Surely I am not the only one to think of this song as the result of the Murder Hornets in the news? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_oUX3vyyrg

Bill Joy's greatest gift to man – the vi editor (2003) https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/09/11/bill_joys_greatest_gift/

Torturous Lingerie from a 1956 Home Shopping Catalogue https://archive.org/details/montgomerywardalbany1956springandsummer/page/n188/mode/1up

‘Black Mirror’ Creator Says the World Is Too Bleak for Season 6 https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/black-mirror-creator-season-6-world-bleak-1202229611/

Americans are cooking more fish.

Speaking for myself, I'm more BUYING IT (frozen) than cooking it. But I will get around to making those steamed lobster tails and baked salmon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/dining/seafood-fish-coronavirus.html

The Center for Craft announced the establishment of a Craft Futures Fund, a new grant opportunity supporting craft communities and their creative responses to COVID-19. https://www.centerforcraft.org/grants-and-fellowships/craft-futures-fund

How to explore the British Museum from home https://blog.britishmuseum.org/how-to-explore-the-british-museum-from-home/

Performing arts conservatory The Juilliard School put on a wonderful version of Ravel’s Bolero. https://kottke.org/20/05/juilliard-students-go-all-out-for-online-performance

Someone’s made a Twitter account solely dedicated to checking which video games allow you to pet the dogs in them. https://www.inputmag.com/culture/can-you-pet-the-dog-is-something-behind-the-waterfall-wholesome-twitter

"Until the 1870s any doctor wanting to vaccinate a patient against smallpox had to collect fresh, virus-laden pus or a dried scab from someone recently vaccinated." https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/smallpox-and-the-long-road-to-eradication

Amazon VP and Distinguished Engineer Tim Bray, is done. He writes, “I quit in dismay at Amazon firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19.” He explains the moment when he, as he puts it, “snapped,” noting that remaining in his role would have implied that he was “signing off on actions I despised. So I resigned.”   https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/04/29/Leaving-Amazon

A farmer has trained his ducks to go to bed when he tells them to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ai3_KdJi5w

Often referred to simply as the Inter Autoscooter, the Inter 175A Berline is a microcar in the spirit of other pint-sized cars like the Messerschmidt KR-175. https://silodrome.com/inter-berline-microcar/

A 42-year-old Alabama man was arrested on Thursday at Disney World's Discovery Island, telling deputies he was unaware he was trespassing. He called the island a "tropical paradise," according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. https://www.npr.org/2020/05/03/849782079/man-arrested-for-camping-at-abandoned-disney-world-island

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#MayThe4thBeWithYou #RogueOne
https://twitter.com/AlanTudyk/status/1257392563088220162

Alison Matthews David considers the past as we decide what to wear and how to protect ourselves during the pandemic. https://hyperallergic.com/557541/alison-matthews-david-fashion-victims-and-germ-warfare/

Complete with Art Deco Nightclub, Hearst’s Hollywood Love Nest is (still) For Sale https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/05/01/complete-with-art-deco-nightclub-hearsts-hollywood-love-nest-is-still-for-sale/

This gave me a small smile. Beer matters, doesn't it? https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/03/gretchen-whitmer-cecily-strong-snl-bells-beer/3074371001/

Sometimes bugs have symptoms beyond belief. This is a collection of such stories from around the web. http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/lore/index.html

A treasure trove of novelty, traditional and one-of-a-kind teapots sourced from all over the world. https://www.messynessychic.com/2012/09/19/the-cutest-teapots-you-ever-did-see/