Three things, you know the drill.

"Tumblr's Displaced Porn Bloggers Test Their New Platforms" by Emily Dreyfuss

I think it's more like "tumblr's porn bloggers and a ton of people who don't care that much about porn but do care about having some degree of freedom of expression, especially given that disallowing sexual content disproportionately harms women and queers."

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One depressing and three "cool stuff" articles

"Overzealous use of the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline is harming pain patients" by Kate M. Nicholson, Diane E. Hoffman, and Chad D. Kollas

"Opioid prescribing is currently at an 18-year low. The rate of prescribing opioids has dropped every year since 2011. Yet drug overdose deaths have skyrocketed since then." (The media company STAT is associated with the Boston Globe.)

The cat woodblock prints of Kiyoshi Saito!

The site is run by L. A. Vocelle.

"How Myst Taught a Generation of Gamers to Explore New Worlds" by Evan Nicole Brown

"In its first seven months on the global market, the game sold 200,000 copies and held its title as the top-selling game (to the tune of six million copies, and counting) until The Sims usurped it in 2002."

Artists Crochet Giant Sea Urchin Installations That Interact with Their Surroundings" by Kelly Richman-Abdou, from June 2017

"during the day, The Urchins rely on natural light to cast ephemeral, ever-changing shadows. Similarly, each suspended sculpture organically moves when touched by the wind or even visitors, who are invited to handle the polyester cords and panels that compose it."