"The mainstream internet may have been in its infancy, but the tech builders of Silicon Valley could see what was coming... all the tools necessary for people to work from anywhere conveniently, affordably, and effectively." https://every.to/p/a-brief-history-of-digital-nomads

The concept is to simplify employee (and manager) reviews down to a single question: "How likely are you to recommend working with [PERSON] to a friend or colleague?" https://medium.com/@pdeglon/employee-nps-the-golden-metric-for-employee-performance-review-9c6079cc0d66

Highly creative people’s brains appear to work differently from others', with an atypical approach that makes distant connections more quickly by bypassing the “hubs” seen in non-creative brains. https://www.uclahealth.org/news/CreativeBrain2022

How Normal Am I?
This is fascinating and spooky.
https:// https://www.hownormalami.eu/

"No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not." -- H. L. Mencken

In 2019, about 35% of new hires were based in a different state than the primary company headquarters. So far this year, that number has ballooned up to 62%.

https://carta.com/blog/compensation-report-h1-2022/

“It’s the heart of the movie. I remember seeing it for the first time and, of course, crying.” —Patrick Lin https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/6/14/23166006/up-first-10-minutes-making-of

"He set to work creating and developing From Numbers to Names (N2N), an artificial intelligence-driven facial recognition platform that can scan through photos from prewar Europe and the Holocaust, linking them to people living today." https://www.timesofisrael.com/google-engineer-identifies-anonymous-faces-in-wwii-photos-with-ai-facial-recognition/

We are all Ukrainian, now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSwxoJHJ4EI

This site purports to map all the places you can travel without transfers from any train station in Europe. I am told that it's incomplete in some areas, but still admirable.
https://direkt.bahn.guru

David Teie, a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, teamed up with animal scientists to develop “Music for Cats,” a series of whirring, lilting and at times squeaky musical tracks designed for cats’ brains and ears. https://www.musicforcats.com

The only security of all is in a free press. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Three recent art exhibitions emphasize the pivotal role played by HIV and AIDS posters since the virus emerged in the early ’80s. "The show I curated was not specifically about AIDS. It’s an activist poster exhibition." https://www.poz.com/article/viewing-history-hiv-aids-posters

In the early 70s, I believed this truly was a girl's diary. And to be fair, it scared me away from drugs at a time when that was a wise idea. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/06/was-go-ask-alice-the-original-literary-con

I love the analysis in this -- both the sword fighting expertise and the acting analysis. #starwars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5oVk2RR4-c

Oh! I forgot to celebrate Bobby Bonilla Day!
https://fortune.com/2022/07/01/bobby-bonilla-day-baseball-player-contract-mets-sports-finances/

"Fleas become as large as lambs, Galileo said, so a word for early microscopes was ‘flea glasses’" https://aeon.co/essays/the-sensual-artistry-we-first-used-to-visualise-our-cells-and-tissues

Well there goes YOUR free time for a while. https://www.openculture.com/2022/06/astounding-stories.html

In the pandemic’s early days, government-backed public health apps acquired millions of users—a ready-made audience developers are eager to tap. https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-data-switch/