Chaucer’s works go online

The British Library holds the world’s largest surviving collection of Chaucer manuscripts, and this year we have reached a major milestone. ... We have completed the digitisation of all of our pre-1600 manuscripts containing Chaucer’s works.
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/10/chaucers-works-go-online.html

Inactive Meth Lab selling for $1.5 million
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/668-Potomac-Ct-San-Jose-CA-95136/19708245_zpid/

The Scholastic Book Fair will discontinue its separate selection of books on race and gender following criticism that segregating the titles caters to the right-wing censorship that is spreading across the country.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scholastic-ending-book-fair-separate-catalog-books-on-race-and-lgbtq_n_653889b5e4b0c8556103230c

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The latest galaxy atlas featuring 400,000 galaxies https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer#NGC%207833

Four Myths Debunked this year:
Women are becoming less ambitious.
The “glass ceiling” is the largest obstacle to women’s advancement.
Microaggressions have a “micro” impact.
It’s mostly women who want—and benefit from—flexibility and remote work. https://womenintheworkplace.com

This sounds like it'll be just another "Twitter sucks" rant but it's a fascinating analysis of the tech industry. https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2023/10/23/leaving-twitter

The author behind the ‘Song of Ice and Fire’ novels(Game of Thrones) knows that he’s “12 years late”, but is also sure of the progress he’s made on the next book in the series.
https://en.as.com/meristation/news/george-rr-martin-on-winds-of-winter-you-guys-dont-have-to-pester-me-about-it-n/

"This will not be some paltry list that starts at lettuce and tomato and never gets more wild than grilled onions. This is a guide that embraces the full range of creativity available to you as a burger consumer." https://thetakeout.com/best-worst-burger-toppings-ranked-ketchup-tomato-onion-1850924139

Humanity is making slow but steady progress in tackling leprosy, a disease that has been with us for thousands of years. Last year, 174,087 new cases were reported globally, a decline of around 20% since 2013. Public health officials are now talking about the possibility of eliminating leprosy within our lifetimes. https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/372812/WER9837-eng-fre.pdf

It's viable to produce low-cost, lightweight solar panels that can generate energy in space, according to new research from the Universities of Surrey and Swansea. https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/238595

One of our favorite places to get cases for mobile devices is going out of business. :-( If you're shopping for such things, you might as well take advantage of their sale. I can confirm that their stuff is beautiful with top quality. https://www.padandquill.com

I’m not surprised. T2/Pebble has been nice, but all the energy is going to Bluesky https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/24/pebble-the-twitter-alternative-previously-known-as-t2-is-closing-down/

The battles are part of a New Zealand subculture where music enthusiasts cover their cars in up to dozens of industrial speakers, loudhailers and sirens, then compete to have the loudest and clearest sounds.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/24/porirua-siren-kings-new-zealand-city-speaker-battles

Absofraginlutely
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/billboard-ads-for-things-id-definitely-buy-on-the-spot

A 22-year-old man in Warsaw posed motionless, carrying a shopping bag, beside mannequins in a storefront window, the police said. Security officials caught him. (gift article) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/world/europe/mannequin-theft-jewelry-warsaw.html

We are dancing with disaster when we live beyond our needs
And pretend our hungry souls are not related to our greed . . .
Life's a journey, but it's not about the speed
In these times… #cosomusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQnxVedlEpE

"Meanwhile, ad rates have plummeted by more than 75% and X hit a three-year low, with CPMs as low as 61 cents as of August." https://www.adweek.com/media/verified-accounts-x-spread-wartime-misinformation/

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured data on a flyby of Jupiter's moon Io, one of 92 moons that orbit the gas giant. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-20/jupiter-io-lava-covered-new-jetstream-discovered-james-webb-nasa/103001086

Ex Astris Scientis has identified over 160 different commercially-available chairs that have appeared in Star Trek productions. https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/database/chairs-trek.htm