By the time Astor was writing in 1894, electric power cables were already festooning the streets of many American and European cities, and a scheme to generate electricity from the Niagara falls was under way, with Astor as one of the directors. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/colonizing-the-cosmos

"Sometimes you want to do one thing and do it really well. In the computer industry, and maybe everywhere, people get ambitious and screw things up. I figured I started one thing, did it well, and I gave it up when that was the right thing to do." https://www.pcmag.com/news/heres-why-craigslist-still-looks-the-same-after-25-plus-years

I can't believe that something so dumb as a glowing reminder works on me, but it does.
https://amzn.to/3DK1ysF

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.—George Bernard Shaw

An escape, a sanctuary, a place of pleasure, a memoir. Take these steps to ensure your library is just what you want it to be https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-nurture-and-grow-a-personal-library-of-books

Composer, bandleader, teacher, and record producer David Grisman has become a master mandolinist over the course of his nearly 60-year career. Grisman generously loaned this Gibson F-5 “Loar” mandolin to MIM’s Treasures: Legendary Musical Instruments special exhibition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9YWUbIPnF8

"Independent restaurants were more prevalent in coastal cities and were associated with more pedestrian- and tourist-friendly environments, wealthier and highly educated populations, and more racially diverse neighborhoods."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-06-16/maplab-how-many-chain-restaurants-are-in-your-city

Researchers found that people who perform a random act of kindness tend to underestimate how much the recipient will appreciate it. And they believe that miscalculation could hold many of us back from doing nice things for others more often. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/well/family/random-acts-of-kindness.html

"To mourn her is also to mourn ourselves, the shortness of our lives and our own place in history." https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/09/14/as-mourning-comes-each-generation-forges-its-own-relationship-with-the-monarchy

THE CRISCO COOBOOK, FOLKS. I'm amazed my mom didn't have this.
The New York Public Library’s Dorot Jewish Division is home to what is likely the world’s largest archive of Jewish cookbooks, at an estimated 2,500.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/jewish-cookbook-collection

'The surgeons were Sisyphus with a scalpel. “What we wanted … was to do a show which fundamentally had as its subtext the wastefulness of war,” Reynolds said.'
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2022/09/making-mash/

For the Frank Lloyd Wright fans: Apparently this is the first time this Wisconsin house has been on the market. All things considered, IMO it's a good value.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1425-Valley-View-Dr-Mount-Pleasant-WI-53405/52242737_zpid/

More than 220 repair projects across nine national parks from Alcatraz to Yosemite have been funded to upgrade trails and amenities, contributing $3.8 billion to economic output and creating over 36,000 jobs. https://www.npca.org/articles/3230-9-park-success-stories-advocates-made-possible

I had no idea that a Quantum Leap reboot was coming. This looks good.

https://tvline.com/2022/09/16/quantum-leap-preview-reboot-sam-beckett-nbc/

Coupled with an emerging environment in the U.S. supporting equal access, spanning beyond race and gender, now is a great time to take a new look at the AAGBPL and to visualize its players’ notable accomplishments.
https://nightingaledvs.com/insights-of-their-own-visualizing-womens-baseball/

Two cannibals are eating a clown.

One turns to the other and says, "Does this taste funny to you?"

"There’s just no other sort of food that demands so much dedication just to produce something as good as what a fast food chain is turning out around the clock."

https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xppqv/the-mysterious-stubborn-appeal-of-mass-produced-fried-chicken

“The spirit of it was always very light hearted and fun. It wasn’t to shame people, it was to congratulate people. You took down production? Congratulations, you’re finally one of us now.” https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2022/08/charity-majors-linden-lab-honeycomb-cto.html

"The movie cost a small fortune to make, and over the course of its production, it went through ten writers and four directors, poisoned one Tin Man out of commission, put The Wicked Witch of the West and her stunt woman in the hospital, and caused the terrier playing Toto to have a nervous breakdown."
https://austinkleon.substack.com/p/off-to-see-the-wizard