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1. It’s a Vast, Invisible Climate Menace. We Made It Visible.
This is what you get when you combine ace reporting and the power of visual storytelling. The New York Times discovered leaks at oil and gas sites that release immense amounts of methane, invisible to the eye. But not to this nice gadget: «The Times used a custom-built camera…that uses helium to cool down the sensor to the temperature of liquid nitrogen, around minus 200 degrees Celsius.» Watch and read it now
2. Hong Kong protests: The full story in infographics
Hong Kong’s newspaper of record, the South China Morning Post, is doing some fantastic visual journalism on the protests. They combine graphics and images with their trademark illustration style to convey information with just the right amount of emotion. Stunning. See for yourself.
3. Open Street Map Haiku
«Blue pill or red pill / List of side effects / Coming hot» – Maps have never been more poetic. Pick any place on earth and this wonderful application creates a location aware haiku on the fly. Highly addictive. Start exploring now
4. The British are going to miss Europe
Written before the election, no less applicable right after. An ode to Europe and an explanation why people struggle to feel European. «What makes Europe truly European are all those things that you don’t see when they’re all around and only notice when they’re not.» Read it now
5. The most creative magazine covers of 2019
Coverjunkie has put together 74 magazine covers and lets you vote on your favourites. Have a look at them now.
What else?
This week, I remembered this gem by Austin Kleon: «Most questions can be boiled down to: 1) I’m scared 2) I don’t know what to do.» The answers are equally simple.
I learned of Hayrum’s Law. As with many things, best explained by an xkcd comic.
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That’s it for this week. Have a nice weekend and see you next Friday.
– David