Welcome to my life.

An urban farm helps the homeless get back on their feet https://modernfarmer.com/2020/03/this-california-farm-helps-the-homeless-get-off-the-streets/

The most sustainable way to heat homes https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200204-what-is-the-most-sustainable-way-to-heat-homes

Passing at Age 103, Actor Kirk Douglas Gives Away Entire $61 Million Dollar Fortune to Charities... In 2015, on his 99th birthday he gave $15 million to build the Kirk Douglas Care Pavilion to help care for up to 80 Alzheimer’s patients from the entertainment industry. http://archive.is/HDCuD

On what marketplaces can learn from the food delivery wars. https://medium.com/@sarahtavel/food-delivery-wars-3-takeaways-from-the-ubereats-postmates-grubhub-doordash-ecosystem-how-it-bda13a059430

Origin and evolution of playing card designs. https://solitaired.com/evolution-of-playing-card-design

The “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin on "using characters as a delivery system for something I believe" and other things. "I like writing those stories... because it makes us feel as though greatness is achievable." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/02/magazine/aaron-sorkin-interview.html

I just discovered that "tribbles" is acceptable to spell-check. This makes me smile.

"Grok," too.

X-ray computed tomography originated as a medical tool, but scientists of all stripes now reap the benefits of CT scans, such as by the Morphology Lab at Michigan State.

There's some cool "woah dude" images here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqwQNy4xOQlC0NcycoGGtgQ/videos

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have devised a model for the kinematics of wok-tossing to explain how it produces fried rice that is nicely browned but not burnt. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/georgia-tech-physicists-unlock-the-secret-to-perfect-wok-tossed-fried-rice/

Lone Ranger Atom Bomb Ring, distributed by Kix Cereal in 1947 https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/lone-ranger-kix-cereal-atomic-bomb-ring-kix-cereal-1947-just-finding-an-example-of-this-ring-would-be-a-real-treat-but/a/808-4756.s

Fiction once was deemed particularly dangerous to women, filling their heads with unrealistic fancies https://www.1843magazine.com/design/rewind/an-18thcentury-moral-panic-sounds-surprisingly-familiar

Today's my "get the taxes organized for the accountant" day so you can be certain that I'll find plenty of distractions,

Shhh, don't wake her. #catsofcoso

Forget Chess—the Real Challenge Is Teaching AI to Play D&D. Some artificial intelligence experts think role playing adventure games will help machines learn to be as clever as we are. https://www.wired.com/story/forget-chess-real-challenge-teaching-ai-play-dandd/

RIP Physicist And Iconoclastic Thinker Freeman Dyson, age 96 https://www.npr.org/2020/02/28/810433230/physicist-and-iconoclastic-thinker-freeman-dyson-dies-at-96

By using artwork, ancient manuscripts, and oral histories, Isabella Dalla Ragione identified hundreds of lost Renaissance-era fruits. Now, she’s growing them on her farmstead. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fruit-in-renaissance-art

General political question, non-denominational: What difference does an endorsement make in your candidate-choice process? Does it matter whether it's an individual or organization (e.g. newspaper)?

It's never been a criteria for me, so I'm interested in how others see it.