[nonostantement #151] - synth playing mushroom / spotify judging ai / 2020 in app charts

Now with MORE photos of the year!

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Hi,  Joele here - and from what I understand, as I am receiving greetings from many strangers via LinkedIn, today is even my birthday. Let’s celebrate with a big pizza and some fresh links that I gathered last week (while unpacking in my new home in Barcelona).

Need some music? I recommend the soundtrack of a cool series that I'm really enjoying: Small Axe.

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#MUSIC

• [Video] - Why on earth would anyone make a synthesizer that makes sounds out of plastic dentures? Because I would then show his work to you guys.

• [Video] - If you don’t like that kind of synthesizer, you can listen to five minutes of a pink oyster mushroom (yes a real mushroom) playing a modular one.

• If you want to know how bad the music you listen with Spotify sucks.. now there is an AI that can help you with this task, judging your playlists.

#PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Atlas des Régions Naturelles by Eric Tabuchi and Nelly Monnier

Agustina Cañamero, 81, and Pascual Pérez, 84, hug and kiss through a plastic film screen to avoid contracting the new coronavirus at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, June 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

• Europe Photos of the Year

9 April 2003 Three weeks into the US-led invasion of Iraq, American soldiers and Iraqi civilians pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad. Photograph: Jérôme Delay/AP

• 25 years of news photography: from the death of Diana to Covid-19

A teacher and students wear hats designed to practice social distancing to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at Ban Pa Muad School in Chiang Mai, north of Thailand, July 3.

• 56 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of 2020

#THEDARKSIDE

• Inside India’s booming dark data economy: “Thanks to lax privacy laws and high consumer demand, details on everything from how you shop to who you date are all for sale.”

• The crazy year that was 2020 through the lens of the App Store charts

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