This Jeopardy template turns the classic TV game show into a PowerPoint or Google Slides show. You have a category board with dollar amounts and a slide for each question. https://www.slidescarnival.com/template/jeopardy-free-presentation-template/11277

This article describes Generative AI as “an excitable junior engineer who types really fast.”

Also, good stuff herein regarding team development. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/10/generative-ai-is-not-going-to-build-your-engineering-team-for-you/

A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1860)

This Victorian dictionary collects the cant of thieves, the slang of costermongers, and many other argots. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dictionary-of-modern-slang/

'A woman should cast off her shame together with her clothes': What women in ancient times really thought about sex https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240610-what-women-in-ancient-times-really-thought-about-sex

Among households in the United States, 68% are owned and 32% are rented, based on estimates from the American Community Survey in 2021. That breakdown isn’t uniform across the country though. In Maine, almost 80% of households are owned, whereas in California, less than 60% is owned. https://flowingdata.com/2023/08/25/renting-vs-owning-a-home-by-state/

"Over the course of eight months and an estimated $700 (mostly in travel expenses), he was able to claw back what all other methods had failed to render: his personal Facebook account." https://www.engadget.com/how-small-claims-court-became-metas-customer-service-hotline-160224479.html

Barcelona plans to enact a citywide ban on all short-term rentals to address complaints that tourism is to blame for a local housing crisis and soaring rents.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/barcelona-plans-to-ban-all-short-term-rentals-for-tourists-from-2029

Should any of you happen to be shopping for cat litter... I tried this premium brand and I liked it. At least I liked it when it was free. https://amzn.to/4eByy63

Trying to find the perfect time for a bathroom break during a movie? There’s an app for that. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/24/runpee-creator-dan-gardner-cinema-app-films-toilet-break

Some red (formerly white) wine discovered in an urn in Spain has been deemed the oldest wine to have ever been found in liquid form. https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/18/oldest-wine-ever-discovered-in-liquid-form-found-in-urn-with-roman-remains

We make this @Nigella_Lawson recipe often. It's so easy! Note it doesn't need to marinate. I add feta to the salad, usually leaving out the pita. https://www.nigella.com/recipes/zaatar-chicken-with-fattoush

Jimmy Webb was driving through the high plains of northwest Oklahoma when the inspiration for his biggest-ever song came to him. https://www.musicradar.com/news/glen-campbell-wichita-lineman

When the FBI Art Theft Program investigated one man’s collection, it began a project to return objects and remains to their rightful homes.
https://www.sapiens.org/culture/fbi-repatriation/

Car allergic to vanilla ice cream

I recall reading this story way back in the 80s. It's still instructive and entertaining.

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/humour/carproblems.txt

My Amazon review of _Lilac Girls_: 5 stars

Are you ready for a WWII novel to fall into, and from which you will not emerge until you close the back cover? This'll do it. https://amzn.to/4chBMu3

Fewer layoffs at startups, finally? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peterjameswalker_cartadata-startups-layoffs-activity-7206324315405914114-3oMp/

Dreaming isn’t just for humans. Spiders may do it too. https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2023/do-animals-dream

A collection of baseball cartoons from the Saturday Evening Post
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/09/cartoons-baseball-s-the-best/

Thousands of photos taken over the last 50 years at Milwaukee’s oldest gay bar are now in the hands of the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project. https://www.wpr.org/news/milwaukee-oldest-gay-bar-this-is-it-donates-photos-lgbtq-history-project