Tue. 03/02 - Light-Up Tattoos For You and Your Avocado

Scientists have created light-up OLED tattoos that could tell you when to put on sunscreen or when your avocados have gone bad. The Twitter account tracking Geneva Convention violations in video games. And good news: scientists have confirmed that all of us suck at ending conversations with each other.

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Links:

• Scientists Invent Light-Up OLED Tattoos (Gizmodo)
• Light-emitting tattoo engineered for the first time (University College London News)
• Sharp needles for the Cold War: Yes, some kids got tattooed with their blood type (Washington Post)
• Quantum-dot tattoos hold vaccination record (Rice News) 
• False claim: Bill Gates wants to microchip people; Anthony Fauci wants people to carry vaccination certificates (Reuters)
• The Twitter Account Tracking Geneva Conventions Violations in Video Games (Vice)
• Can You Pet the Dog? (@CanYouPetTheDog)
• People Literally Don’t Know When to Shut Up—or Keep Talking, Science Confirms (Scientific American)
• Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Stuff You Should Know) 
• 6 Dr. Seuss Books With Racist Imagery Pulled From Printing (Vulture) 
• Just how racist is children’s literature? The author of ‘Was the Cat in the Hat Black?’ explains. (Washington Post)
• How to 'Read Across America' Without Dr. Seuss (Life Hacker)
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• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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