Mon. 09/26 - GIFs Are Dead, Long Live the GIF

<p><strong><em>Thanks to a court filing from the largest search engine of its kind, it’s official: GIFs are cringe. How did they fall so far? Plus, the Colorado River is drying up and part of the reason has to do with politicians ignoring the science one hundred years ago.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>American Musical Supply, Use code COOL at <a href="https://ter.li/AmericanMusicalSupply-COOL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ter.li/AmericanMusicalSupply-COOL</a> for $20 off your next purchase of over $100</li><li>I Am Bio, Subscribe at <a href="https://www.bio.org/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bio.org/podcast</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/16/gifs-are-cringe-and-for-boomers-giphy-claims-in-meta-takeover-filing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Gifs are cringe’: how Giphy’s multimillion-dollar business fell out of fashion</a> (The Guardian)</li><li><a href="https://art19.com/shows/coronavirus-daily-briefing/episodes/5f241bcb-7924-4df9-be64-97f4420c9965" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fri. 10/29 - Disease and the Vampire Myth + Hallowmeme History</a> (Cool Stuff Ride Home)</li><li><a href="https://www.vox.com/2022/9/23/23357093/colorado-river-drought-cuts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How a 100-year-old miscalculation drained the Colorado River</a> (Vox)</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/science-be-dammed-how-ignoring-inconvenient-science-drained-the-colorado-river/9780816543236" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Science Be Damned: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River</a> by Eric Kuhn and John Fleck&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-river-water-shortage-jay-famiglietti" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">As Colorado River Dries, the U.S. Teeters on the Brink of Larger Water Crisis</a> (ProPublica)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/science/nasa-dart-asteroid.html" re