Our brand new Seabird apps for Android and iOS are available now! These join our recently launched web version of Seabird. Signing up is completely free and no invitation code is needed. Who killed the Florida orange? A visit to Florida, where citrus greening disease is destroying the state's iconic crop and the Florida orange is fast becoming a thing of the past. Slate | Alexander Sammon How the scimitar-horned oryx became a conservation unicorn How an African oryx came back from...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Some exciting Seabird news: our brand new apps for Android and iOS are available now! These join our recently launched web version of Seabird. Signing up is completely free and no invitation code is needed. A brief analysis published this week by NiemanLab shows that major social media platforms are sending less traffic to news sites than ever. In contrast, Seabird is all about linking outward—posts with links are the only kind we offer. Come check out what we've been working on and join our...
19 days ago • 3 min read
Hello, Tidings readers! We're making it easier to try Seabird by removing sign-up codes on our web version. If you're curious to join our community sharing worthwhile links every day, create an account. You can also download our mobile apps (to create an account in-app, use code "WaitIsOver"). And if you enjoy Tidings, we'd appreciate you forwarding this newsletter to interested friends or spreading the word on social media. Now on to this week's selected links... Finding the Cattle Queen How...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Find and share new links every day on Seabird! Tidings is compiled from stories first shared online by our community. Download our mobile apps or join our web-based beta with code "WaitIsOver". And if you're enjoying content you discover on Tidings, help us spread the word by recommending our newsletter to friends and sharing it on social media. It's been a minute Obituary for Minute Maid's frozen concentrated orange juice, a twentieth century food innovation now making its way into its final...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Find and share new links every day on Seabird! Tidings is compiled from stories first shared online by our community. Download our mobile apps or join our web-based beta with code "WaitIsOver". And if you're enjoying content you discover on Tidings, help us spread the word by recommending our newsletter to friends and sharing it on social media. How reverse game theory could solve the housing shortage How to win over NIMBYs by rewriting institutional rules, aligning private incentives with...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Find and share new links every day on Seabird! Tidings is compiled from stories first shared online by our community. Download our mobile apps or join our web-based beta with code "WaitIsOver". And if you're enjoying content you discover on Tidings, help us spread the word by recommending our newsletter to friends and sharing it on social media. In search of Banksy Journalists' investigation of the mysterious street artist Banksy spans England, New York, and Ukraine, pointing to a single...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Are you reading or writing good articles lately? Share them on Seabird! Tidings is compiled from stories first shared online by our community. Download our mobile apps or join our web-based beta with code "WaitIsOver". And if you're enjoying content you discover on Tidings, help us spread the word by recommending our newsletter to friends and sharing it on social media. Consider the rattle In Texas, a sympathetic look at the rattlesnake, a creature long sentenced to be killed on sight or...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Are you reading or writing good articles lately? Share them on Seabird! Tidings is compiled from stories first shared online by our community. Download our mobile apps or join our web-based beta with code "WaitIsOver". And if you're enjoying content you discover on Tidings, help us spread the word by recommending our newsletter to friends and sharing it on social media. ‘We don’t need to passively accept our fate’ Profile of Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, now 87 and publishing the...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Are you reading or writing good articles lately? Share them on Seabird! Tidings is compiled from stories first shared online by our community. Download our mobile apps or join our web-based beta with code "WaitIsOver". And if you're enjoying content you discover on Tidings, help us spread the word by recommending our newsletter to friends and sharing it on social media. Soapdish As bar soap gives way to body wash, an enthusiast for the former takes an unexpectedly deep dive into soap history...
2 months ago • 3 min read
