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So, what is the difference between ANSI and ISO keyboard layouts? What are their strengths and weaknesses? https://www.whatgeek.com/blogs/news/ansi-vs-iso-keyboard-layout-which-one-is-better

An 18th century CE ivory dildo complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation and its own discreet cloth bag. Now housed at the Science Museum in London. https://www.tumblr.com/museum-of-artifacts/741416963329392640/an-18th-century-ce-ivory-dildo-complete-with

Eddie Jones works with the government to build entry points at the southern border. His commission means that he visits the southern border, the one between Mexico and Arizona, and other states as well, all the time.
Eddie says when he builds a port of entry, it has two purposes. The first is to say “Welcome to the United States.” The second is to say, “Obey the Law.” https://francine.substack.com/p/the-dirty-little-secret-about-the

The winners of this year’s Library of Congress Literacy Awards, which recognize "organizations that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in the United States or abroad," have been announced. https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-announces-2024-literacy-awards-including-two-inaugural-prizes/s/ba65a921-1ec9-4ad2-8f6b-17c1cea43b7c

On September 24, 1979, CompuServe launched its online service for consumers.

https://www.wosu.org/2024-09-24/45-years-ago-compuserve-connected-the-world-before-the-world-wide-web

Here’s a short list of sites to check out before you pony up for a monthly audiobook membership.

I'm not an audiobook person, but this may be helpful to you.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91011876/the-best-sites-for-free-high-quality-audiobooks

I reviewed some perfectly adequate men's underwear. That's okay. Underwear doesn't need to be exciting. https://amzn.to/3TAoelV

Marmoset monkeys use specific calls, known as "phee-calls," to name each other, a behavior previously known to exist only in humans, dolphins, and elephants. https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/249213

"We delve into the story of the little-known 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, an all-Black group of badass bikers who crossed 1,900 miles of the American frontier in service to the country."
https://gearjunkie.com/biking/25th-infantry-bicycle-corps

Ultra-high-resolution image of The Night Watch https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/stories/operation-night-watch/story/ultra-high-resolution-image-of-the-night-watch

A story about beer is certain to be more popular than a story about barley. https://www.futurity.org/beer-whiskey-barley-3249592/

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We're all bozos on this bus.

"The authors recruited more than 2000 conspiracy believers and showed that a brief but personalized conversation with an AI-driven chatbot could durably reduce research subjects’ misinformed beliefs by 20% on average." https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads0433

A website dedicated to Japanese Hotel Luggage Labels http://www.hotel-label.com/japanese_labels.html

The next book in my book club is Little Women. I must have read it a dozen times, starting when I was 10 or 12. I love the story, though for different reasons every time.

It's also an excuse to watch the movies again. Just scanning the older adaptations makes me appreciate the latest one from Greta Gerwig and its wickedly entertaining feminism. (Its major flaw is that the Professor is entirely too young.)

https://amzn.to/47JdNCz

Days after a CNN report about racist and sexual comments posted on a pornography forum, all but a few of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's campaign team quit their jobs on Sunday.
https://www.wunc.org/politics/2024-09-22/mark-robinson-campaign-staff-quit-cnn-report

"The Utrecht University Botanic Gardens have a unique archive of seed lists: records depicting and describing plants that have grown in the garden at a set point in time. Seed lists are offered for exchange between botanic gardens worldwide, and Utrecht’s archive dates back to 1837. It consists of more than twenty thousand seed lists from hundreds of different botanic gardens – each showcasing hundreds of entries."
https://www.uu.nl/en/news/historical-seed-lists-teach-researchers-about-plant-collections-of-the-past