Tue. 02/16 - Del Monte Engineered Pink Pineapples for Instagram
- Author
- Cool Stuff Ride Home
- Published
- Tue 16 Feb 2021
- Episode Link
- https://chrt.fm/track/G481GD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/0e49624f-553e-45fd-be6e-44b9fa5d0d58/Tuesday2C20February20162C202021Edit20120-2023A163A212C203.4220PM.mp3
The new fruit taking over Instagram. Why the winter storm sweeping the US is causing an energy crisis, especially in Texas. And a new-ish game that lets you take a virtual vacation with your friends.
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Links:
Instagram Fruit (Grow)
The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple (BBC)
Hurricane Harvey vs. now (The Weather Channel, Twitter)
How Extreme Cold Turned Into a U.S. Energy Crisis (Bloomberg)
Frozen Wind Farms Are Just a Small Piece of Texas’s Power Woes (Bloomberg)
Texplainer: Why Does Texas Have Its Own Power Grid? (Texas Tribune)
Storm updates & resources for helping out at the bottom (Texas Tribune)
City Guesser
Kottke.Org
Jackson Bird on Twitter
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