The legendary Betty White has died just a few weeks short of her 100th birthday. [tmz.com]
The FDA is set to approve th
18 Things That Kept Me Going In 2021
For a few years now, I’ve been keeping track of all the stuff I read, watch, listen to, and experience — I call it my
Two Quick Links for Saturday Morning
Reminder: after 20 years of work, the James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch into orbit today. Liftoff is at about
Two Quick Links for Thursday Afternoon
"Inclusive Design is a methodology, born out of digital environments, that enables and draws on the full range of human
The Photos of the Year for 2021
It is difficult to separate 2021 from the previous year — Covid, social & political unrest, and the clim
CDC Report Shows Steep Drop in US Life Expectancy in 2020
The CDC recently released their report on Mortality in the United States, 2020 and this graph of US life expectancy at
Tim Flach’s Beautiful Bird Photos
Oh, Tim Flach takes wonderful photos of birds, birbs, and everything in-between (including an avian dead ringer fo
Two Quick Links for Wednesday Morning
An analysis of political amplification on Twitter shows that "the political right enjoys higher amplification compared
Three Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish
Good list from @tedgioia of The Best Articles and Essays of 2021 (heavy on music & culture). [tedgioia.substack.com
The Betty White Timeline of Human History
It can be difficult to wrap our minds around just how short recorded human history is — 5500 years is not actually all
The Northern Lights Photographer of the Year for 2021
Check out some of the best aurora borealis and aurora australis photos taken in 2021 in the results of the 2021 Nort
Three Quick Links for Tuesday Morning
A thorough scholarly review of the different types of Covid-19 diagnostic tests and when to use them. [thelancet.com]
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Two Quick Links for Monday Evening
“Omicron is now the dominant strain of coronavirus in the US, according to the CDC.” 73% of new cases only 20 days afte
The Best Books of 2021
Like last year, I had a lot of trouble reading this year and even more difficulty regularly visiting good book stores,
Four Quick Links for Monday Noonish
My Parents Collect Cans for a Living. "It represents my family's strong values and their dreams for me of getting the o
America Is Not Ready for Omicron
This piece, from Ed Yong, is not at all surprising: America Is Not Ready for Omicron.
America was not prepared for COV
Otherworldly Single Malt Scotch
For his series Vanishing Spirits: The Dried Remains of Single Malt Scotch, photographer Ernie Buttons photographed
Colorful Gradient Sculpture
Courtesy of her distinctive glazing technique — which she uses to “express feelings of transcendental experiences” —
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
In this movie, Nicolas Cage plays Nicolas Cage (or “Nick Cage”) playing Nicolas Cage roles from actual Nicolas Cage mo
Four Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish
Nature magazine's list of ten people who helped shape science in 2021. [nature.com]
A literary clock: each minute of th
This Is A Film About The James Webb Space Telescope
In this entertaining, informative, and charmingly goofy video, Dr. Kevin Hainline tells us all about the James Webb Sp
A NASA Spacecraft Has Touched the Sun
For the first time in human history, a spacecraft has flown through the Sun’s corona to collect data and capture sampl
Five Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish
"South and North Korea, China and the US have agreed 'in principle' to declare a formal end to the Korean war, almost 7
Everything Everywhere All At Once
I don’t know anything about this movie and its directors (Daniels? Oh, Swiss Army Man!) but it has Michelle Yeoh kicki
Business Garden Inn & Suites & Hotel Room Inn
This pitch-perfect SNL commercial featuring Kate McKinnon & Billie Eilish advertises the bland budget business-ish
“I’m Black But Look White. Here Are The Horrible Things White People Feel Safe Telling Me.”
Miriam Zinter for Huffington Post:
My neighbor, the one who asked me why “Black lives matter,” is not the only one who
A Year In Another Part of the Internet
I confess I haven’t kept up with my Mastodon account in some time, but I’m happy that weird, decentralized, variation
A Short History (and Future) of Choir Music in Movies
Adrian Daub has noticed something unusual about choir music in movies: usually, we can’t understand the lyrics. For so
Two Quick Links for Monday Afternoon
“It is a history of pre-Columbian Peru, the Spanish conquest, and the subsequent colonial regime” — and an argument (in
Why Can’t I Hear The Movie?
In theory, this should be a golden age for movie sound. There’s better digital recording and mixing equipment than eve
Victorian Condoms (Possibly)
You find the strangest things in the pages of old books, and the folks at the Bodleian Archives at Oxford are no strang
The Logistics of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama began on Monday, December 5th, 1955 and ended on December 20, 1956 — 381 days d
The Vinyl Boom
About five years ago, a funny thing happened: for birthdays and holidays, instead of LEGO sets or basketball jerseys,
Three Quick Links for Friday Afternoon
I Was Adopted. I Know the Trauma It Can Inflict. @espiers on Justice Amy Coney Barrett's too-casual assertion that adop
Sounding the Sumburgh Foghorn
Built in 1905 and recently restored to working order, the Sumburgh Foghorn is perhaps the last functioning foghorn in
Four Quick Links for Friday Noonish
The escalating costs of being single in America. "We don't seem to like or respect single people and their choices." [v
How to Build the Perfect Medieval Castle
Castles across Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages were all pretty different, but by looking at the tren
The Hunt for Nazi War Criminal Adolf Eichmann
This animated documentary about how Israeli Mossad agent Zvi Aharoni tracked down and captured Nazi war criminal Adolf
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