What book have you RE-read recently?

Me: Cordelia's Honor. I always find something new in it. This time around, I realized that the entire SF story in Barrayar is about the meaning of parenthood. Not what most people associate with science fiction. #cosobooks https://amzn.to/3gW2b94

Legacy Database Migration: What To Know Before You Start

Every database migration is unique, but people have been upgrading database systems since the second database was released. It’s wise to plumb the experience of those who have gone before.
https://redis.com/blog/legacy-database-migration/

If you want a peek at how the business world is viewing Elon's Twitter takeover, this collection of posts may be a good summary. https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/musks-twitter-plans-layoffs-reports-5476628/

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Much the way we hail cabs, a medieval Londoner could hail a torch-bearer to light their way home from a night on the town. https://daily.jstor.org/walking-streetlamps-for-hire-in-seventeenth-century-london/

Some common geographic mental misplacements. For example, in the mental map of students, and many used-to-be-students, the continent of Africa is positioned much farther south than it really is.

WayCool visualization, recommended!

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1e7f582d478a4b99bd0c70fffeac4c8b

Well now I know the music I'll be playing for the next few hours. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/27/arts/music/stevie-wonder-talking-book.html

Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language, has died. She was 100. https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/29/kathleen_booth_obit/

Many independent auto shops can’t afford the equipment needed to fix today’s complex vehicles. Prepare to wait longer for repairs.
https://www.wired.com/story/high-tech-cars-killing-the-traditional-auto-repair-shop/

Some of these are cute! https://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-dog-halloween-costumes.html

"In the end, it was not a buffalo, but a lame cow, that would destroy the uneasy truce brought about by the Fort Laramie Treaty." https://lithub.com/how-the-california-gold-rush-destroyed-whatever-peace-existed-in-the-american-west/

TFW you look at your calendar and think, "OMG I just missed a meeting!" and then you realize you're looking at NEXT week's calendar.

LoseTheVery: a tool for replacing "very" in your writing with a better word https://losethevery.com

Michelangelo typified the archangel Michael’s immaculate tendency, a model for all artists to follow. Caravaggio tended to the saint’s violent strain, a virtuosic painter, but no angel. https://www.neh.gov/article/caravaggio-was-other-michelangelo-renaissance

This would work.

This is how I'd be caught. https://patch.com/florida/bradenton/man-running-cops-stops-pet-cats-goes-jail-0