
Thu. 02/11 - Myspace is back!
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<p><strong><em>How the UK variant of Sars-CoV-2 may have evolved inside just one human. Some dating apps are adding video components, but it’s just another case of modern tech “inventing” something that has already existed for decades. Let’s talk about the original recipe. And a German teenager has created a new Myspace. Not like a social media platform similar to Myspace. Literally he recreated a functional clone of Myspace. And it’s pretty awesome.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Lightstream, Get a special interest rate discount at <a href="https://www.lightstream.com/cc-radio?cid=RA-CCDCL-credit_card-er-KOTTKE-18365&fact=18365&isredirect=True" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lightstream.com/kottke</a></li><li>Fitbod, Get 25% off a membership when you sign up now through 2/28 at <a href="http://fitbod.me/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fitbod.me/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/chronic-infection-uk-coronavirus-variant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A lone infection may have changed the course of the pandemic</a> (Wired)</li><li><a href="https://www.vox.com/22262353/great-expectations-history-video-dating-vcr-apps" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How 1970s VCR dating paved the way for Tinder and Hinge</a> (Vox)</li><li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx8kp4/a-teenager-has-remade-myspace-and-everyone-is-loving-it?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Teenager Has Remade Myspace and Everyone Is Loving It</a> (Vice)</li><li><a href="https://spacehey.com/jackisnotabird" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">spacehey.com/jackisnotabird</a></li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kottke.Org</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackson Bird on Twitter</a></li></ul><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopene