"How did we get here? Well, baseball, like human beings, has an over-engineering problem."
https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/12/baseball-has-an-overengineering-problem-and-pitchers-are-dropping-like-flies

Maine has a lot of lobsters. It also has a lot of older people, ones who are less and less willing and able to catch, clean and sell the crustaceans that make up a $1 billion industry for the state. Companies are turning to foreign-born workers to bridge the divide. (gift link)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/business/economy/immigrants-maine-lobster-aging-workforce.html

I don't know who needs to know this, but here you are: All 29 road tunnels in New Zealand ranked from worst to best.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/20-04-2024/all-28-road-tunnels-in-new-zealand-ranked-from-worst-to-best

@th3j35t3r I had one of those.

Between 1993 and 2006, estimates say that AOL sent out more than 1 billion CDs with free trial software. https://www.vox.com/2015/5/12/8594049/aol-free-trial-cds

@Ryanmurphy I've struggled with it too, which is why I appreciated the advice!

Not least of which is to put a period at the end of the alt text. That never would have occurred to me.

We can split light by a prism, sounds by tones, but surely the world of odour is too complex and personal? Strangely, no. https://aeon.co/essays/odours-have-a-complex-topography-and-its-been-mapped-by-ai

BlackGirlsHack's SquadCon Call for Papers is now open! #Cybersecurity experts, thought leaders, and practitioners are encouraged to submit research, case studies, and innovative ideas. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240424621885/en/BlackGirlsHack-presents-SquadCon-‘24-Play-to-Win-GHV-in-2022-and-now-we-are-back-again%21

Write alternative text as if you’re describing the image to a friend.

Good advice. I learned a lot. https://cloudfour.com/thinks/write-alt-text-like-youre-talking-to-a-friend/

How many lies would Pinocchio have to tell before his nose was so heavy that it broke his neck? https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/jist/article/view/743

HHS Strengthens Privacy of Reproductive Health Care Data
The Biden Administration is issuing new regulations designed to protect women and their healthcare providers from law enforcement investigations when performing abortions or other reproductive procedures that are lawful in the states where they’re performed.
https://securityboulevard.com/2024/04/hhs-strengthens-privacy-of-reproductive-health-care-data/

NASA managed to fix Voyager One remotely, sending the interstellar spacecraft updated computer code to route around a hardware failure via a radio transmission that took 22.5 hours to arrive. Imagine rebooting a server over ssh, but the server is more than fifteen billion miles away and you don’t have a tech on-site in case something goes wrong. This team is a first-ballot shoo-in for the Ops Hall of Fame.

(I stole this write-up, but the achievement is admirable.)
https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/04/22/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/

"The Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, protecting the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, increasing innovation, and fostering new business formation." https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes

The Center for Railroad Photography & Art has a digital archive of railroad imagery. https://railphoto-art.org/center-unveils-digital-railroad-photo-archive/

Every time you click this link, it sends you to a random Web 1.0 website
https://wiby.me/surprise/

Well, then! https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/23/elon-musk-dead-at-52-misinformation-laws/

White oaks are in trouble, and it’s a big deal for the bourbon industry, which relies on fresh wood barrels. https://modernfarmer.com/2023/10/the-bourbon-industry-relies-on-white-oaks-which-are-in-decline-now-theyre-all-in-on-saving-them/

Five Things Linus Torvalds Has Learned About Managing Software Projects
as told to @sjvn in 2008
https://www.cio.com/article/276384/open-source-tools-five-things-linus-torvalds-has-learned-about-managing-software-projects.html