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Edit: Even More Synths! 🥳
https://matthiasott.com/notes/best-free-synthesizer-vst-plugins-in-2025

Best Free Synthesizer Plugins in 2025 · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and developer from Stuttgart, Germany. Besides design practice he teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel.

The Zoë dieting app gets the treatment from @timharford.ft.com on the BBC's excellent MoreOrLess programme. It isn't pretty. Grossly exaggerated claims made for Alzheimer's. Tim Spector abuses science. Listen from 16:45 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_…

Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio 4 on BBC Sounds

🥮 Lunar soil could support life on the Moon, say scientists
#moon

Lunar soil could support life on the Moon, say scientists
Scientists have developed a technology that may help humans survive on the moon. In a study published in the journal Joule, researchers extracted water from lunar soil and used it to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and chemicals for fuel—potentially opening new doors for future deep space exploration by mitigating the need to transport essential resources like water and fuel all the way from Earth.

Synthesizer Arturia MiniFreak: Firmware-Update macht ihn zum Vocoder
Arturia spendiert dem MiniFreak das Update auf Version 4.0.0. Damit wird der "algorithmische Synthesizer" zum Vocoder.

At first hearing of this place the dog-phobic in me noped out but it looks like they’ve got some good rules/policies in place. Milwaukee dog people who eat sandwiches this one’s for you.
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/07/05/dining-rileys-offers-up-s…

Dining: Riley’s Offers Up Sandwiches, Space for Fido
Dog-friendly business has a clear niche in Third Ward.

Saints' Trevor Penning believes he will 'shine' after switch from tackle to guard https://www.nfl.com/news/saints-trevor-penning-believes-he-will-shine-after-switch-from-tackle-to-guard

Cold Vocal Comping – Scratchy, Shaky Good Sounds
#CreativeProcess #recording #vocals

Cold Vocal Comping - Scratchy, Shaky Good Sounds
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

"Top scientists rally EU to ‘stay the course’ by keeping its 2040 climate target ambitious and fair"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Climate

Top scientists slam EU plan to allow carbon credits in 2040 goal
With the EU about to decide on its 2040 climate target, independent scientists say policymakers must act on the evidence.

✒️ Scientists have found a way to 'tattoo' tardigrades
... I think there will be a lot of competition for Ig Nobels this year
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-scientists-tattoo-tardigrades.html

Scientists have found a way to 'tattoo' tardigrades
If you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: freezing temperatures, near starvation, high pressure, radiation exposure, outer space and more. Researchers reporting in the journal Nano Letters took advantage of the tardigrade's nearly indestructible nature and gave the critters tiny "tattoos" to test a microfabrication technique to build microsc…

Listen to The Briefing Room. @DAaronovitch on the really important question. Why has the rise in people claiming disability benefits been so much higher in UK than elsewhere? This is much more interesting than journos harping on about "humiliation".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002f9fz

The Briefing Room - Why is there a row about disability benefits? - BBC Sounds
David Aaronovitch and guests discuss why the benefits bill for disability has ballooned.