Fri. 01/28 - Why the Metaverse Doesn't Have Legs

Catalonia is set to pardon a thousand people who were condemned for witchcraft four hundred years ago. Plus, a mysterious object discovered in our galaxy has astronomers a bit stumped. And why don’t avatars in the metaverse have legs?

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Links:

• Catalonia to pardon up to 1,000 people accused of witchcraft (The Guardian) 
• Hundreds of Women Executed for 'Witchcraft' Were Just Pardoned (Vice) 
• Catalonia Pardons Hundreds of Witch Trial Victims (Mental Floss)
• What the hell is this new thing in the Milky Way? (Mic)
• Astronomers detect powerful cosmic object unlike anything they've seen before (Space.com)
• Scientists amazed by blinking star's 'totally unexpected' behavior (Reuters)
• 'Spooky' object that unleashes periodic bursts of energy detected in Milky Way (NBC News)
• Astronomers Detect Strange Signals We've Never Seen Before in Our Cosmic Vicinity (Science Alert)
• I found out why metaverse avatars don't have legs (The Next Web)
• Tongan Flag Bearer Cancels Olympic Plans to Help Tsunami-Stricken Nation (Vice)
• Tonga Tsunami relief by Pita Taufatofua (GoFundMe)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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