The $43m pledge will fund Galápagos projects including efforts to restore Floreana Island, home to 54 threatened species, and reintroduce 13 locally extinct species, including the Floreana mockingbird – the first mockingbird described by Charles Darwin.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/18/leonardo-dicaprio-pledges-43m-to-restore-the-galapagos-islands

"I think most people on the team went on ‘MLB The Show’ and pitched with him and hit against him to see his pitches. That’s really all you can do. Because he’s pretty much a video game character. And when you got up there at the plate, that’s pretty much how it works." #baseball

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/jacob-degrom-new-york-mets-palm-beach-cardinals-low-a-rehab

Far from being profoundly destructive we humans have deep capacities for sharing resources with generosity and foresight https://aeon.co/essays/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-is-a-false-and-dangerous-myth

The “art of making debts”, as Saint-Hilaire and others referred to it, spawned an entire genre of tongue-in-cheek how-to guides. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-art-of-making-debts

DEC VT-100 for the win, am I right? https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-forgotten-world-of-dumb-terminals

A print error that was a branding boon http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210512-the-secret-history-of-angostura-bitters

Everything from which employees can work from home to the number of days they can do so will depend on a number of factors, including their job, company, and industry.

Lots of fascinating numbers in this; worth reading. https://www.vox.com/recode/22387529/working-from-home-return-to-office-remote-work

What would 20-year-old-you think of who you are today?

According to new research in Harvard Business Review, our personal and professional networks shrunk 16% over the course of the pandemic, an impact that is even more pronounced for men. Though there is a silver lining! https://hbr.org/2021/02/research-were-losing-touch-with-our-networks

CP/M for OS X allows you to run CP/M-80 software on your Mac https://github.com/TomHarte/CP-M-for-OS-X

How to sound more attractive https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210428-what-is-the-worlds-sexiest-accent

If you are worried about sharks near you... https://www.ocearch.org/tracker/

In geographic terms, today’s Covid-precipitated crises may well prove to be the most transformative event that America has experienced since the great migration to the suburbs after World War II. https://www.city-journal.org/americas-post-pandemic-geography

The game now features playable Native American characters. Developers hired three Native American historians to help design the virtual figures’ appearance, speech and roles. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-oregon-trail-game-features-playable-native-american-characters-180977744/

"For lots of people born between 1960 and 1980, a 40th anniversary brings back delightful memories of ridiculous haircuts, tight spandex, and outrageous spectacle." A-yuh. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/05/heres-why-mtv-didnt-fail-40-years-ago

The Broadband Gap: A county-by-county look at America’s Broadband Problem https://www.theverge.com/22418074/broadband-gap-america-map-county-microsoft-data