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Tue. 12/14 - Sad Keanu & A Sleeping Bag to Save Astronauts' Eyeballs From Being Squashed

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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When did we first start sending holiday cards and will the tradition ever end? Plus, the health risks for humans in space and a high-tech sleeping bag that could prevent astronauts’ vision from deteriorating. And, Keanu Reeves explains what was going on in the infamous Sad Keanu photo. Sponsors: Tentree, Use code KOTTKE to get 15% off at tentree.com GiveWell, Have your donation matched up to $250 by entering Kottke Ride Home at check out at GiveWell.org Links: A Brief History of the Holiday Card (JSTOR Daily) Millennials are embracing the tradition of holiday cards (Washington Post) Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce David Forbes Halloween: The History of America's Darkest Holiday by David J. Skal NASA scientists consider the health risks of space travel (Space.com) NASA's new sleeping bags could prevent eyeball 'squashing' on the ISS (Engadget) Space sleeping bag to solve astronauts' squashed eyeball disorder (BBC) Study Investigates How Men and Women Adapt Differently to Spaceflight (NASA, 2011) Keanu Reeves finally explains "Sad Keanu" to Stephen Colbert (A/V Club) Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney talk about 'BRZRKR', the top selling debut comic in 30 years (Mashable) 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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0:00.0

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0:35.9

Welcome to the Conkey Ride Home for Tuesday, December 14th, 2021.

0:40.7

I'm Jackson Bird today.

0:42.8

When did we first start sending holiday cards?

0:46.3

And will the tradition ever end?

0:48.6

Plus, the health risks for humans in space and a high-tech sleeping bag that could

0:54.1

prevent astronauts' vision from

0:56.0

deteriorating. And Keanu Reeves explains what was going on in the infamous sad Keanu photo.

1:03.8

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

1:09.3

So yesterday I briefly mentioned Salvador Dali's collaboration with Hallmark to create a series

1:15.3

of holiday-themed cards, some for Christmas and some for other holidays. So today, especially as I

1:21.7

stare guiltily at the massive pile of my own unsent holiday cards, I thought I'd dive into the history of holiday cards.

1:30.4

When and why did we start sending each other illustrated greetings to mark various

1:35.5

holidays or occasions throughout the year? Well, sending New Year's greetings had been popular in

1:41.5

Europe since at least the 1400s. These were usually messages,

1:45.7

or if they had some kind of illustrated element, they were just flat like a postcard, not folded.

1:51.3

And they weren't usually mass produced. Some credits source Thomas Shorak of Scotland with producing

1:56.8

the first set of New Year's cards in the 1840s. He's had a smiling man in the snow and was

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