Yawn. / Photo by Shine 2010.
• Gaby Holzwarth was a street-busking violinist until she got discovered by several tech executives in Palo Alto. She now plays regularly for Silicon Valley house parties, on private jets, and at tech conferences like yesterday’s Code Conference. “It feels like literally everyone is becoming a billionaire. And they’re great, awesome people, but it’s like, wow, what is going on?” Holzwarth told Re/Code in an interview. “I’ve played my violin on a private jet twice. Now it’s kind of a joke—you always need a private violinist on a jet.”
• Actions speak louder than words; men can help raise feminist daughters by doing more household chores.
• Tim Philpott at Mother Jones reports on the (unlabeled) nanotechnology now contained in everything from our socks to our dairy products. As for any unintended side effects of teensy tiny particles of silver and titanium dioxide invading our clothes and food, the FDA seems to be taking a “wait and see what happens” approach.
• Paul Ford has some new, mindblowing media “job” openings for you, including “Explainer Explainer” and “Outrage Optimization Expert.” For a new women’s vertical he is also seeking “a fifth-to-ninth wave feminist who can speak with authority about the patriarchy while mollifying advertisers and reviewing panties, simultaneously appealing to men but never mentioning the issue of class. If that’s you, send us a photo of you at the beach.”
