“Baseball” was one of the early episodes of Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour.
https://podbay.fm/p/theme-time-radio-hour-archive-theme-time-radio-hour/e/1397234407

Who Can See What You Do on Venmo? You’d Be Surprised.
https://www.consumerreports.org/money/digital-payments/who-can-see-what-you-do-on-venmo-a6906448606/

"A team of Stanford Medicine doctors and biomedical engineers are among the first to integrate a new augmented reality tool into surgical practice." (from Feb 2024) https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/02/augmented-reality-surgery.html

"This site contains 31,119 unique* 88x31 buttons that I scraped from the GeoCities archives" https://hellnet.work/8831/

Yes, of course this listicle includes _The Name of the Rose_ and _The Cadfael Chronicles_. So I'm motivated to check out the rest of these books.
https://crimereads.com/best-medieval-crime-novels/

Cats are (almost) liquid
They did the research. It must be true.
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(24)02024-8

People who confuse entomology and etymology bug me in ways I can't put into words.

My good news: I start a new job on Monday!

I'll share the details then, but in the meantime, I am in a state of nervousness -- like the first day at a new school. It's all hope and shyness turned up to 11.

We Now Know What May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

New ideas about witches—casting them as a “conspiratorial activity against godly society”—came from a book called Malleus Maleficarum. That text was spread throughout the Western world thanks to the newly invented printing press.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a62546301/witch-trials-cause/

"Who could possibly ignore a resume when it is delivered as a delicious pizza?”
LOTS of people, I assure you.
https://mossandfog.com/pizza-hut-will-deliver-your-resume-printed-on-a-pizza-box-to-prospective-employers/

The Open Pinball Database provides a searchable inventory and API of about 2,000 pinball machines and 120+ manufacturers. https://opdb.org

German Signs in Paris during World War II Occupation https://humus.livejournal.com/9351349.html

@SpaceShanks I've been in exactly that position -- multiple times.

Give yourself a day just to feel... whatever you are feeling. Don't try to do anything quite yet. You can move forward tomorrow.

Your Coso friends are here. We understand. We care.

TIL there was a Busch Gardens in Pasadena. https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201005/1935/

Overheard: I've long been a fan of taxidermy, puzzle boxes, and pyrotechnics. I finally found a project that combines them all.

I'm gonna make you an otter you can't defuse.

All Possible Plots by Major Authors

Jane Austen: Your obligation to make a judicious alliance with an alluring newcomer is constantly pressed upon you by your relations. You despise them all.
Agatha Christie: The extravagant web of lies that is your home life is shattered by twin irritations: a spate of deaths and a Belgian asking irritating questions.
https://www.the-fence.com/plots-major-authors/

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It's flannel shirt weather! ...well, soon it will be. https://amzn.to/3Nq2Kon