A fun article about my friend. You'll smile.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/technology/corey-quinn-amazon-aws.html

This is my surprised face.
https://www.businessinsider.com/hacker-claims-to-have-stolen-files-jones-day-trump-wsj-2021-2

“Quintessentially American” is just about the perfect way to describe the appetizer, which has become an icon. Part greasy onion ring, part elegant flower, the blooming onion sums up America’s horrendous eating habits, and our general distrust of urbanity as well as our own complex beauty. https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/who-invented-blooming-onion

"A signal from venerable space probe Voyager 2 reached Earth today, acknowledging that the spacecraft has received its first command since March 2020 and had reset internal clocks as instructed." https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/15/voyager_2_executes_commands_again/

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." - Mark Twain

Published in 1968, the book, co-written with Patricia Brooks, includes not just recipes, but everything you could ever want to know about how chief executives up to Lyndon B. Johnson entertained. Here are 15 recipes, updated by Cannon for modern chefs. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75195/eat-commander-chief-15-president-approved-recipes

"This music-related reminiscence bump peaked around age 14: songs popular when participants were this age evoked the most memories overall." https://theconversation.com/why-were-obsessed-with-music-from-our-youth-154864

Super high-speed footage captures the moment a lightning bolt forms https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/super-high-speed-footage-captures-moment-lightning-bolt-forms-180976964/

Whew. Good news.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-vaccine-idUSKBN2AE0Q2

What do you get the Lord or Lady who has everything? Why, a gilded salt cellar shaped like a ship – or a whole damn castle, dragons included.
https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/02/10/the-unexpected-elegance-of-antique-salt-cellars/

Need some escapist reading, historical novel style? City of Scoundrels should do it for you. With one caveat. #cosobookclub
https://amzn.to/2OJccbz

Yardi Gras!
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2021/02/photos-preparing-for-yardi-gras-in-new-orleans/617978/

"One of the more well-known examples of truly idiosyncratic book organization was Sir Robert Cotton, the first benefactor of the British Museum. ... He organized his priceless collection of manuscripts by… convenience and proximity to marble busts of Roman emperors."
https://www.bookhistoria.com/blog/no-mere-foppery-a-defense-of-rainbow-bookshelves

In 1968, Jimi Hendrix also played a concert there. In 1972, a somewhat more sedate act took over the ballroom to put on the inaugural International Conference on Computing Communication, where a promising research project known as the ARPANET was demonstrated publicly for the first time. https://twobithistory.org/2021/02/07/arpanet.html

From 17th century illustrated diagrams to contemporary interactive visualisations, the exhibition explores how advances in science alongside changes in technology have allowed us to visually interpret masses of information. https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2014/february/the-importance-of-data-visualisation-is-explored-in-the-british-librarys-first-science-exhibition-be

When Mark Twain’s work first appeared in the Post, he was just an aspiring journalist in California. Even back then, he managed to ruffle a few feathers. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/02/the-saturday-evening-post-history-minute-when-mark-twain-wrote-for-the-post/

TIL space shuttle astronaut John Grunsfeld once called Car Talk https://www.cartalk.com/content/flashback-car-talk-outer-space

Why work feels easier in a cafe than at home: a low-to-moderate level of ambient noise in a place like a cafeteria can actually boost your creative output. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210114-why-youre-more-creative-in-coffee-shops

A website that removes all the clutter from recipe sites and just shows the instructions https://www.justtherecipe.app/