A thorn in the side of Rome because they exerted sufficient influence in ancient Britain and Gaul to threaten the expansion of the Roman Empire, the Druids were a shadowy class of priests, religious leaders, even freedom-fighters. They whipped up resistance and sedition that the Roman army found hard to fight. https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-archaeology-tell-us-about-the-druids-dark-arts

A Measure of Your Team’s Health: How You Treat Your “Idiot”
(by me circa 2014 on a now-gone site, dunno where they got this "updated" date) https://www.business2community.com/strategy/measure-teams-health-treat-idiot-0900692

A major international study has shown that conservation efforts to reduce biodiversity loss are working, with two out of every three measures making a positive impact. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-04-26-landmark-study-definitively-shows-conservation-actions-are-effective-halting-and

"At the origin of all good non-fiction writing is someone who thought: I want to know more about that." https://iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-write

A sloth was discovered caught in the wires of a server rack at a university data center in Paraíba, Brazil.
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/sloth-gets-caught-in-server-rack-in-brazilian-university-data-center/

"I’ll give Subway credit. It’s clever marketing for a terrible idea." https://www.masslive.com/food/2024/01/i-ate-the-subway-footlong-cookie-so-you-dont-have-to.html

Minnesota Now Requires Pay Transparency in Job Postings
https://natlawreview.com/article/minnesota-latest-state-require-pay-transparency-job-postings

Are we at a point where we have to question if the artist we love...is actually making the art we love?
https://maggieappleton.com/generative-forgery

GitHub Issues Patch for Critical Exploit in Enterprise Server

The vulnerability affects all #GHES versions before 3.13.0 and achieves the highest possible CVSS score of 10. Instances with SAML SSO authentication are at risk. #GitHub
https://securityboulevard.com/2024/05/github-issues-patch-for-critical-exploit-in-enterprise-server/

You thought the internet didn't really have everything until you saw Ian's Shoelace Site. https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/

It’s 14 years since “United Breaks Guitars.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

Smithsonian Folkways has acquired Timberhead Music, the label of prolific folk singer, songwriter, and seafarer Gordon Bok. You can stream his songs online or buy CDs. https://folkways.si.edu/timberhead

The Cube Rule of Food Identification https://cuberule.com/

A pair of French companies have the two most mispronounced brand names in the world: financiers Société Générale and car company Peugeot.
https://businessfinancing.co.uk/most-mispronounced-brands/

"OpenAI has signed a deal for access to real-time content from Reddit’s data API, which means it can surface discussions from the site within ChatGPT and other new products." That's... not the content I want an AI learning.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158529/reddit-openai-chatgpt-api-access-advertising

“Must See” TV turned into “I Binged It in a Weekend, But Now I Won’t See It Again for a Year or Two.” But, as the streaming business has matured, concern over consumer “churn” has grown — and those short orders make it easier for audiences to cancel their subscriptions. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/streaming-platforms-broadcast-tricks-ads-more-episodes-1236001241/

The person who invented the Knock Knock joke is finally being recognized.

They're getting a no-bell prize.

On TikTok and other digital platforms, there has lately been much ado about people who own a great number of books and — this is critical — have managed to stage them in a pleasing manner.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/15/style/do-you-have-bookshelf-wealth.html

New Randy Rainbow just dropped, y'all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMRxhfYSdhc

Scholars discover rare 16th-century tome with handwritten notes by John Milton https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/05/john-miltons-handwritten-notes-make-this-16th-century-history-book-a-rare-find/