Click on Sisyphus to push the rock up the mountain https://kinda.fun/sisyphus

Iftah Gabbai is building a dataset of “hardware synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines” produced since 1896, “compiled through a mix of automated and manual processes, combined with extensive research.” For each of the 2,300+ devices identified, the dataset indicates its name, brand, release year, years in production, device type (synth, sampler, et cetera), form factor, architecture, synth engine used, number of keys, key type, oscillator count, and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omj405hkOt0

Nearly 12,140 km2 of grassland ranches in the United States have now been certified by the Audubon Society as bird-friendly. #GoodNews https://www.audubon.org/news/audubon-certification-touts-s-w-lasater-ranch-colorado-beacon-grassland-birds

Hiring in tech is harder than ever. AI isn’t helping

I was inspired to write this one last freelance article after an HR person told me in a job screening, "We got 1,400 applications for this role. You're one of the 10 people we decided to talk with.”

The best part of the story is the M&Ms.
https://www.runtime.news/hiring-in-tech-is-harder-than-ever-ai-isnt-helping/

Engraved on a metal plate, U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón's 'In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa' has begun its journey to Jupiter's moon via NASA's Europa Clipper. https://blogs.nasa.gov/europaclipper/2024/10/14/in-praise-of-mystery-a-poem-for-europa/

Olivia Nuzzi is out at New York Magazine after relationship with RFK Jr. https://nymag.com/press/article/an-update-to-our-readers.html

I'm sure you could use a few minutes with a bird cam. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/

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The power of a minor typo:
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
If you have any questions, don't. Hesitate to ask.

Playing video games may boost your cognitive abilities and exercise can play a role in improving your mental health, but not the other way around, a large-scale study has found.
https://news.westernu.ca/2024/10/brain-body-study-results/

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My husband told me to stop impersonating a flamingo... I had to put my foot down.

The WaPo finally understands that the best thing to do is just print the speech verbatim.

Here’s how Donald Trump would lower grocery prices
In his own words.
[gift link] https://wapo.st/4ftKff5

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Throne calls its underlying technology “artificial gut intelligence.”

So, genuinely #InternetOfShit
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/20/thrones-toilet-camera-takes-pictures-of-your-poop/

We tried to like this coffee. But... nope.
Sisio Coffee Lab Fermented Artisanal Whole Bean Coffee

https://amzn.to/4h6lxTz

What are Hubble and Webb looking at right this minute? NASA’s Space Telescope Live, a web application originally developed in 2016 to deliver real-time updates on Hubble targets, offers easy access to up-to-date information on current, past, and upcoming observations from both Hubble and Webb.
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/what-is-webb-observing/

The Candidates and Their Books, covering the Presidential candidates as authors and their statements and opinions on bookish issues.

(From a LibraryThing newsletter earlier this year. It's a nice newsletter, recommended for all sorts of readers. Surely that includes you?) https://www.librarything.com/readmessage.php