Life in Links 48

I’ve not posted links for a while, these are some of the things I’ve found interesting in the last couple of weeks.

Technology

Ian Betteridge on Meta and Mastodon

Chrome is turning into the new Internet Explorer 6 – The Verge

The Opt Out Project Yes, you can live without Big Tech. If data is the new oil, then I’m here to help you go electric. via Joe Jenett

delightful creative tools again via Joe

Education

Hello World RSS Feed podcast feed from Raspberry pi folk

Environment data logger | micro:bit for next session in school?

Hedy – Textual programming made easy Hedy is suitable for kids aged 10 and up and designed for classroom use. Teachers can use our free, built-in lesson plans, but can also author their own lessons and load these into the Hedy user interface. I’ve never tried text based coding with pupils, afair

Sounds

Episode 1: The Apes of Gibraltar – Fearful Symmetry intereguing podcast, I’ve only listen to this episode, hard to describe.

Worldwide Weather | Joe Woodham Worldwide Weather is a lo-fi foley adventure. Featuring wailing guitars aboard hypnotic tape loops, gale force bass VI and squally seagulls.

Nature

A shocking number of birds are in trouble | Ars Technica

Featured image found with Openverse, attribution copied from the caption. Winding Chain – Triple Square Link with Wooden Spacers, 5½-inch Pitch, Wrought Iron, 1850s-1870s by Photographer: David Thompson is licensed under CC-BY 4.0