Tue. 10/05 - The Facebook Outage Revealed a Grim Reality

<p><strong><em>Are we prepared to reckon with how much of the world came to a stop when Facebook went down yesterday? Plus, thanks to a new discovery, you may soon be able to find out if you had an identical twin in the womb using just a simple cheek swab. And it’s Nobel Prize week! The winners announced thus far produced groundbreaking work using everything from spin glass to chili peppers.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li> Novo, <a href="https://www.banknovo.com/p/kottke?utm_source=kottke-ride-home&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=oxford" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BankNovo.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li>​​<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/why-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-went-down-outage/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp All Went Down Today</a> (Wired)</li><li><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/10/05/1036479/facebook-global-outage" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Millions of people rely on Facebook to get online. The outage left them stranded.</a> (MIT Tech Review)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/technology/facebook-down-ig-down-whatsapp-down.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook’s Apps Went Down. The World Saw How Much It Runs on Them.</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043211171/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage-business-impact" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Facebook and Instagram went down for hours on Monday</a> (NPR)</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/identical-twin-siblings-common-set-chemical-markers-dna-epigenetics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All identical twins may share a common set of chemical markers on their DNA</a> (Science News)</li><li><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291665-dna-markers-reveal-if-you-shared-a-womb-with-twin-that-didnt-survive" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DNA markers reveal if you shared a womb with twin tha