Six Quick Links for Monday Noonish

YES! A prequel to Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is in the works. Rewatched M&C during the pandemic and it's a masterpiece. [indiewire.com]

People of color are wary of going back to working in offices, where they have to more often deal with racism in the workplace. [washingtonpost.com]

Colin Dickey absolutely dismantles Malcolm Gladwell's new book, The Bomber Mafia, calling it "a nasty, brutish book" and says that "if it's also short, it's not nearly short enough". [newrepublic.com]

Silver Lining – The pandemic kept many women away from salons & hairdressers for months, allowing some to embrace their graying hair. [newyorker.com]

The National Farmers Union: Farmers Deserve the Right to Repair Their Tractors. "95% of large farm tractors are made by just three companies...which engage in the kind of resource restriction that prevents on-farm repairs." [nfu.org]

Jeff Bezos is going to space. I mean, what's the sense in being the billionaire owner of a spaceship company if you're not going to launch yourself into space? [nytimes.com]

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