This is interesting and offers a good historical context. https://imperfectunion.substack.com/p/a-history-of-cabinet-appointments

Why YES, I DID invest 8 bucks in an adaptor so I could use the keyboard I last used with Windows NT. You got a problem with that, buddy?

Monoprice PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse to USB Converter Adapter
https://amzn.to/3Z5UYa1

Trondheim, Norway's Nidaros Cathedral is full of secrets, messages from the past written in stone. One researcher is now decoding these missives, half hidden in a very special spot in and around the most sacred place in the church. https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/249223

I laughed

We could have lived in the alternate timeline where violating the Logan Act would mean Wolverine came after you.

TIL Screaming Yellow Zonkers was around until 2007.

Best product packaging EVER. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Yellow_Zonkers

Privacy advocates gained access to a powerful tool bought by U.S. law enforcement agencies that can track smartphone locations around the world. Abortion clinics, places of worship, and individual people can all be monitored without a warrant. https://www.404media.co/email/a400f89b-10e8-4910-9ee3-ac83b70020aa/

The ministry of stupid ideas https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-doge-trump-jobs-department-government-administration-rcna180210

The Rays are planning to play the 2025 season at Tampa’s Steinbrenner Field, spring training home of the rival New York Yankees. https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2024/11/14/interim-stadium-steinbrenner-field-yankees-tarpons-pinellas-st-petersburg/

The OS of the future is here! https://www.windows93.net/

I laughed

“Times New Dumbass” is a font inspired by the owner of Xitter https://boingboing.net/2024/11/13/times-new-dumbass-is-a-font-inspired-by-the-owner-of-xitter.html

The Learning Hub currently features more than 50 pieces of content [related to Black history], coupled with curriculum and printable resources for users that cover the stories of trailblazers across industries, including civil rights, STEM, movements, the arts, and sports. https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/news/because-of-them-we-can-launches-free-and-accessible-learning-hub-for-teaching-black-history-year-round

"In a new paper, the researchers report that it was the dancing and jumping movements of the 70,000-plus fans, not the music or sound system, at the August 4 concert that created the seismic waves that have come to be called 'Swift quakes.'" https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/swifities-shake-it-off-and-help-seismologists-solve-mystery-of-how-concertgoers-shake-things-up

"During World War II, lore evolved to such an extent that gremlins became full-fledged celebrities—pesky critters who crawled into plane machinery and destroyed it."
https://daily.jstor.org/ghosts-in-the-machine/

John Battelle suggests protecting one kind of content – but not another — and why that matters to marketing leaders everywhere.

https://pgsignal.com/2024/11/09/why-section-230-needs-reforming/

@Kurtroedeger Why would one want to? #CheeseFan @Fiikus_goddess

I am feeling oddly soothed today by this sea lion webcam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ElanH9Gzjw

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