#464 - NOPE wonder, the recycled union anthem, and glowing toes
I watched Jordan Peele's movie NOPE on the plane down to Medellin where I am right now, and oh boy is that a harrowing work of cinema!
More thriller than horror but definitely both, it's one of those movies you should watch with friends, knowing nothing, on a huge screen. (
Once you have, check our this reddit post referencing IRL animal attacks that inspired parts of the film)
I'll share more about Medellin next week after I leave - for now, compared with my last visit in 2016, Poblado has way more buildings and gringos than there were before.
Tech
Web3 is Going Just Great — web3isgoinggreat.com
A timeline recording some of the many disasters happening in crypto, decentralized finance, NFTs, and other blockchain-based projects.
Congress Released 3,500 Facebook Ads Bought By Russia. Here Are The Top 10 By Views. — www.buzzfeednews.com
They targeted "brave Police Officers" and "Woke Blacks" in 2017.
I guess this pushes people deeper into their echo bubbles, sowing division? Galaxy brain thinking on the Russian part there that this would further their ends.
Lifehacks
Solidarity Forever (Pete Seeger) — www.youtube.com
Last week I learned that the Battle Hymn of the Republic was an abolitionist anthem before it was rewritten as a military hurrah.
This week I learned it also became a labor anthem, with some hardcore lyrics to boot!
"When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run, There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun; Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one, But the union makes us strong.
It is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade; Dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid; Now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made; But the union makes us strong."
Fun
ToeGlo | Laser Party Light that Makes Toes Glow — www.toeglo.com
Buy this little laser thing for $100 and make your dancefloors cooler as it shines green lasers on everyone's feet, making them look like glowing shoes. As if I need another $100 trip toy!