Tue. 10/06 - Asbestos: The Secret Weapon Against Climate Change?

<p><strong><em>How the pandemic is changing our taste in music. The most ironic thing that could happen to a newly-published book titled </em>Word Perfect<em>. How asbestos might actually be a weapon against the climate crisis. And a </em>Rocky Horror Picture Show<em>-themed monument in New Zealand. </em></strong></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7j8gq/pandemic-changing-music-taste-nostalgia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Is Pandemic Brain Changing Your Taste in Music? You're Not Alone</a> (Vice)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/electrolemon/status/1312478015327068160?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Music is 5x as good right now"</a> (Demi Adejuyigbe, Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://boingboing.net/2020/10/06/famed-lexicographers-new-book-word-perfect-released-with-a-ton-of-typos.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Famed lexicographer's new book "Word Perfect" released with a ton of typos</a> (Boing Boing) </li><li><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/06/1009374/asbestos-could-be-a-powerful-weapon-against-climate-change-you-read-that-right/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Asbestos could be a powerful weapon against climate change (you read that right)</a> (MIT Technology Review) </li><li><a href="https://boingboing.net/2020/10/06/theres-a-park-in-new-zealand-dedicated-to-riff-raff-from-rocky-horror.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">There's a park in New Zealand dedicated to Riff Raff from ROCKY HORROR</a> (Boing Boing)</li><li><a href="https://www.visithamilton.co.nz/see-and-do/public-art-culture-heritage/riff-raff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Riff Raff</a> (Visit Hamilton)</li><li><a href="http://www.riffraffstatue.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RiffRaffStatue.org</a> </li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kottke.Org</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_b