The feeling when you get on your one-on-one meeting with your manager and the HR person is in the room.

(So yeah, now I am PUBLICLY looking for a new job.)

London’s new Elizabeth underground line will benefit birds as well as commuters. A sanctuary has been created out of the 3.5 million tonnes of earth dug up during construction. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/21/how-londons-new-rail-project-has-created-a-sanctuary-for-birds

RegExr.com is a site that lets you build and test regular expressions. https://regexr.com/

Oh hell yeah

If it's capable of processing data in anyway, people figure out a way to get it to run Doom. https://www.techspot.com/news/94835-play-doom-directly-motherboard-bios-update.html

Now, with 130 million subscribers waiting, Disney has upped its demands to three separate #StarWars shows within a year. Lucasfilm has lifted the secrecy surrounding its TV universe and how it formed, as universes do, under immense pressure. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/star-wars-cover-the-rebellion-will-be-televised

Okay, I gotta admit this sounds like fun. https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-turn-image-into-paint-by-number-template-online/

Noise maps show the levels of exposure to noise in London, Paris, and New York. https://interactive.wearepossible.org/noisycities/#/

A big milestone for the greater one-horned rhino, with the population in Assam, India reaching 4,014, an increase of 274 since last count thanks to a baby boom during the pandemic. The species once numbered fewer than 100 individuals. https://rhinos.org/blog/greater-one-horned-rhino-population-reaches-new-high/

People in #NYC: All you have to do is to show up at your neighborhood library and use your card—or sign up for one. These are books to keep, not just check out. https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-new-york-public-library-is-giving-away-500-000-books-for-free-060922

Microsoft will no longer include non-competition clauses in its U.S. employment agreements, and will remove these clauses from existing agreements. And the company will publicly disclose salary ranges in job posts in the U.S. starting in January 2023. https://www.geekwire.com/2022/microsoft-to-end-non-competes-for-all-but-senior-execs-drop-ndas-from-employee-settlements-disclose-salary-ranges-launch-civil-rights-audit/

I'm here just for the nostalgia of MTV videos https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2022/05/classic-80s-songs-you-didnt-know-were-covers/

"Creem, a ’70s and ’80s rock rag that rivaled Rolling Stone in its heyday, has announced its relaunch as a digital publication, newsletter ('Fresh Cream'), and quarterly print magazine. Its site will also feature a digitized version of every back issue from Creem‘s initial 20-year run, available to peruse with a 30-day free trial until August, at which point it will be bundled with subscriptions to the print quarterly."
https://www.thefader.com/2022/06/01/creem-magazine-returns

Need a laugh? This is only a minute or two long, and it’ll make you giggle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hnBp7x2QAE

Uber is back with the Uber Lost & Found Index, chronicling the weirdest things left behind in an Uber, the most forgetful cities and the most common items that are left behind. https://www.uber.com/newsroom/2022-uber-lost-found-index/

Oh I LOVE this collection of spiteful buildings! https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jun/21/spite-buildings-when-human-grudges-get-architectural-in-pictures

Lunch today. Two thumbs up, even from people with low energy. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022893-pork-chops-with-jammy-mustard-glaze

The Breville Joule Oven Air Fryer Pro is a smart oven that can teach you to cook

A good review by my pal Jason... and it makes me know for-sure that I don't want this gizmo.

https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/breville-joule-smart-oven-review

Manufacturers can place the QR code on an edible silk tag that in bottles of whiskey and then consumers can use a smartphone app to confirm the whiskey’s authenticity. https://www.futurity.org/edible-qr-code-whiskey-counterfeit-medications-2749182/

Researchers discover way to 3D print directly inside the body without surgery https://hothardware.com/news/how-flesh-penetrating-sound-waves-could-3d-print-implants