"The narrative that we should have learned and grown over the past year — potentially transforming ourselves into better workers for our employers — persists, and with it damaging expectations for how people process pain and trauma." https://www.vox.com/22536756/covid-pandemic-quarantine-lockdown-productivity-hobbies-work

"Ahead of the 50th anniversary of singer Jim Morrison’s death, we rank the LA band’s best tracks" https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jun/24/the-doors-greatest-songs-ranked

Airbnb is offering an overnight stay at Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Vicens in Barcelona for only $1. https://hyperallergic.com/657961/for-just-1-you-can-live-in-a-gaudi-masterpiece-for-a-night/

🎶Bananarama released their song ‘Cruel Summer’ 38 years ago today, June 27, 1983

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Would-be-owners of this picturesque Cotswold Cottage will inherit an unusual ward with their purchase: a 94-year-old tortoise called Hercules that already has outlasted at least two sets of owners. https://thespaces.com/cotswold-cottage-lists-but-it-comes-with-an-unusual-permanent-resident/

"Before the internet, gamers turned to magazine stands to learn more about their favorite titles. Now the world wide web has made it possible for you to own those retro publications again. The Video Game History Foundation is working to preserve vintage video game magazines with a subscription service that puts certified copies in your hands." https://nerdist.com/article/video-game-history-foundation-vintage-magazine-subscription-service/

Beyond Stonehenge: Across time and around the world, many ancient monuments were built as calendars to track the sun’s journey. https://www.sapiens.org/column/field-trips/solstice-sites/

No frontier has ever captured the American imagination quite like the “Wild West”, which still evokes images of dusty cowboys, outlaws, gold diggers, gamblers, gun fights and barroom brawls over 100 years after the West was settled. https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/06/25/the-wild-west-immortalised-through-the-lens-of-tombstones-resident-photographers/

A simple blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer before any clinical signs or symptoms of the disease emerge in a person is accurate enough to be rolled out as a screening test, according to scientists." https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/25/blood-test-that-finds-50-types-of-cancer-is-accurate-enough-to-be-rolled-out

Internet-in-a-Box brings the very best of the World’s Free Knowledge (Wikipedia, Khan Academy, OpenStreetMap, E-Books and many others) to those who are offline — e.g. anybody nearby with an old smartphone, tablet or laptop. http://internet-in-a-box.org/

Today, collectors scour thrift shops and antique stores with Geiger counters — or UV lights, which reveal the uranium-containing glassware via its glow. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/uranium-glass-radioactive-plates-cups

Under construction in Tempe: Habitat for Humanity's first 3D printed house https://habitatcaz.org/3D/

Brewers are seeking out forgotten beer in shipwrecks as well as defunct distilleries, with the hope that the yeast strains could improve today’s beers. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210622-how-shipwrecked-yeasts-could-change-the-taste-of-your-beer

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A recent shortage of Marmite in Britain – the result of a hiatus in brewing during the pandemic – caused panic among lovers of the savoury spread. Haters, on the other hand, rejoiced in its absence from supermarket shelves. ...maybe https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/06/17/marketing-marmite-how-an-advertising-agency-started-a-culture-war

Do you miss being on beach vacation? Let the waves hit your feet, and the sand be your seat with this webpage. https://defonic.com/vibeocean.html

50 Years of Text Games: a 2021 Journey from Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon https://if50.substack.com/p/introduction

NASA says the Hubble Space Telescope's payload computer, which operates the spacecraft's scientific instruments, went down suddenly on June 13. Without it, the instruments on board meant to snap pictures and collect data are not currently working. https://www.npr.org/2021/06/23/1009567351/hubble-trouble-nasa-cant-figure-out-whats-causing-computer-issues-on-the-telesco