Piet Mondrian’s painting “New York City 1” has been hanging in the art collection of North Rhine-Westphalia for years – but upside down!
https://switzerlandtimes.ch/world/mondrian-image-has-been-hanging-upside-down-for-decades/

Researchers in Analytical Chemistry report on a nanometer-scale imaging of two of Stradivari's violins, revealing a protein-based layer between the wood and varnish. https://phys.org/news/2022-10-chemical-clues-mystery-coating-stradivari.html

"In tough times, how do we know whether what we have is enough? Officials, even well-meaning ones, have a history of tin-eared pronouncements in this area, which often amount to telling the poor that they’re not doing poverty right." https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/05/23/politicians-have-long-told-the-poor-that-theyre-not-doing-poverty-right

“This is the file format of the internet generation,” Tumblr’s then-head of creative strategy, David Hayes, told Mashable in 2016, while more than 23 million GIF-based posts were being uploaded to the site he worked for each day. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/10/using-reaction-gifs-over-tumblr-giphy/671680/

A visual exploration of hurricane data analysis from inside the eye of the storm. https://graphics.reuters.com/STORM-IAN/RECONNAISSANCE/xmvjozyqxpr/

"Rohrer has relaunched Project December as a tool specifically geared toward reconnecting with the dead. Users can pay $10 to create a chatbot mimicking the behavior of someone no longer alive." https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/15/would_you_pay_10_to/

Mixing a small amount of simulated crushed Martian rock with a titanium alloy makes a stronger material in a 3D printing process that could one day be used on Mars to make tools or rocket parts. https://www.futurity.org/mars-dust-3d-printing-space-2795162/

Nowadays, most scientists view the nature-versus-nurture debate as too simplistic, but at the time, it was perhaps THE debate in biology. https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/the-tragedy-of-the-worlds-first-seed-bank

Mood

Making music with a Commodore 1541 floppy drive https://linusakesson.net/music/partita-prelude/index.php

In videogames, medieval pigs are generally modelled on their modern-day counterparts: as rotund furless animals with pink skin and stubby legs. But the medieval pig looked markedly different, as can be verified from a plethora of evidence. https://www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl/articles/whats-wrong-with-medieval-pigs-in-videogames

My Amazon review of Susan Elia MacNeal's Mother daughter traitor spy...5 stars.

If you've been telling yourself, "It couldn't happen here," this novel is a reminder that _It already did_.
https://amzn.to/3D30tdo

Why a 1922 horror film still terrifies viewers
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220906-why-documentary-horror-haxan-still-terrifies-a-century-on

7 Redis Interview Questions Job-Seekers Should Be Ready to Answer

The job you’re applying for says, “Redis experience required.” Are you ready for the questions a hiring manager is likely to ask? Here’s how to prepare for the job interview, suggests @carolpinchefsky . (Useful for any job asking for database experience, too.)

https://redis.com/blog/redis-interview-questions/

The 49ers didn’t bake sourdough bread because they liked it, but because they lacked better alternatives. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sourdough-history

Unseen photos of the Beatles performing at the Cavern Club in Liverpool have come to light, with a fresh-faced John Lennon and Paul McCartney singing on stage.
https://petapixel.com/2022/10/06/rare-previously-unseen-photos-show-beatles-performing-at-a-club-in-1961/

"Like Shazam for birds" https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2022/10/13/haikubox-bird-identification-tool

A new scientific study reveals the truth: yes, mosquitoes do prefer some people to others.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/some-people-really-are-mosquito-magnets-and-theyre-stuck-that-way/

"Call it the Washington pizza index: The bigger the crisis and the more time that government staffers hole up in their offices, the more pizza they eat." (1998) https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/pizza121998.htm