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A parrot steals a GoPro - and tries to eat it. Gets some great footage, though.Beach Life
Here's some links.Don't read them all at once…
Hello, there,It’s summer holiday time in the northern hemisphere, and for the first time in a couple of years, I've actually been on holiday. We've been camping in a coastal valley with no WiFi and the merest sniff of 3G connection (if you climb part the way …
This is astonishing. Using machine-learning based upscaling and interpolation, the French seaside from a century ago is brought to vivid life.
The big annual Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute launched yesterday. Here's my write-up of the fascinating discussion that happened at the London launch event:
A nice wee video explaining a useful psychological concept.
People underestimate the role colour plays in any visual medium. There's a reason colour grading has become such an important skill in video editing, for example. I've had some fascinating discussions about the role of colour psychology in arresting share ima…
I doubt anyone noticed - but this is the missing issue of ERT.I genuinely can't remember why this issue ended up being skipped. But hey, let's enjoy those nicely-aged links.A good link is like a good whisky. It gets better with age, and should be enjoyed in a…
As winter takes a grip on the northern hemisphere, this is a beautiful reminder of the balmy post-lockdown days of the early Summer, when the winter, and a resurgence of that-thing-I-don't-mention-in-this-newsletter seemed far off.
Just a reminder, this is my irregular "interesting and rather arbitrary things to read" newsletter. If you're here for my deep and compelling thoughts on journalism (*cough*) you might want to hit "unsubscribe" and head over here instead. Feel free. Still her…
Happy May Day, everyone. Links ahoy!Just a reminder. This is my “interesting reading” newsletter - three stories, none of them about THAT virus.All the journalism/engagement stuff has moved.
Stay safe. And find your joy where you can, my friends.
Sorry for missing the last few days. Sometimes self-care comes first.Journalists: if you signed up here for journalism content, you’re in the wrong place. Try here instead.This is three great reads a day - and none of them will be about Covid-19.
Week ♾ in the house, and we still need interring things to read.
A bonus Tweet, sent in by Charlotte (thank you!). People should write more letters like this, and fewer angry tweets.Right, time for 🥃 and 🛌.Until tomorrow.
Until tomorrow, lovely people. Please send feedback. It's been lovely hearing from some of you over the last few days.
As a bonus, here's a brief time-lapse of the view from our house from earlier today.
This is a beautiful project turning the movement of birds in a murmuration into sheer art.To clarify…I now have a number of newsletters. Are you subscribed to the right one(s)? Here's a quick guide to which is which:
Another week. Another day. Another set of great links to distract and engage you.Allons y!
Well, that was harder than I was expecting.I tried to find good reading that was completely free of references to you-know-what, but struggled. In the end, I gave up yesterday, and have returned to it today. (It trigged some other though processes, which you …