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Fri. 1/15 - Wikipedia As An MMORPG & A Pigeon on Trial

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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A couple of stories for the birds today. First, ravens at the Tower of London are living up to their collective name of a conspiracy of ravens by possibly foretelling the fall of Britain. And a pigeon in Australia who was almost sentenced to death by government officials. Plus, the many ways in which Wikipedia is like an MMORPG. And, because I know we all want to relive it so badly, introducing 2020: The Game. Sponsors: Fitbod, Get 25% off a membership when you sign up now through 2/28 at Fitbod.me/kottke Skillshare, Get a free trial of Premium Membership at skillshare.com/kottke Links: A Raven Queen Vanishes, and Britain Checks a Prophecy (NY Times) Fake US leg band gets pigeon a reprieve in Australia (AP)  US pigeon that crossed Pacific to Australia faces death (The New Daily) Wikipedia Is Basically a Massive RPG (Wired) Wikipedia is an MMORPG (Wikipedia) 2020 Game Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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welcome to the cotkey ride home for fr, January 15th, 2021. I'm Jackson Bird. A couple of stories for the birds today. First, Ravens at the Tower of London are living up to their collective name of a conspiracy of Ravens by possibly foretelling the fall of Britain.

0:56.5

And a pigeon in Australia who was almost sentenced to death by government officials,

1:02.3

plus the many ways in which Wikipedia is like an MMRP.

1:07.5

And because I know we all want to relive it so badly, introducing 2020 The Game.

1:15.3

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:20.7

You know, not that I have room to talk as an American, but Britain's been having a pretty

1:25.9

tough go of things lately. They've been locked down again as COVID cases continue to surge, being the origin of the more contagious B117 strain.

1:35.3

Brexit continues to pull the nation further apart from each other and from members of the European Union, causing obstacle after obstacle as they adjust to their new non-EU normal.

1:46.7

And as if their actual challenges weren't worrying enough as to the future of the nation,

1:52.0

a centuries-old prophecy spelling doom for the realm may just have been fulfilled.

1:59.1

So a number of ravens live at the Tower of London in England,

2:02.5

the historic castle and former prison on the bank of the River Thames, where many executions

2:07.6

took place over the years, including two of the wives of Henry VIII. It's also where the

2:12.4

crown jewels are held. It's a massive tourist attraction, and one of the sites people go there to see, or at least

2:18.5

are bombarded with upon arrival, is the tower's Ravens. Ravens are native to Britain, and centuries

2:25.1

ago used to be more commonplace, even in towns, and it's presumed that back then they just

2:30.2

naturally inhabited the Tower of London. And when raven populations decreased and ravens weren't

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