What I saw on the web on 2023.2.9

[reblogarythm]

1. Immigrés
   by Youssou N'Dour et leSuper Étoile de Dakar
   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nr5a7XDeG8qON_gVhY3FLpL_gehy3kDEY
   a great little album from Senegal
   via memory (yes, these African albums i'm linking up might have something to do with Black History Month)
   
   
2. Is Terra Ignota the new gold standard in science fiction?
   by Media Death Cult
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDSbehuO1GU
   if you spell it correctly? almost certainly
   via discord
   
   
3. Blindsight (Audiobook)
   by Peter Watts, read by Zachary Reed
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R55gdpgwQQ
   the novel is freely available on Wattsji's website. an audiobook is freely available on youtube
   via googlery
   
   
4. ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
   by Ted Chiang
   https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web
   musings by someone who knows a thing or two about technology, and a thing or three about the generation of novel text
   via discord
   
   
5. Lion burger? Tiger tacos? Meet the cell cultured start-up working in exotic meats
   by foodnavigator
   https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2022/03/30/lion-burger-tiger-tacos-meet-the-cell-cultured-start-up-working-in-exotic-meats
   here comes the Terra Ignota carnivore roll!
   via ACX