A playlist to get you in the mood for Halloween. https://www.insidehook.com/article/music/the-only-halloween-playlist-youll-ever-need
In the US, hospital visits for food allergy increased threefold from 1993 to 2006. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201023-food-allergies-why-nut-dairy-and-food-allergy-are-rising
People putting their “I Voted” stickers on women’s suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony’s headstone will see something new this year: a plastic cover. https://apnews.com/article/susan-b-anthony-headstone-shield-vote-9711a7a864eb0a8115be7d318af87ba6
The liquid gushing from veins in movies like "Dawn of the Dead" and "Suspiria" hardly resembles the real stuff. The reason why might boil down to laundry. https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/10/28/21536977/blood-old-horror-movies-dawn-of-the-dead
Via historian Kevin Kruse:
>>I'm recording part of a lecture on George Wallace, so I'll recommend (once again) the great American Experience documentary on him.
>>The segment on his rallies is especially striking for how many parallels there are to Trump. (Start around 1:20:00)
Ten minutes was enough for me but... yup. Sounds familiar.
Make sure your Halloween decorations are PG-13. A homeowner’s association in Richmond, Texas, asked a resident to take down her display of pole-dancing skeletons. https://abc13.com/angela-nava-pole-dancing-skeletons-richmond-hoa-on-halloween-decorations-candy-shop/7373707/
Tomatoes. All the tomatoes! Listed by color, variety, alphabetically, early fruit or late...with pictures and description.
http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Category:Tomatoes
“They wrote to feed the conveyor belt of hooks that ran along the ceiling, from the editor to the foreman to the typographer.” The 19th-century world of New York journalism. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/10/26/the-ghosts-of-newspaper-row/
An origami simulator https://origamisimulator.org
Joni Mitchell is releasing some of her previously never-published early recordings https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/27/joni-mitchell-interview-archives-early-years-cameron-crowe
In this house, we believe:
Love is LOVE
No human is ILLEGAL
Science is REAL
Lava lamps aren’t REAL LAVA
Lava would evaporate the water and the lamp would EXPLODE
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/in-this-house-we-believe
People voting for Mr. Biden are more likely than the average adult to have had Grey Poupon mustard or Minute Maid orange juice (not frozen) in the house, while Trump supporters over-index on Ken's salad dressing and Pace picante sauce. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/27/upshot/biden-trump-poll-quiz.html
MIT Technology Review Insights is conducting an anonymous poll to understand how executives (with a specific focus for CFOs, VPs of Finance, and Controllers) are thinking about “big moves” like mergers and acquisitions, adoption of new business models, and deployment of cloud-based technologies.
The findings will inform our research for a research report. (written by me, so please do help out if you're able.)
It's all because of me. I've been buying a LOT of books. Not necessarily reading them, but it feels better to have them somehow. #cosobookclub https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54703164
I have wondered about this. You probably have, too.
"When it comes to the transition itself—not the niceties that surround it—a little-known body of law and practice places important limitations on the amount of damage even a determined outgoing president can do."" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/trump-cant-single-handedly-wreck-transition/616876/
As 78% of employees expect their employer to have a diverse workforce, diversity will be a key driver in applicant decision making (not just tolerance, but full acceptance of diversity as a core business value) https://www.hrdive.com/news/employees-want-an-inclusive-workplace-but-employers-are-falling-short/518570/
"While the rail sector is warily slow at introducing new technologies ...there are a number of technical innovations in development that, if adopted, could make the trains of tomorrow both faster and safer." https://thenextweb.com/shift/2020/10/24/5-innovations-shaping-the-future-of-train-travel-syndication/
Negative Sentiment Towards Trump Grows As The Election Nears Even Among Republicans
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