Wait, OS/2 is almost _35_ years old?! I wrote this nearly 10 years ago. https://estherschindler.medium.com/os-2-is-25-years-old-2012-47d1224ce5d

It was understood that only women who passed the “brown paper bag test” got hired.... Only those with a skin colour that matched or was lighter than a brown paper bag would be allowed admission, membership privileges, or get hired for certain jobs. https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/02/15/she-was-the-black-actress-who-refused-to-pass

Early in her career as a William & Mary student, Cox turned in a physics exam that contained what became one of the most famous incorrect answers in science. https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2020/feynmans-advice-to-wm-student-resonates-45-years-later.php

While the Tech Bro villain is now a well-worn trope... there’s been hardly any representation of women in tech on the small screen. However, this year, TV’s gaze is finally turning to the female power-players of Silicon Valley. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/feb/18/bossing-it-why-the-women-of-big-tech-are-taking-over-the-small-screen

Not sure anyone here (other than @sjvn) is on Pluspora, but it's shutting down. It was a "where do we go from here?" for people who were active on Google+.

Anyhow, I told the folks there that co.so was a warm and welcoming place, so if you see new members be sure to say Hi!

The Philippines undertook the largest bike line construction program in its history, building 500 km of bike paths to replace public transport in under a year. https://blogs.worldbank.org/transport/crisis-opportunity-how-philippines-built-500km-bike-lanes-less-year

You want an Awww

A baby girl Masai giraffe was born on Monday, February 7 at the Phoenix zoo. This is the third calf for mother Sunshine, and the fourth calf sired by father Miguu. The nearly six-foot-tall, 150-pound baby is healthy and sticks extremely close to her mother in the giraffe barn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-eK8MG2Jc

The whole thing was fake - the real employees had been "jobfished". The BBC has spent a year investigating what happened. ...Amazing story. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60387324

In 1963, Alfred Heineken created a bottle that could also function as a brick to build houses in impoverished countries. It was called the Heineken World Bottle (or WOBO). https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/13/collins.php

Meet Spotify's challengers https://www.producthunt.com/newsletter/9931-not-spotify

Did you attend a 1980 conference organized by Stephen Hawking? If so, please help decipher the cartoons and equations on this blackboard. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/feb/10/stephen-hawking-exhibition-hopes-to-unravel-the-mysteries-of-his-blackboard

The pioneering little chopper has 19 Red Planet flights under its belt, and it's not done yet. https://www.space.com/nasa-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-one-year-anniversary

The 160-year old Dickens code has finally been cracked https://www.openculture.com/2022/02/the-code-of-charles-dickens-shorthand-has-been-cracked-by-computer-programmers-solving-a-160-year-old-mystery.html

It's 50 years since the film Cabaret was released. And among my frequent re-watches. ...and this is a great article about homosexuality in film. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220210-how-the-x-rated-musical-cabaret-became-a-hit

“I thought of a couple that is reunited on this other plane of existence after one of them dies,” Dharma says. “That was my premise, that there is something after death – you didn’t have to fear it, and love could stay strong.”
https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/how-buck-dharma-wrote-blue-oyster-cults-dont-fear-the-reaper

If you're looking for a ready-for-work dress that's as comfy as an old sweatshirt... well this one did it for me. But I know I had you at pockets. https://amzn.to/34Wspm1

The Hospital Room of Julius Klingebiel, Cell 117 http://spacesarchives.org/explore/search-the-online-collection/julius-klingebiel/#:~:text=Born%20in%20Hannover%20to%20a,National%20Socialist%20(Nazi)%20party.

A complete reproduction and restoration of J. G. Heck and Spencer F. Baird’s collection of 13,000+ illustrations from 1851 https://www.c82.net/iconography