Google search returns 3D AR objects If you search for things like “tiger” on Google, you’ll find the option to view it in 3D. Do so on a modern smartphone and you can view it in Augmented Reality. Really nifty, and 9to5google has a collection of things you can search for. Via Recomendo Defunding the …

Backlinks 2020-06-21 If you search for things like “tiger” on Google, you’ll find the option to view it in 3D. Do so on a modern smartphone and you can view it in Augmented Reality. Really nifty, and 9to5google has a collection of things you can search for. Via Recomendo

AOC on defunding the police Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has an amazing ability to speak clearly about a number of issues important for our times. Her answer for what does defund the police look like? was excellent. “It looks like a suburb.” Many other people have commented on how “defund the …

Don’t believe that the coronavirus “first wave” is over in the US Dr. Sanjay Gupta has a thread on Twitter that pokes holes in Pence’s WSJ op-ed, which claims that there is no “second wave”. Pence is right: there is no second wave, because the first one didn’t end. We just had …

A thread on coronavirus risks UCSF medicine chair Bob Wachter posted a twitter thread about assessing risk in adopting activities while COVID-19 is continuing to spread. Bonus: an interview with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm from the University of Minnesota with his take on COVID-19 and the future. Double bonus: The …

Nappy: Beautiful high-res and free photos of black and brown people This looks like a fabulous addition to Art Resources: Nappy: Beautiful high-res and free photos of black and brown people. This can help ensure that there’s better representation on websites, etc.

Bear CLI I have a somewhat fractured note-taking system now, for good reasons. I keep all of my private notes in Bear, which is a nice Mac+iOS app that syncs well. GitHub user Sloan Sparger has created a command-line tool for working with Bear notes, which seems potentially useful. Airborne transmission is the dominant …

Backlinks 2020-06-12 I have a somewhat fractured note-taking system now, for good reasons. I keep all of my private notes in Bear, which is a nice Mac+iOS app that syncs well. GitHub user Sloan Sparger has created a command-line tool for working with Bear notes, which seems potentially useful.

Hairstylists with coronavirus passed it along to zero people Though it’s not directly mentioned in the article, it appears that these two hairstylists were wearing masks when they saw 140 customers while showing symptoms of COVID-19. There were records of everyone they had seen, and no one developed the illness! …

Michigan progress on coronavirus Michigan’s COVID-19 numbers have come way down. We do need to worry about demonstrations causing a new wave. There is still evidence of asymptomatic spread Andy Slavitt wrote a Twitter thread about asymptomatic spread of COVID-19, in response to a WHO announcement that …