What book have you RE-read recently? #books

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. https://amzn.to/3gW2b94

Good news: The past quarter century has witnessed an unprecedented decline in US child poverty. https://www.childtrends.org/publications/lessons-from-a-historic-decline-in-child-poverty

"In the 1930s, the Antarctic was home to one of the most incredible vehicles ever made- impressive not just in its gigantic size and innovative features for the time, but remarkable in its almost instantaneous and complete failure."
https://calumgillies.com/portfolio/the-snow-cruiser-antarcticas-abandoned-behemoth/

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They Did The Math:
"We found that support for Trump in the 2016 election was higher in areas that had more searches for topics such as 'erectile dysfunction.'" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/11/29/how-donald-trump-appeals-to-men-secretly-insecure-about-their-manhood/

also
"If the link between cars and chains transcends partisanship, why does it look like Trump counties have more chain restaurants? It’s at least in part because he won more of the places with the most car commuters!"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/09/29/chain-restaurant-capitals/

One of my design coworkers somehow was not aware of this classic webpage and I fear he is not the only one. So for all webdev professionals, please be sure you know the foundational documents. https://http.cat/

I feel seen. https://twitter.com/katienotopoulos/status/1587465303319003141

Happy 43rd anniversary of the day @bitranch and I met!

We celebrate this far more than we do the wedding anniversary.

(Photo from 1985, in Deer Isle Maine, at Bucky's Sunclipse House.)

Now HERE is a good book listicle that'll keep me occupied for a while. I've read and enjoyed several of these; I think it's time to check out a few more of 'em. https://bookriot.com/100-epistolary-novels-from-the-past-and-present/

"Kalsariya had no way of knowing then that she was embarking on a crusade that would take over a year, send their bill to debt collections, lead her to complain to the Illinois attorney general, and discover that the hospital charged nearly $7,000 for a procedure that was never performed."
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/billing-expert-investigated-husbands-er-bill-was-able-knock-thousands-rcna53683

The best voting advice I ever heard: Voting isn't marriage, it's public transport.

You're not waiting for "the one" who's absolutely perfect: you're getting the bus. If there isn't a bus headed to your destination, you don't not travel. You take the one going closest.

The algorithm scans electronic records and may reduce sepsis deaths, but widespread adoption could be a challenge. https://undark.org/2022/10/12/a-new-transparent-ai-tool-may-help-detect-blood-poisoning/

If anyone asks: My Halloween costume is "I am a serial killer. They look just like everybody else."

What do Hungarian zombies eat?
Ghoulash!

This Halloween, reading some of the foundational American scary stories from a trio of the nation’s early 19th century creative writers — Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, and Charles Brockden Brown — can help us shiver along with the spookiest sides of society and self alike. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2022/10/considering-history-what-early-american-writers-knew-about-our-scariest-stories/

Stealing nun's clothes and wearing them? That's a dirty habit.