Archive for December, 2022

WT Mini: Lasers, Riffing, and Wasp Wangs

Tuesday, December 20th, 2022

Hey everyone, Bryce here with an update for you! We took the week off again due to the holiday calendar and some moving, but want to give you a little bit of weirdness. Lets you and me do a mini Weird Things!

Links:

https://www.sciencealert.com/male-wasps-have-been-seen-using-their-genitals-as-weapons-against-predators

https://askentomologists.com/2015/09/23/why-cant-male-bees-or-wasps-sting/

https://www.riffusion.com/

https://apnews.com/article/science-oddities-8b26a14165106b27610727264043e8c6

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AT: We Be On That Phone

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
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A new app has been making waves in the image generation space with “magic avatars.” We talk about the experience of a pay AI art bot and what we think it could do to impact human artists and art. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

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WT: Going Weird Mode

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
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Taking *Birken*-stock of this Steve Jobs item auction. A new item has been made an “intangible cultural heritage” item. Disney shows off research into easier video de-aging. We’re going goblin mode on the new words of the year. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Justin: Planet Money #874: Hot Dog Hail Mary

Brian: The Last of Us coming to HBO

Bryce: 1899

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