Welcome to this week's recommended links. From Lana Rhoades and her NFT scandal to what happens in the brain just before death, Stoicism, waterfalls, and social media addiction, plus plenty of videos and galleries. Enjoy!
Lana Rhoades, from ex-porn star to NFT 'thief': "It is one of the most powerful branches of the so-called Web3 and this fad is for some also a condemnation. This new story also mixes striking aspects, such as that a famous former porn actress has escaped with $1.8 million from those who bought her NFTs. She is Lana Rhoades and her project, CryptoSis."
A study records for the first time what happens in the brain shortly before dying: "The recording revealed changes in brain waves before and after the heart stopped beating, including specific types of waves associated with higher cognitive function. Not only that, it also showed the types of waves that activate while dreaming, memories, and a type of information processing that seemed to activate during the brain's final moments."
This is Steven Pruitt, the man who has edited more than 4 million Wikipedia articles... and for free: "Such is the case of Steven Pruitt, who over 15 years has edited more than four million Wikipedia articles. Yes, you read that correctly: more than 4 million. According to the Wikimedia Foundation, Pruitt is the most prolific contributor to the English version of the digital encyclopedia."
The three requirements of the Stoic Epictetus for achieving happiness: "In the Hellenistic period, some philosophers also wondered how to achieve happiness and balance. Their answers gave rise to one of the most important philosophical movements of all time: Stoicism. Epictetus was one of its main exponents. His ideas are centuries old, but they are so current that they can help us chart the path to happiness in the modern world."
Social media addiction – symptoms and consequences: "Social media is used by millions of people around the world every day of the week. This use, on many occasions, can bring various problems. One of them is addiction or excessive use of these platforms. As we will see in this post, it is something that can affect people of all ages and has symptoms similar to those of substance addictions."
The 10 highest waterfalls in the world: "Little can be said about these famous waterfalls. Iguazu Falls are one of the most impressive natural landscapes in the world and one of the preferred destinations for any traveler visiting Brazil or Argentina. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, it can be visited from both the Argentine and Brazilian sides, both perfect for enjoying the famous path to the Devil's Throat."
The curious story of the treasure of Priam: "According to the story, Schliemann, born in 1822 in Germany (Prussia at the time), received as a gift when he was very young a copy of the 'Iliad' and became obsessed with it. He didn't have a happy childhood: his father drank and his mother had died from complications of a pregnancy, but at least he took refuge in the stories of the great ancient heroes, to the point of considering that those legends could be real stories."
The mysteries of King Tutankhamun's dagger: "Its blade was iron, something astonishing if we consider that the Iron Age did not begin until a century after Tutankhamun's death. This has led researchers to believe that the oldest iron-forged elements come from meteoritic material: fallen from space and then forged on Earth. The material was highly valued in antiquity."
Between long fingernails and Chinese urban legends: "We must go back to the times of imperial China. Keeping long nails (specifically on the little finger) was one of the ways the upper class demonstrated their wealth and that they were not workers, since it became difficult to perform any kind of exhausting manual work like handling a hoe. Hence, keeping the little fingernail long remains a sign of distinction in current Chinese society, and precisely taxi drivers are one of the groups that wear it with pride."
An unusual cemetery of supersonic Tupolev Tu-22M bombers in Russia: "Russia was not able to maintain all the land, air, and naval assets the USSR had, and this led to the abandonment of many old military bases. In some cases, that meant abandoning truly good aircraft, like the ones we're dealing with today. Vozdvizhenka Air Base was founded in 1933 near that town in Primorsky Krai, a region of eastern Russia bordering North Korea."
"They got us": these magpies learned to remove the scientists' tracking devices from each other: "A new study published in Australian Field Ornithology describes an experiment that didn't go as planned. They placed tracking devices similar to harnesses on a small group of Australian magpies (Cracticus tibicen), but these unilaterally decided not to participate in the study. Scientists observed how the birds helped each other remove the devices."
The domesticated sapiens: "Because in Biology there is never anything isolated; when some property is modified, evolutionary balances and counterbalances always appear, so that no species is ever isolated, and if one is altered, that ends up influencing the rest that interact with it, even if one supposedly is the unaltered pinnacle of Creation. And so, by modifying animals and plants to satisfy our needs, it has implied that our evolutionary ecosystem has also changed, and with it, ourselves."
Videos: Cup shots, Super Mario Medley, evolution of Apple macOS, giant moray vs leopard moray, airplane propeller in slow motion, e-waste recycling plant, shark puppy, baby head theremin, Surfing Monkey, near death on a drawbridge, the changing room illusion, geese parading, military mini drone Black Hornet, planned obsolescence in cars, Triangulum Galaxy by Hubble, famous melodies on toy piano, talent for balancing things, the best Jedi, plastic recycling is a lie, and the shorts: Life is But a Dream (Park Chan-wook) and 10 Minute Time Machine.
Galleries: Rock stars playing pinball, the craze of living mannequins, behind the scenes of Columbia's torch woman, car racing in 1908, the graphics of Capcom's CPS-1, metawriter, illustrations of 'the Korean ghetto', Chrysler's turbine car, drawing optical illusions, finalists of Sony World of Photography, the 150 years of Yellowstone, glass microbes, a circus program from 1971, fashion for turtles, a pink lagoon, the creative world of Maddy, forbidden Tibetan murals, Japanese fireworks catalog, portraits around the world, the Animated Dump of the Week, and the Visual Dump.
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