Weekly Filet #257: Bringing home Bosnia's dead. And more.
1. «I just want to know how my sons died» – bringing home Bosnia’s dead (Mosaic)
«Fikret Bačić, who takes my notebook and writes a list of the names of his extended family who went missing during the last week of July 1992. It takes him a long time; there are 29 of them, including his mother Sehriša, his wife Ninka, son Nermin, who was 12, daughter Nermina, who was six, four brothers including Zijad’s father, three sisters, several aunts, uncles and cousins. Of the 29, 19 are children; the youngest was two.»
Gut-wrenching. And a – I use this word sparingly – must-read.
2. Rethinking Guernica (Museo Reina Sofia)
Pablo Picasso's «Guernica» is probably the best known painting depicting the horrors of war. This new website lets you explore the painting in every little detail and even see it in infrared, ultraviolet and x-rayed.
3. The Uncounted (The New York Times Magazine)
Sorry for being a bit heavy on war in this issue, but this investigation is too important not to be recommended. The NYT has taken a closer look at «the most precise war in history» and tells the story of an Iraqi man who lost his family in a precise strike on what never should have been a target. If you prefer to listen, the story was also told in «The Daily».
4. How Generative Music Works (teropa.info)
A great, interactive intro to generative music, or the art of making music by designing systems that make music.
5. Ice Apocalypse (Grist)
«The glaciers of Pine Island Bay are two of the largest and fastest-melting in Antarctica. Together, they act as a plug holding back enough ice to pour 11 feet of sea-level rise into the world’s oceans — an amount that would submerge every coastal city on the planet.»
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