Wed. 09/02 - Super Medium Black Holes & An OG Viral Reboot
The most massive merger of two black holes ever and mysteries it’s left us with. The fourteen year old viral hit, “Shoes,” is back with a pro-mask follow-up. The new dollar coins in Australia designed specifically for charitable giving. And the...
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Show Notes
The most massive merger of two black holes ever and mysteries it’s left us with. The fourteen year old viral hit, “Shoes,” is back with a pro-mask follow-up. The new dollar coins in Australia designed specifically for charitable giving. And the 96th annual burning of Zozobra is happening in Santa Fe this Friday.
Links:
- Astronomers say they’ve detected the most massive merger of two black holes ever discovered (The Verge)
- A black hole merger may have formed a never-before-seen intermediate mass black hole (Bad Astronomy)
- Kelly "Masks" (LiamKyleSullivan, YouTube)
- The Story of "Shoes," the First Great Viral Music Video (Vice)
- Royal Australian Mint releases 'donation dollar' coin designed to be given to charitable cause (ABC)
- Zozobra: The Quirky New Mexico Tradition That Promises to Take Your Gloom Away (Mental Floss)
- Zozobra! (Visit New Mexico, YouTube)
- BURNZOZOBRA.COM
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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