’s wrong? You’ve barely touched your ship goo
• The incredible Zimmer tower