TIL John Lennon worked a summer job at Liverpool airport as a baggage handler. It gives new meaning to "Imagine no possessions."

I know that the FBI has a lot of police dogs but you never had a police cat. My cat, Butch, should be the first Police cat. He is very tough and not scared of anything - even dogs. If you had a police cat like Butch, you would fool all the crooks because they wouldn’t suspect that a cat is working for the FBI. If you want to try Butch, write to me.

A young girl named Saraann
Letter to the FBI director J. Edgar Hoover
1930

—Kids’ Letters to the F.B.I., by Bill Adler

Stanisław Lem's Prescient Vision of Artificial Life https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/stanislaw-lems-prescient-vision-of-artificial-life/

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The history of coloring margarine https://www.sciencehistory.org/collections/blog/stomping-the-margarine/

There’s been steady growth in the population of Chinese white dolphins, nicknamed the 'giant panda of the sea,’ thanks to conservation measures. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-08-16/VHJhbnNjcmlwdDgwMzE0/index.html

The DNC news coverage you were waiting for (maybe) https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/22/dnc-fashion-best-worst-outfits-00175652

Timeline cleaner: a joyful video of 2,000 people singing ABBA in an Ottawa theater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0MgG7-jWyc

TIL John Young smuggled a corned beef sandwich onto Gemini 3 and was the first astronaut to be yelled at by NASA. https://www.space.com/39341-john-young-smuggled-corned-beef-space.html

This book is so disappointing: Rock Covers: 750 Album Covers That Made History

You'd think it impossible to make this only "meh," but they did so.
https://amzn.to/4cBl3kH

This book is so disappointing: Rock Covers: 750 Album Covers That Made History
You'd think it impossible to make this only "meh," but they did so.
https://amzn.to/4cBl3kH

I'm not sure I could wear any of this amazing nail art, but OMG some of these designs are SO COOL.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/style/sculptural-nail-art-manicures/index.html

Digitized images illuminate U.S. colonial period in the Philippines. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/12/digitized-images-illuminate-us-colonial-period-philippines

Sci-Fi Interfaces: Hackers https://scifiinterfaces.com/2023/12/11/hackers/

New records from the Manhattan Project’s director: The National Security Archive released new papers from Leslie Groves, the director of the Manhattan Project, which included memos and other correspondence from inside the Project and “the importance of being the preeminent atomic power.” https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2024-08-08/manhattan-project-directors-files-illuminate-early-history

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The playlist for last night's DNC roll call

In case you're looking for a good, upbeat "music to listen to" soundtrack for the day that crosses genres and eras.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4qxuSibT1VUQCehpCoPdml

Shopping for affordable around-the-house pants? These'll do. https://amzn.to/3Avtelt

@Mauve_matelot I wish I knew ! @LianaBrooks @SandHillThicket @sazemisery @Oma_Trisha @PurpleDragon

Buffets seek to “fill the customer’s belly as cheaply and as quickly as possible.” To do so, they employ a number of research-backed tricks to get people to eat less food... https://thehustle.co/the-economics-of-all-you-can-eat-buffets