For all the cat folks that always wanted to know:
Does your cat know its name? Here’s how to find out
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/does-your-cat-know-its-name-here-s-how-find-out
A stunning photo series capturing a community of women who used to be nomadic reindeer herders and are now living out their old age in northern Siberia. https://www.odedwagen.com/like-last-years-snow/
If you've filled out an online form to contact your elected officials, there's a good chance that you'll be getting calls and spam soon to attempt to change your mind, or phishing attempts to play off your political concern.
And FFS, companies need to start protecting web storage... this is becoming 1 story an hour regarding this sort of thing.
The Internet Archive will host 490,000 music tracks 'lost' by MySpace
https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/04/the-internet-archive-saved-tracks-lost-myspace/
The Conservation of Cornelius Janssens Portrait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8quhZLHVg4&feature=youtu.be
"Hundreds of medieval Greek manuscripts held by Cambridge and Heidelberg universities and the Vatican are to be made available to the public online. The £1.6m project will digitise more than 800 volumes featuring the works of Plato and Aristotle, among others." https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-47733503
There’s always been some fuzziness in our distinctions between medicine and recreational drugs. Just look at nitrous oxide. https://daily.jstor.org/how-medical-researchers-used-to-party/
More than 20 African countries have joined together in an international mission to plant a massive wall of trees running across the continent. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dozens-of-countries-have-been-working-to-plant-great-green-wall-and-its-producing-results/
When Did America's Heart Turn Cold On Buffet Chains? https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/3/18290479/buffet-chain-restaurants-decline-bankrupt-golden-corral
Romance and erotica is the top revenue-generating literary category in the US, accounting for more than half of all mass-market paperbacks sold. https://bookstr.com/article/book-genres-that-make-the-most-money/
According to a recent survey, nearly half of men believe the pay gap is made up, "and about a quarter of men ages 18 to 34 (24%) say that media reports of men and women being paid unequally are 'fake news.'" http://time.com/5562171/pay-gap-survey-equal-pay-day
Why do buses bunch? http://setosa.io/bus/
A piece of Victorian science fiction considered first tale of urban apocalypse https://publicdomainreview.org/2015/09/30/bad-air-pollution-sin-and-science-fiction/
How a Small-Town Navy Vet Created Rock's Most Iconic Surrealist Posters https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/david-singer-rock-posters/
Congrats to the Hugo finalists! https://t.co/2TIGe9MK15
7 sci-fi stories that imagine a better world https://grist.org/article/7-sci-fi-stories-that-imagine-a-better-world/
These baseball teams still shut out home-team fans online https://finance.yahoo.com/news/streaming-baseball-games-online-184403489.html
In early American lunchrooms, the food often reflected the cuisine of cities’ immigrant communities. But after a new law took effect in the 1940s, bland, cheap food became precedent. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/first-school-lunch
Where space missions are born http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/Where_space_missions_are_born
Arkansas lawmakers passed a law against cauliflower rice. Food companies may no longer call it “rice.” https://qz.com/1583670/cauliflower-rice-is-a-hot-political-issue-in-arkansas/
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