Mon. 03/29 - Why The Lawyer Cat Filter Was a Default on Thousands of Computers

<p><strong><em>A new fossil analysis that bolsters the theory that primates may have lived alongside dinosaurs––and somehow survived extinction. The high school girl who invented color-changing sutures that show when a wound has become infected. And why the filter made famous from the viral Lawyer Cat video was installed as a default setting on thousands of Dell computers. </em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Gabi Insurance, <a href="http://gabi.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gabi.com/kottke</a></li><li>Ladder, <a href="http://ladderlife.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ladderlife.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/did-ancient-primates-walk-alongside-dinosaurs-new-evidence-backs-up-theory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Did ancient primates walk alongside T. rex? New evidence backs up theory.</a> (National Geographic)</li><li><a href="https://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/our-earliest-primate-ancestors-rapidly-spread-after-dinosaur-extinction/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Our earliest primate ancestors rapidly spread after dinosaur extinction</a> (Berkeley News) </li><li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/high-schooler-invented-color-changing-sutures-detect-infection-180977345/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection</a> (Smithsonian Magazine)</li><li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/that-zoom-call-with-the-lawyer-cat-explained" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">That Zoom Call with the Lawyer-Cat, Explained</a> (The New Yorker)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/zoom-cat-lawyer-rod-ponton-prosecutor-texas-2021-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zoom Cat Lawyer Rod Ponton Has Controversial Prosecutor Past</a> (Insider)</li><li><a href="https://forevergiven.app/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forever Given</a>&nbsp;</li><l