Figurative tattooing dates back to 5,000 years ago, which is approximately when the first known writing emerged. https://www.sapiens.org/column/machinations/body-modification/

"Our capacity for empathy is one of the features that defines us as human so, as you’d expect, it plays a central role in design thinking, which is founded on understanding and responding to the needs of users." https://uxdesign.cc/three-stages-of-empathy-b5f92dc4d511

While stickers have largely gone digital, one sticker factory is still holding on.
https://onezero.medium.com/the-last-true-sticker-factory-in-america-69e42f7e97e4

Top 5 Secret Doors in History https://murphydoor.com/blogs/posts/murphy-door-presents-top-5-secret-doors-in-history

"The debate over Supreme Court fashion dates back to the early years of the republic. In the high court’s first session, on February 1, 1790, the first order of business was to answer the question of judicial attire." https://forward.com/life/style/393375/how-the-notorious-rbg-uses-fashion-for-political-statements/

Reviving a blackletter font from a museum’s archive https://typography.guru/journal/blackletter-revival/

NASA has shared audio snippets of Martian quakes detected by the InSight lander earlier this year. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614471/you-can-now-listen-to-rumbling-marsquakes-heard-by-nasas-mars-lander/

Emma Watson Launches Hotline That Offers Free Legal Advice for Women Experiencing Workplace Harassment
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/emma-watson-launches-free-legal-advice-hotline-for-women-experiencing-harassment/

‘She Said’ is the best book about journalism I have ever read. Here are its best lessons for journalists.”
https://www.insider.com/she-said-journalism-harvey-weinstein-investigation-book-2019-10

After 50-year conservation effort, Kirtland's warbler flies off U.S. endangered species list https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/10/after-50-year-conservation-effort-songbird-flies-us-endangered-species-list

Facebook approved a false Biden attack ad. The Trump campaign video accuses the former vice president and his son, Hunter, of corrupt activities in Ukraine. The social media giant rejected Biden’s request to take down the video citing “Facebook’s fundamental belief in free expression.”

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/08/politics/facebook-biden-ad-request-trump-ukraine/index.html

What happened when a historian took the ‘Life in the UK’ test for British citizenship? https://www.historytoday.com/archive/making-history/testing-times

The world’s most spectacular staircases. A-up. Lovely eye candy. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/features/photography/discover-21-worlds-most-spectacular-staircases

Airplane food is getting a low-waste makeover. https://www.fastcompany.com/90409925/this-redesigned-in-flight-meal-service-could-change-how-we-fly

Established in 1925, Eve’s Hangout is considered one of the first lesbian establishments in the United States. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-was-first-gay-bar

Famous Writers’ Homes Every Book Nerd Must Visit https://www.afar.com/magazine/famous-authors-homes-to-visit-around-the-world

Cosplayers who are not white, thin, or physically able thrive at NY ComicCon, writes @carolpinchefsky

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/cosplayers-who-are-not-white-thin-or-physically-able-thrive-at-nycc