Have a flick through Isaac Newton's notebook https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-04000/1

"Not all detectives are masterminds, and you actually don’t need to be a detective to think like one. A few tools and methods can improve your inner detective, help you find facts, and learn to better understand the relationship between them." https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-solve-problems-by-thinking-like-a-detective

"If I could ban any phrase, it would, without doubt, be that overused, viscerally irritating, and far-from-innocent term itself, the Guilty Pleasure," writes @Nigella_Lawson https://lithub.com/nigella-lawson-wants-everyone-to-experience-the-thoroughly-guilt-free-pleasure-of-food/

Quiz: Programming language inventor or serial killer? https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/

Pro–migrant groups have hailed the stunt sending the far right on a wild goose chase as a success.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/apr/27/britain-first-duped-into-protesting-at-hotels-with-no-asylum-seekers

Recipe Converter that auto-converts measurements like cups and ounces into grams for precise baking by weight https://bakingcalculators.com/convertrecipe/Default.aspx

'I get a sense of what he's like when he's putting a novel together. “There are whole chunks of my life I barely remember,” he admits, “because my head was in a book.”' https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/04/23/doing-jigsaws-with-ian-rankin

Dan Kaminsky was a world-renowned security expert. He died suddenly aged 42 at the weekend of complications linked to his diabetes.

So of course QAnon is using his death to spread anti-vax conspiracies.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88naax/dan-kaminsky-death-qanon-anti-vax-conspiracy

Time travel back to Paris of the roaring 20's, flappers, bobbed hair, cloche hats, and dancing to jazz!
Brought to life with AI deep learning techniques.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R3VxPz1aE0

"For absolutely no reason at all, I have decided to rank all of the Hamlets in film, television, and elsewhere. Yes, this is the kind of thing that makes me feel better." https://lithub.com/40-hamlets-ranked/

Mr. Spock was terrible at making predictions. Events the supposedly logical Vulcan termed “impossible” actually happened 83% of the time. https://www.wired.com/2021/04/geeks-guide-spock-logic/

What a delightful interview. These 8 minutes with Sandra Boynton and Yo Yo Ma will put a smile on your face. https://www.npr.org/2021/04/24/990430259/boynton-ma-join-forces-for-jungle-night-a-book-with-soundtrack-video

Patron saint of any writer who began on typewriters. (I reject the "largely forgotten" claim, in part because of her son's fame.) https://thehustle.co/the-secretary-who-turned-liquid-paper-into-a-multimillion-dollar-business/

Questions to ask in a job interview that reveal company culture https://www.fastcompany.com/90622890/10-questions-to-ask-in-a-job-interview-that-will-really-expose-a-companys-culture

What forces go into determining the length of a novel? (Sadly, it’s not just the will of The Muse.) https://countercraft.substack.com/p/novels-and-novellas-and-tomes-oh

"For a growing number of people with financial cushions and in-demand skills, the dread and anxiety of the past year are giving way to a new kind of professional fearlessness." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/technology/welcome-to-the-yolo-economy.html

Coming up on NPR: Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. I’m Strawberry Thief Seeger.

Facebook announced a batch of changes in how it organizes your News Feed today, and their organizing principle seems to be: Maybe we should ask people what they want to see?
https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/04/facebook-is-going-to-ask-you-more-often-what-you-want-in-your-news-feed/

"In many cases, there was a disconnect between what the majority-white organizers imagined their programs would accomplish and how the programs themselves were carried out." https://slate.com/technology/2021/03/google-acm-digital-skills-training-diversity-history.html