How Boaty McBoatface is helping diagnose the severity of the situation at the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. Plus, it looks like solar shingles are finally actually a thing. And something to try this weekend––the Dutch practice of uitwaaien.

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Links:

• How Explosives, a Robot, and a Sled Expose a Doomsday Glacier (Wired) 
• Boaty McBoatface Is Set to Confront Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier (Gizmodo)
• Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica Could Collapse Soon: New Research (Rolling Stone)
• Scientists explore Thwaites, Antarctica's 'doomsday' glacier (AP)
• What Antarctica's 'Doomsday' Glacier Could Mean For The World (Science Alert)
• 10/19/2020 - Grand Duke Travis of Westarctica Wants To Save the Planet (Kottke Ride Home)
• The solar roof could finally become a reality thanks to GAF's nailable solar shingles (The Verge)
• Solar shingles you can nail to a roof unveiled by GAF Energy (Venture Beat)
• GAF Energy's easy-install solar shingles aim to outshine Tesla roofs and traditional panels (Tech Crunch)
• Forget hygge, it's time for uitwaaien (Washington Post)
• Uitwaaien: the Dutch invention you never knew you needed, until now (Dutch Review)
• Uitwaaien, or Outblowing, Is the Dutch Cure for the Winter Blues (Mental Floss)
• 09/17/2020 episode - Practice Friluftsliv This Winter (Kottke Ride Home)
• Corona's New Beer Adds Vitamin D, Removes Alcohol (AdWeek) 
• Corona Looks to Conquer the "Vitamin D Beer" Market With Odd New "Sunbrew 0.0" Non-Alcoholic Beer (Paste)
• Wes Anderson to Direct Benedict Cumberbatch in Roald Dahl Film Adaptation (Collider)
• Wes Anderson to make new Roald Dahl adaptation with Benedict Cumberbatch (The Guardian)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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