The Google Arts & Culture organisation teamed up to create the digital platform Preserving Egypt’s Layered History with archaeologists at the American Research Centre in Cairo, revealing 'stories of the restoration of diverse locations around Egypt'. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/new-google-arts-and-culture-initiative-egypt

This is so incredibly cool.

https://digg.com/2021/watch-anderson-cooper-rendered-speechless-in-interview-with-amanda-gorman

James Baldwin's record collection as a Spotify playlist. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/639355/james-baldwin-spotify-playlist

UCLA’s “Engaging Living Religion” will look at how religious beliefs are presented and explored in museum galleries. https://hyperallergic.com/616050/engaging-lived-religion-mapping-la-fowler-museum/

Read every presidential inauguration poem ever performed (there are fewer than you think) https://lithub.com/read-every-presidential-inauguration-poem-ever-performed-there-are-fewer-than-you-think/

Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle https://musclewiki.com/

At the desk. Please be advised that I will not be issuing any pardons or commutations.

The British Regency era lasted less than a decade, but it spawned a staggering number of unlikely fictional marriages. #cosobookclub https://daily.jstor.org/why-are-so-many-romances-set-in-the-regency-period/

"The idea that speaking out loud and thinking are closely related isn’t new. It emerged in Ancient Greece and Rome, in the work of such great orators as Marcus Tullius Cicero." https://psyche.co/ideas/talking-out-loud-to-yourself-is-a-technology-for-thinking

Gallup's final polling for the Trump presidency is out. His final approval rating was 34%.

He leaves the only president never to hit 50% job approval at any point in his presidency and is the least popular president in Gallup's polling history.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/328637/last-trump-job-approval-average-record-low.aspx

The best sandwich in every US state.
Arizona choice: Not on my diet, but I'm in favor of whatever Chris Bianco does
https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/restaurants/best-sandwich-america-every-state

When and how you’ll be notified about your place in the vaccine line—and how proactive you’ll have to be in finding the information—will depend heavily on the state and city you live in. https://www.fastcompany.com/90592998/how-will-you-actually-know-when-its-your-turn-to-get-the-covid-19-vaccine

Bumble users turned Capitol rioters over to the FBI. Then Bumble intervened. https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-siege/women-used-popular-dating-app-bumble-to-capture-evidence-of-capitol-rioters-then-sent-it-to-the-fbi/

This Origami Samurai was Folded from a Single Sheet of 95 x 95 cm Wenzhou Rice Paper https://twistedsifter.com/2021/01/origami-samurai-by-juho-konkkola/

Why virtual happy hour feels excruciating https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20201229-why-virtual-team-building-activities-feel-agonizing

The EU’s food safety agency said worms are safe to eat. Dried yellow mealworms got the regulators’ thumbs up. https://apnews.com/article/eu-worms-safe-to-eat-086c85e260096a18489b77a17a4bd913

‘Seven Sisters’ Myths May Reach Back 100k Years https://singularityhub.com/2021/01/10/the-worlds-oldest-story-astronomers-say-global-myths-about-seven-sisters-stars-may-reach-back-100000-years/