“That’s what it means to be a food person: that it is normal to find an onion in your pocket.” Deborah Madison tells her foodie origin story. https://lithub.com/every-foodie-has-an-origin-story/

"As the American craft beer industry continues to grow, an online secondary market for rare or hard-to-find beer has taken up in its shadow." https://www.eater.com/beer/2020/3/4/21157606/rare-craft-beer-trading-america-facebook-private-groups-invite-only

Community Saves DC Restaurant Known for Serving Less Fortunate. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/tears-of-joy-community-saves-dc-restaurant-known-for-serving-less-fortunate/2480244/

Why is this strange symbol used repeatedly? Matthew Wilson looks at the history of an ambiguous symbol. It is REALLY fascinating. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201112-the-eye-of-providence-the-symbol-with-a-secret-meaning

In case you want a chicken-cam. Because of course you do. https://streamlabs.com/ryan-IKLbHW/home

CISA does a lot more than angering Donald Trump by assuring election security (1 minute audio). https://www.spreaker.com/user/connectsafely/cs-cbs-report-cisa-11-19-2020

The most unusual murder weapons in crime fiction.
Oh, this is fun! #cosobookclub https://crimereads.com/the-most-unusual-murder-weapons-in-crime-fiction/

An iconic 1000-ft telescope must be dismantled. The 57-year-old Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico is too dangerous to repair. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55008567

Four Indigenous seed savers share their wisdom on the sacred practice.
https://modernfarmer.com/2020/11/the-seed-saving-descendants/

Overheard on Twitter: Every couple is looking at each other this morning and wondering, “Are we a planet and a satellite?”

Cranberry-orange-ginger chutney is made.

NOW it's the holidays.

Inside the Mind of an Anti-vaxxer: The majority of Americans will need to take the coming COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s how to persuade those who won’t want to. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/10/how-change-mind-anti-vaxxer/616722/

This should keep you busy for a while. With 9,036 pieces, Lego’s Roman Colosseum set is its largest ever. https://www.cnet.com/news/lego-creates-largest-set-ever-roman-colosseum-with-over-9000-pieces/

"A certain amount of empty talk is unavoidable when humans gather together in large groups, but the kind of bullshit through which we all have to wade every day is a remarkably recent creation." https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/23/from-inboxing-to-thought-showers-how-business-bullshit-took-over

The Medieval Cockentrice (2013) https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/perhaps-the-strangest-photo-youll-ever-see-and-how-its-related-to-turduckens/281852/

Watch the making of Japanese woodblock prints, from start to finish, by a longtime Tokyo printmaker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ma5q9-lA0&feature=emb_logo

"My audience was very much 50:50 male to female because the guys liked the guitar playing and I guess the girls liked the way I looked, so I sort of had it down." A-yuh. Frampton is basically my idea of best-looking-guy ever. (Also awesome musician.) https://lithub.com/peter-frampton-talks-fame-david-bowie-and-the-simpsons/

Ray Bradbury Wrote the First Draft of Fahrenheit 451 on Coin-Operated Typewriters, for a Total of $9.80 https://www.openculture.com/2020/11/ray-bradbury-wrote-fahrenheit-451-on-coin-operated-typewriters-for-a-total-of-9-80.html

Following Kornacki’s coverage, Gap saw a “dramatic increase in online traffic and within a day” and “around 90 percent unit sale increase online.” https://www.mediaite.com/news/msnbcs-steve-kornacki-makes-khakis-cool-again-leading-to-huge-spike-in-gap-sales/