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I like reading about what other folks find interesting, but I often forget to write down what I myself have found. I've been meaning to talk about this first link ever since I came across it, but I kept forgetting to make time until now. I figure a new month is a good a time as any to make a link-retrospective post.
Video Games
This video is not only impressive on a technical level for being able to accomplish what it set out to do, but the animations and ways that the information is conveyed is on par with a pannenkoek video in terms of making complex ideas become understable.
Movies
I had never heard of this and it became the first RSS feed post that I've bookmarked since making the transition over from cohost to inoreader as my means of internet browsing.
Fashion
I had meant to share this CJ video because I think it does an incredible job of explaining fashion through the lens of "conversation with community identity," and I was reminded that I wanted to share it when I saw Dante's post here. I don't know if Dante meant to be in conversation with this video, but I found watching the latter made me appreciate the former more:
Color Theory
One of my special interests is color theory. I think this video does a great job of explaining how color works across a number of different disciplines, but I wish it spent more time talking about refraction, polarization, and rayleigh scattering. That being said, this whole channel is full of interesting videos that are worth checking out, and even without that stuff, this one on color theory is still good:
XOXO 2024 Festival Talks:
I didn't get to attend this year, but I really appreciated and resonated with these three talks moreso than the others, even though I enjoyed many more.
Politics
I found this retrospective of what working conditions were like under the Nevada State Democratic Party to be both insightful and harrowing. Regardless of your exact politics, I think there's a lot of stuff to think about, especially with respect to how campaigns are organized, where and how money is spent, and what the overall longterm goals are. I found reading it went by very quickly for me, and I also found that I kept thinking about it afterwards for a handful of days. Who could say why?