"I’m not sure, but he seems to be inordinately fond of beetles."
– J.B.S. Haldane, when asked what the study of biology taught him about the Creator

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the latest person dealing with problems with a Boeing jet.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/business/blinken-grounded-boeing-jet/index.html

Clarke argued that women who studied like men risked “neuralgia, uterine disease, hysteria, and other derangements of the nervous system.”
https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/how-notorious-abortionist-madame-restell-built-a-drug-empire/

The Labeled Information Library of Alexandria data repository is “intended as a resource for both machine learning (ML) researchers and those that want to harness ML for biology and conservation.” https://lila.science

A new 'right to disconnect' proposition introduced in California, if passed, would make employers in California lay out exactly what a person's hours are and ensure that they aren't required to respond to work-related communications while off the clock. https://www.engadget.com/california-introduces-right-to-disconnect-bill-that-would-allow-employees-to-possibly-relax-151705072.html

In Oregon: Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software-pairing checks.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/oregon-governor-signs-nations-first-right-to-repair-bill-that-bans-part-pairing/

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Why is early speculative fiction so grim? One reason is that early SF authors thought the sun was on the brink of death.
https://www.typebarmagazine.com/2024/03/24/science-fiction-and-the-death-of-the-sun/

Lunch today: This was yummy and almost no effort at all. (We did brown the meat first, and add mushrooms and mustard to the gravy.)

https://www.quick-german-recipes.com/slow-cooker-roast-beef.html

"The value of fact-checking is that it seeks conclusions based on evidence and logical processes, and fact-checkers correct their reports when confronted with new evidence." https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/fact-checking-is-not-censorship/

Flexible OLED isn’t a new technology. It’s found not just in folding smartphones but also laptops, computer monitors, televisions, and other consumer technology. These applications stretch, curve, and fold displays into various configurations, leaving rollable OLED as the last hurdle to leap. https://spectrum.ieee.org/rollable-smartphone

Eggplant Emoji, the comedy literary journal, is currently seeking previously-unpublished comedic short fiction submissions for its fourth volume.
https://eggplantemojilit.com/Submit/

Look, if you can use "jousting steeds" in a headline, you absolutely should.
https://www.science.org/content/article/horse-remains-found-near-buckingham-palace-reveal-birthplace-jousting-steeds

I laughed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9shZslfbaS0

This article looks at how GitHub entered the market, what existed before, and the gap GitHub filled.
https://graphite.dev/blog/github-monopoly-on-code-hosting

In 1960 the French reportedly each imbibed, on average, 116 litres of wine in a year. By 2018, that figure had fallen dramatically, to 17 litres annually. No doubt it’s even lower today. https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/03/27/why-the-french-are-drinking-less-wine

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Las Vegas' famed Tropicana resort will close this week to make way for a new ballpark
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/31/1241709403/las-vegas-tropicana-oakland-baseball-stadium

“It’s embarrassing that after 45 years of research and study, the best advice I can give to people is to be a little kinder to each other.”—Aldous Huxley

Abortion has been decriminalised in every state and territory in Australia https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/eds-blog/national-milestone-as-abortion-officially-decriminalised-in-every-state-and-territory-in-australia/