Thu. 10/07 - It's Like Venmo, But For the Post Office

The WHO has officially approved the first-ever malaria vaccine. The United States Postal Service is trying out being a bank. And the story of a white-naped crane named Walnut who fell in love with a human named Crowe. Sponsor: Novo, BankNovo.com/kottke Links: World Health Organization Approves First Malaria Vaccine (NY Mag) Malaria vaccine: When will it be available? (BBC) World's first malaria vaccine gets WHO recommendation (NPR) WHO recommends groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk (WHO) The USPS is testing out becoming a bank, and it's about damn time. (Boing Boing) USPS Begins Postal Banking Pilot Program (Prospect) The crane who fell in love with a human (Washington Post, 2018) Crowe and Crane "It's complicated." (Amanda Deibert, Twitter) The 9,090-Piece Titanic Is Now the Largest Lego Model Ever Released (Gizmodo) Accurate Titanic Model (bikekill, TikTok) Wandavision Agatha Harkness Marvel Spinoff at Disney+ (iO9) 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