"In Heinz's squeezable upside-down ketchup bottle, the plastic cap is designed to dispense a standard blob of sauce without spilling. It works. But it can't easily be recycled, so the Kraft Heinz Company decided to design an alternative. Nine years later—after 185,000 hours of product development, $1.2 million in investment, and 45 different iterations—a new design will be rolling out." https://www.fastcompany.com/90805336/why-heinz-spent-185000-hours-redesigning-this-ketchup-bottle-cap

Less than two weeks out. Time to work on the Thanksgiving menu.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis are trying to figure out how telemedicine can work for feline owners. https://gizmodo.com/volunteers-needed-for-research-must-like-talking-about-1849744031

Awesome Cybersecurity Newsletters: A massive collection of newsletters about the cybers. https://github.com/TalEliyahu/awesome-security-newsletters

Ready to start your very own tiny vintage computer museum? https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/10/build-a-shelf-size-vintage-computer-museum-made-of-paper

Now we all want to.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/06/us/nps-toxic-toad-dont-lick-scn-trnd/index.html

"It was a runaway success, in spite of its less-than-shoestring budget of under $1 million, and it went on to become the highest grossing independent animated film of all time." https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221101-fritz-the-cat-at-50-the-x-rated-cartoon-that-shocked-the-us

There are various different theories about where shorthand came from but most of the legends about its origins identify it as “slave knowledge.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/there-are-still-codes-throughout-ancient-roman-literature

"Chocolate makers are reporting booming sales as stressed out customers reach for something sweet to take the edge off." https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/09/business/chocolate-sales-ctrp/index.html

"The political media has substituted polling analysis, which is something only people managing campaigns really need, with substantive analysis of the positions of the candidates, something that voters need."

https://popular.info/p/political-media-is-broken

A useful summary of the current state of the Twitter shit show. https://www.platformer.news/p/inside-the-twitter-meltdown

Google Docs has the same effect.

If you’re old enough to remember: Prince of Persia from 1989
https://princejs.com/

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Masterpieces by Van Gogh, Cézanne, and Seurat soared in New York on November 9, shrugging off geopolitical turmoil, rising inflation, and fears of a recession. In an unprecedented evening, “Visionary: Paul G. Allen Collection Part I” at Christie’s achieved $1.5 billion, the highest total ever recorded in a single auction.
https://news.artnet.com/market/paul-allen-sale-report-2207858#.Y20sDfz_y4w.twitter