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Mon. 03/29 - Why The Lawyer Cat Filter Was a Default on Thousands of Computers

Mon. 03/29 - Why The Lawyer Cat Filter Was a Default on Thousands of Computers

FromCool Stuff Ride Home


Mon. 03/29 - Why The Lawyer Cat Filter Was a Default on Thousands of Computers

FromCool Stuff Ride Home

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Mar 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A new fossil analysis that bolsters the theory that primates may have lived alongside dinosaurs––and somehow survived extinction. The high school girl who invented color-changing sutures that show when a wound has become infected. And why the filter made famous from the viral Lawyer Cat video was installed as a default setting on thousands of Dell computers. Sponsors:Gabi Insurance, gabi.com/kottkeLadder, ladderlife.com/kottkeLinks:Did ancient primates walk alongside T. rex? New evidence backs up theory. (National Geographic)Our earliest primate ancestors rapidly spread after dinosaur extinction (Berkeley News) This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection (Smithsonian Magazine)That Zoom Call with the Lawyer-Cat, Explained (The New Yorker) Zoom Cat Lawyer Rod Ponton Has Controversial Prosecutor Past (Insider)Forever Given NUMTOT Tinder Is a Dating Site for Transit Nerds (The Atlantic)  Kottke.OrgJackson Bird on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Mar 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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