Four Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish

09:57

How to Wait in Line. "Distract yourself to pass the time. If you can, embrace the camaraderie of wanting something en masse." [nytimes.com]

For a limited time, the ebook version of Charles Mann's excellent 1491 is on sale for $2.99. This book rearranged my brain when I read it in 2005. [amazon.com]

Ten people were killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado supermarket yesterday. In America, part of opening back up after a pandemic is the return of periodic public slaughter. (Gun sales surged massively in 2020.) [apnews.com]

Sylvia Plath's Food Diary. The poet wrote about food a lot and @whatsylviaate is keeping track. "God, must I lose it in cooking scrambled eggs for a man?" [atlasobscura.com]

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