Spotify playlist for June is public: 

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• Xavi Bou is a fellow from Spain who grew up fascinated by the movements of birds, most often captured by photographers in single shots of murmurings, but Xavi has found a way to do something a little more interesting. His portfolio Ornitographies is proof that it’s not the camera, it is the imagination with which you use it.

• The NYTimes reports that 239 scientists from 39 countries are publishing an open letter to the W.H.O. this week outlining the evidence for airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2in ‘a scientific journal.’ (a) the name of the journal would have been nice as part of the story and (b) I am eager to read this. I am highly susceptible to confirmation bias on this topic, but would like to sit with the evidence they present.
• In two weeks and one day, this thing will launch to Mars:

The Perseverence Rover will be looking for geologic clues to the past on Mars, including signs of water, and if present, should have the tools to detect signs of microbial life in the fossil record. I almost expect it to find incontrovertible proof of life; the current moment seems almost too much for society to bear, so as such I expect reality to pile on with perspective-anihiliating discoveries to boot.

This weltanschauung will self-destruct.

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