Behold, it is perhaps the most obnoxious careers page for a tech company since Klout was a thing https://icon.me/careers

159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with WP Engine escalates https://tcrn.ch/4eQRRaU

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Created in partnership with publishers and with information provided by publishers, librarians, and School Library Journal, Unite Against Book Bans book résumés are easy-to-print documents designed to help support readers’ access to books that censors target. Each book résumé summarizes the book’s significance and educational value, including a synopsis, reviews from professional journals, awards, and accolades. https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org

"If you died, would your online friends know?" I asked in 2007. https://www.cio.com/article/293191/careers-staffing-if-you-died-would-your-online-friends-know.html

During the first half of this year, Germany added 200 megawatts of balcony solar. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/how-germany-outfitted-half-a-million-balconies-with-solar-panels

Starlink is offering free internet access for 30 days for folks affected by Hurricane Helene.

https://www.starlink.com/support/article/58126733-e4d2-db62-b919-9da261a4e096

Ezra Stiles bears a healthy dose of responsibility for popularizing a system in which public recognition and classification of performance mattered more than individual learning, student development, or the cultivation of curiosity and inquiry — all of which are ostensibly the primary goals of education. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/02/the-origin-of-grades-in-american-schools/

Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate

These attacks could be executed remotely on any hardware-equipped vehicle in about 30 seconds, regardless of whether it had an active Kia Connect subscription.
https://samcurry.net/hacking-kia

"That's enough to fill the Dallas Cowboys' stadium 51,000 times, or Lake Tahoe just once. If it was concentrated just on the state of North Carolina, that much water would be 3.5 feet deep. It's enough to fill more than 60 million Olympic-size swimming pools."

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2024-10-01-helene-and-other-storms-dropped-40-trillion-gallons-of-rain-on-the

"The Smithsonian National Museum of American History houses artifacts related to national elections and the presidency. We offer a look at some of the most unusual." https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/09/10-unusual-objects-related-to-presidents-and-elections/

Scientifically, a raven has 17 primary wing feathers, the big ones at the end of the wing. They are called pinion feathers. A crow has 16. So, the difference between a raven and a crow is only a matter of a pinion.

You won't be sorry if you buy _5 Ingredients Mediterranean: simple incredible food_ by Jamie Oliver. But I'm not urging you to acquire it, either.
https://amzn.to/3ZPt0zX

Does 'Avatar' Have No Cultural Footprint? A Statistical Analysis

Fun, thoughtful reading: "Most big-budget movies are designed around fandoms, expressly crafted to cultivate an ever-growing mass of die-hards through successive installments and reinvention of the familiar."

https://open.substack.com/pub/statsignificant/p/does-avatar-have-no-cultural-footprint

"…This article summarizes that presentation and provides resources to help digital map designers incorporate accessibility into their maps. We have also included information about how the state's new Digital Accessibility Standard and WCAG 2.1, Level AA impacts digital map design…"
https://mn.gov/mnit/about-mnit/accessibility/news/

Sierra Leone almost halves maternal mortality in five years
The number of women dying from pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum complications has decreased from 717 per 100,000 births in 2019 to to 443 per 100,000 births in 2023. https://www.unicef.org/sierraleone/media/2271/file/UNICEF%20Sierra%20Leone-%202023%20annual%20report.pdf.pdf

We still don’t fully understand why we find cute things cute, but this fun video helps to shed some light on how it seems to influence our behavior. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxsoE3jO8HM

The 30th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition is live until October 15th, with dozens of brand new text games to try. Anyone can be a judge if you try at least five games. https://ifcomp.org

This story gets weirder and weirder the longer you read the opening sentence.

"An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced on Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in central Asia and the US to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting in Texas and Minnesota."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/sheep-cloning-montana-hunting-prison