Russia is creating a rival version of Wikipedia

Apparently it will be based on “scientifically verified sources of knowledge.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-wikipedia/russia-to-upgrade-homegrown-encyclopedia-to-counter-unreliable-wikipedia-idUSKBN1Y61DA

Ikea gave a Mars-like habitat a makeover. A designer redecorated a model research facility and now it looks like something in the catalog.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90436537/now-that-ikea-has-colonized-earth-its-going-after-mars

The 10 Best Gifts for the Beer Drinker Who Has Everything

I think we're going to get that Blind Beer Tasting game for one of our friends.

https://www.hopculture.com/best-gift-guide-beer-drinker-2019/

Dictionary dot com names Existential the 2019 Word of the Year.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/dictionarycom-names-existential-2019-word-of-the-year

The architecture, language and culture of New Netherland influences New York today, even if most modern-day inhabitants have little idea of the history beneath their feet. http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191118-whats-left-of-new-yorks-dutch-past

"The young guys are more conservative, and more dangerous to the art form, than the old guys with the cigars ever were!"-- Frank Zappa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZazEM8cgt0

The cassette deck is fading in popularity in cars, but its former ubiquity in prior decades led headphone-jack adapters to become a fact of life for people who wanted to plug in a phone or iPod. How were they able to do their thing? https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyz9j7/the-car-cassette-adapter-was-an-unsung-hero-at-the-dawn-of-the-digital-age

There's a new Matrix coming out? Hmmm. https://www.theguardian.com/film/shortcuts/2019/aug/21/fourth-matrix-rabbit-hole-lana-wachowski

Trends in phishing and spam for Q3 2019
#cososec
https://securelist.com/spam-report-q3-2019/95177/

"Fortunately, there are now several resources journalists can rely on to determine fact from fiction, and this includes multiple online guides." https://www.editorandpublisher.com/feature/to-free-themselves-from-lies-journalists-are-using-new-tools-and-techniques-to-check-facts/

A morning smile #cosomusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-h6BDiV50&feature=youtu.be

Conclusions after a review of 60 studies about what constitutes a dream job. https://80000hours.org/career-guide/job-satisfaction/

Yes, technology can make a positive difference.
"In less than a decade, the virtual hospital has grown from a few part-time employees working out of a converted storage room into one of the country’s most dynamic 24-hour ERs, where a rural health-care crisis plays out on screen."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-most-remote-emergency-room/2019/11/16/717d08e2-063e-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html

"I had come to Esalen to reflect on an apparent paradox: the gradual absorption of the counterculture by capital." https://www.1843magazine.com/features/hippie-inc-how-the-counterculture-went-corporate

Hit the High Notes 🎤🎶 singing game https://vole.wtf/high-notes/

The Siege of Gondor, Part I: Professionals Talk Logistics https://acoup.blog/2019/05/10/collections-the-siege-of-gondor/

Trying to stick to a #keto or #palo diet? I gave 4 stars to _Super Low-Carb Snacks_ #cooking #cosobookclub https://amzn.to/2OYil02

Movie-theater popcorn is a cinema staple. But it wasn’t always so. Street vendors used to sell popcorn outside theaters that frowned on snacking. Now the iconic treat anchors movie concessions, where its price rose by more than 600% between 1929 and 2009.
https://qz.com/emails/quartz-obsession/1756285/