something is rotting in the state of denmark (it's mink)
Kat Eschner's newsletter about human-animal relationships Vol. 7 iss. 4
“Right, but where does the internet actually live?” I asked the young French-Canadian man next to me as we huffed in a pack up the Mont Royale steps. He was a software engineer who worked at Mindgeek, nee Manwin, the Montreal-based company that owns Brazzers and Pornhub and a lot of other digital jiggle joints. When he started, the sheer volume of porn he had to watch for work freaked him out, he said. Eventually, it became background.
Anyways. This dude, the roommate of my friend who was showing me around the city, went on to explain to me that where the internet actually lived was servers scattered around the globe. (This is more complicated IRL.) I don’t remember much else about the conversation—too much youth, too much Fin du Monde—but it’s interesting, don’t you think? Where the internet lives, I mean.
Many other things live where the internet lives. Servers can be nice warm quiet places for all manner of beasties—but the internet has also changed pest control. Cf. rodent technologies, cyber attacks, online reputation management and, of course, ever more employee surveillance.
Oh, to be a pouncing fox in the snow.
Shortish
Denmark to dig up thousands of dead mink after carcasses emerge from mass graves (CNN; Jack Guy, Antonia Mortensen and Lindsay Isaac; Denmark)
‘It’s working!’: Utah officials thrilled to see animals using highway wildlife overpass (CNN; Leah Asmelash; Utah, United States of America)
Longish
Grizzlies at the table (Beside; Jimmy Thompson; British Columbia, Canada)
A grand Yuletide theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best adaptation of A Christmas Carol (Bright Wall/Dark Room; Ethan Warren; Dickensia)
Planned road to bisect pristine, biodiverse Brazilian Amazon national park (Mongabay; Ana Ionova; Serra do Divisor National Park, Brazil)
Stuff from me:
My most recent work.
We’re just beginning to understand how our genes and COVID-19 mix
Why AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine is an important addition to the fleet of offerings
The last word:
All images in The Quick Fox are used under Creative Commons licensing. Efforts have been made to ensure that photographs of living animals or natural scenes have been taken ethically, in responsible pet ownership conditions, at AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums or under safe, non-damaging conditions in the wild. If you see an issue with any image we share, please notify me.