Mon. 09/26 - GIFs Are Dead, Long Live the GIF

Thanks to a court filing from the largest search engine of its kind, it’s official: GIFs are cringe. How did they fall so far? Plus, the Colorado River is drying up and part of the reason has to do with politicians ignoring the science one hundred years ago.

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Links:

• ‘Gifs are cringe’: how Giphy’s multimillion-dollar business fell out of fashion (The Guardian)
• Fri. 10/29 - Disease and the Vampire Myth + Hallowmeme History (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
• How a 100-year-old miscalculation drained the Colorado River (Vox)
• Science Be Damned: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River by Eric Kuhn and John Fleck 
• As Colorado River Dries, the U.S. Teeters on the Brink of Larger Water Crisis (ProPublica)
• How to Watch NASA’s DART Spacecraft Slam Into an Asteroid (NY Times)
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