Weekly Links #3

Welcome aboard the third edition of weekly links!

noteworthy news 📰

Thailand experienced a heatwave.
At least 11 dead after Indonesia ferry capsizes.
Israel had their 75th anniversary.
China’s leader Xi Jinping called Ukraine’s president Zelensky. Here’s an analysis.

I watched the Netflix show Somebody. It was pretty good. I like thriller series and it was short enough to watch in a day.
I watched The Wandering Earth 2. A lot of people said that the second movie is better than the first, I would agree. Both of the movie is based on a novel with the same name by Cixin Liu. I have read his other works, The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy and it was good.
The author of Blindsight talks about fictional vampires, old but gold. Another talk by the author I really enjoyed.
Geeky high quality video explaining The Standard Model of Physics.
These two videos are so fun to watch. It’s about snucking into a cult and spending 24 hours in the conjuring house.
Unrecord gameplay trailer. This trailer has went viral because the game looks so realistic.

On Flores Island, Do “Ape-Men” Still Exist? Islanders have long claimed ape-like humans, remarkably similar to the fossil species Homo floresiensis, survive in secluded forests of Indonesia. An anthropologist investigates why.
The United Nations estimates that India has now surpassed China as the world’s most populous country.
I have finished reading Blindsight by Peter Watts. Review coming up soon when I have the time.