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From a doctor friend: Some guy got admitted last night with 28 plastic toy horses inserted into his colon. His condition is stable.

The Forged Apple Employee Badge
https://cabel.com/2024/05/16/the-forged-apple-employee-badge/

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The tabby will become a "Doctor of Litter-ature" in recognition of his contributions to the Castleton campus, where he has become a regular visitor for the past four years.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-05-15/max-the-cat-honorary-doctorate-vermont-state-university-castleton

Comics: Old-School Distance-Learning Tools

How the often-maligned genre was used to train soldiers, explain the weather, and describe the modern world. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/comics-old-school-distance-learning-tools/

Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that Nabokov greatly influenced her legal writing: “I seek the right word and word order,” she explained. “And I use the ‘read aloud’ test to check whether I have succeeded.”

https://blog.pshares.org/carefully-chosen-words-ruth-bader-ginsburg-and-vladimir-nabokov-at-cornell/

Best science fiction films about space, according to an astrophysicist (might need a free membership to read this)
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2384184-best-science-fiction-films-about-space-according-to-an-astrophysicist/

"The Court agrees with Quintana that tacos and burritos are Mexican style sandwiches," the judge wrote. https://www.wishtv.com/news/indiana-news/indiana-judge-rules-tacos-burritos-are-sandwiches/

NASA's plan to build a train track on the moon is part of the agency's Innovative Advanced Concepts program, which aims to develop "science fiction-like" projects for future space exploration. https://www.space.com/nasa-levitating-robotic-moon-train

15-Year-Old Ebury Botnet Compromised 400,000 Linux Servers

The operators behind the credential stealer and OpenSSH backdoor continue to evolve the malware's propagation tactics and targets. #linux #ebury #botnet https://securityboulevard.com/2024/05/15-year-old-ebury-botnet-compromised-400000-linux-servers

An Israeli company behind an AI app that transcribes individuals with speech impairments in real time has released a new web application.
(From last summer but I just discovered it now)
https://nocamels.com/2023/08/new-web-app-gives-a-voice-to-people-with-speech-impairment/

Three of the oldest stars in the universe found circling the Milky Way https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-researchers-discover-universes-oldest-stars-in-galactic-backyard-0514

"...Yarn has also been used to visualize train delays in Munich, infant sleep patterns, Russian population growth, and daily news feeds." https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/what-a-yarn-journalists-are-turning-to-crochet-to-tell-data-stories/

"The offerings, available in Thin Mints and Coconut Caramel cookie flavors, continue a broader push by the packaged food giant to innovate and expand its reach."

I'm not sure this qualifies as innovation, just sayin'. https://www.fooddive.com/news/kraft-heinz-jell-o-girl-scout-cookies-pudding-cups/715404/

This is why you're on the Internet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHy-qfkO54E

Daily reminder

Sharing some of the best freelancing advice I was given. https://estherschindler.medium.com/how-to-raise-your-rate-as-a-freelancer-1f4cb31c6920

Women’s uniforms through the years have offered a record of what Americans and military leaders thought a servicewoman should be. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/05/the-proper-fit-taking-servicewomens-uniforms-from-fashion-to-function/