Impressive photos of small things https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2021/09/photographing-microscopic-winners-nikon-small-world-2021/620058/

3D Pipes Screensaver https://1j01.github.io/pipes/

A rewilding project in England that reclaimed 128,000 acres of industrial wasteland three decades ago has blossomed from a single tree into what's now known as the National Forest. The forest has created 5,000 new jobs and there are plans to create a new 25-acre wood to remember those who've died during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/08/21/a-rewilding-revolution-how-9-million-trees-reforested-england

Stained glass artist Henry Belcher and his New York based company produced some glorious work, as shown in this 1886 catalogue offering a small taster of their output.
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/catalogue-from-belcher-mosaic-glass-co-1886

Since the hack, Epik's security protocols have been the target of ridicule among researchers, who've marveled at the site's apparent failure to take basic security precautions such as routine encryption that could have protected data about its customers from becoming public. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Huge-hack-reveals-embarrassing-details-of-who-s-16476615.php

"Our proposed approach makes it possible to estimate the number of seated people in an area from outside," said Mostofi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UCSB. "This approach utilizes only the received power measurements of one WiFi link, does not rely on people to carry a device and works through walls." https://techxplore.com/news/2021-09-dont-fidget-wifi.html

Illinois, the 18th largest economy in the world, and the fifth largest economy in the US, just passed what it's calling "the most pro-worker, pro-climate legislation in the country." The bill mandates zero emissions from the power sector by 2045, a five fold increase in renewables, and funding for a just transition for communities affected by coal and gas closures. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/09/sweeping-illinois-clean-energy-bill-also-bails-out-nuclear-power/

Parchment fragments of a medieval Merlin manuscript found in Bristol library reveal "subtle but significant" variations on Arthurian legend https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/06/fragments-of-medieval-merlin-manuscript-found-in-bristol-library-reveal-chaster-story

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."--Upton Sinclair

Half a century ago, a legion of idealists dropped out of society and went back to the land, creating a patchwork of utopian communes across Northern California. https://www.gq.com/story/californias-vanishing-hippie-utopias

Well THAT'll get your morning started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=87&v=VzatpyYmY2Y&feature=emb_logo

Among the “human curiosities” in P. T. Barnum’s American Museum was a supposed escapee from an Ottoman harem, a figure marketed as both the pinnacle of white beauty and an exoticised other. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/circassian-beauties

Mount Everest 3D 🏔 An interactive 3D map of Mount Everest.
https://mount-everest3d.com/3d-map/

Nature is healing: Participants paid £1 for three attempts to dislodge as many puddings as they could https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/19575630.world-black-pudding-throwing-championships-back-ramsbottom/

This makes me smile! https://people.com/sports/noah-syndergaard-make-reading-cool-again-book-club/

The population of four endangered tuna species - Atlantic bluefin, Southern bluefin, Albacore and Yellowfin - are all showing signs of recovery thanks to the enforcement of fishing quotas over the past decade. https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2021/09/these-popular-tuna-species-are-no-longer-endangered-surprising-scientists

We just binge-watched Atropa, a short series that's among the best SF I've seen in a long time. Recommended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVuZDtz-Aes&list=PL2X2odndvaIcUHXIOH6s76hqJc2m3Fga2

"A new website launched Tuesday aims to help anyone wanting to welcome and support Afghan refugees who have arrived in the United States. [The site] provides information about volunteering, donations and providing legal aid or sponsoring a family." https://www.nbc15.com/2021/09/14/new-initiative-aims-welcome-afghan-refugees-give-support-information/

Karl Lagerfield’s cat was among the 1%. The late fashion designer’s estate auction will feature paraphernalia belonging to Choupette, who dined on caviar and traveled by private jet. https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/sep/13/contents-of-karl-lagerfelds-eight-houses-up-for-grabs-at-sothebys

Scammer James O’Keefe scammed by business email compromise https://www.dailydot.com/debug/project-of-veritas-says-hackers-scammed-it-out-of-165000/