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# five friday finds: birds, trades, love
- URL: https://flyways.snowbird.global/five-friday-finds-birds-trades-love/
- Published: 2023-11-03T11:38:33.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-05T05:51:57.000Z
- Description: are you the main character?
- Author: Gautam Ramdurai
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1730785798323, #Import 2024-11-05 13:50

Hey folks,

Been a frenetic two weeks with significant life decisions - but more on that on a different date. These are the finds that have kept me sane throughout:

1. [**BIRD WORDS**](https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/10/25/ai-can-catalogue-a-forests-inhabitants-simply-by-listening?ref=flyways.snowbird.global)[ ](https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/10/25/ai-can-catalogue-a-forests-inhabitants-simply-by-listening?ref=flyways.snowbird.global)AI can catalogue a forest’s inhabitants simply by listening. That could help check whether reforestation projects work as advertised.
2. [**PHONE TRADES**](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/10/26/markets/japan-retail-currency-traders?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) Middle-aged salarymen in Japan exploit volatile yen with smartphone trades.
3. [**BE A HERO**](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-lead-a-meaningful-life-become-your-own-hero/?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) From Gilgamesh to Star Wars, the narrative blueprint underpinning many heroic tales can offer a powerful way to reframe experiences.
4. [**DUMB PHONE**](https://www.complex.com/style/a/tracewilliamcowen/kendrick-lamar-pglang-phone?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free’s pgLang partners with light phone for limited drop.
5. [**APPED OUT**](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/28/its-quite-soul-destroying-how-we-fell-out-of-love-with-dating-apps?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) For a decade, apps have dominated dating. But now singles are growing tired of swiping and are looking for new ways to meet people – or reverting to old ones.

We’re cooking up something interesting and should be able to send it out into the world soon enough. More on that later…

Thanks for reading snowbird! Stay posted on what’s next.

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