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Tue. 10/06 - Asbestos: The Secret Weapon Against Climate Change?

Cool Stuff Ride Home • October 06, 2020

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How the pandemic is changing our taste in music. The most ironic thing that could happen to a newly-published book titled Word Perfect. How asbestos might actually be a weapon against the climate crisis. And a Rocky Horror Picture Show-themed monument in New Zealand. Links: Is Pandemic Brain Changing Your Taste in Music? You're Not Alone (Vice)  "Music is 5x as good right now" (Demi Adejuyigbe, Twitter) Famed lexicographer's new book "Word Perfect" released with a ton of typos (Boing Boing) Asbestos could be a powerful weapon against climate change (you read that right) (MIT Technology Review) There's a park in New Zealand dedicated to Riff Raff from ROCKY HORROR (Boing Boing) Riff Raff (Visit Hamilton) RiffRaffStatue.org Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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