estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017
Kristie Wolfe has built off-grid hobbit holes, treehouses, and potato-shaped abodes — often on a shoestring budget. https://thehustle.co/meet-the-woman-who-builds-the-worlds-most-unique-airbnbs/
"How the aesthetic of Black beauty has evolved, as well as the ways Black beauty professionals have contributed to the hairstyling and makeup industries, was a story that no one was telling." https://www.oprahdaily.com/beauty/skin-makeup/a35844019/black-beauty-archives-black-history/
Biden has had an ancient fossilized vampire squid named after him.
> S. bideni was named in honour of the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
> "I submitted my paper fairly soon after his inauguration … and it seemed like a natural way to celebrate that moment," Dr Whalen said.
> "I was particularly encouraged by some of the plans that he put forward to counter climate change."
Today, not even a marker commemorates the dozens of demonstrations that followed along the road, and most travellers zoom by the area on Interstate 95, one of the busiest highways in the country. But if they look carefully, they can find traces of the remarkable story of US Route 40, which parallels Interstate 95 in northern Maryland. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220306-the-us-highway-that-helped-break-segregation
"After 25 incredible years of sharing culinary insights and mouth-watering recipes, we are saddened to inform you that Chowhound will be closing down on Monday, March 21, 2022." https://www.chowhound.com/post/final-goodbye-chowhound-1098935
It only took a few decades after the invention of the modern newspaper in 1690 for the new medium to become a way for people to meet in Britain. https://www.livescience.com/3362-300-year-history-internet-dating.html
This video recreates the painstaking reproduction of a William Morris wallpaper design from 1875, a process that can take up to 4 weeks, using 30 different blocks and 15 separate colours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quhnejd-h14&list=PLe2ihXndm5jv1uxcRrc7WMERJ6LOdNTY-&index=9
Part hotel, part LARP, part theme park, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser wants to be nothing less than the ultimate Star Wars experience, one that sucks you into a living, breathing sci-fi story unfolding around you. https://www.theverge.com/22949905/star-wars-galactic-starcruiser-hotel-interactive-disney-world-photos-price
Watch 32 discordant metronomes achieve synchrony in a matter of minutes.
Really.
Do.
https://abakcus.com/video/synchronization-of-thirty-two-metronomes
Entertainment Weekly’s Owen Gleiberman called it “pure no-brain bunk.” Roger Ebert gave it a thumbs-down. And I bet you can quote from it, all these years later.
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/my-cousin-vinny-oral-history-1302630/
Block Russian traffic on your website to support Ukraine https://redirectrussia.org/
Give your name to NASA, and they’ll put it on a flash drive that will be included on the Artemis 1 rocket (launching in April). You get a digital boarding pass to track its progress. https://www.nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/
A website that shows all the radiation monitors in Ukraine. https://www.saveecobot.com/en/radiation-maps#12/51.3874/30.0871/gamma/
As the war rages in Ukraine, an unending stream of horrific imagery flickers across our screens. But go to online platforms such as Host a Sister, Ukraine Take Shelter, Host 4 Ukraine, RefugeBooking, or many other small, local platforms, and you’ll be met with a very different sort of refugee-related content: Offers from people all over the world to help those who have been uprooted and displaced.
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/ukraine-refugees-home-share-airbnb/
"History's on-demand playlist has expanded significantly with the release of 2,400 Edison sound disc recordings — some recorded by the famed inventor himself — that have been digitized for free listening by the public." https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2022/03/01/thomas-edison-disc-recordings-digitized-free-streaming/9319199002/
An interview with Al Pacino, with the actor talking about how “The Godfather” single-handedly created his film career. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/movies/al-pacino-the-godfather.html
Of course they'll open it *this* year.
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/08/1085241811/nasa-moon-samples-apollo-artemis
PSA: Fellow Arizonans, don’t forget to not move your clocks forward on Sunday.
How the Mississippi flows: The 1944 map comes from aerial photos and past estimates of the river's route. Compare it to a map created using lidar, which shows the shifts of the windy river over the past 75 years. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mississippi-rivers-hidden-history-uncovered-by-lidar
estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017