A recent study showed that Black women’s hair was two-and-a-half times more likely to be perceived as unprofessional. https://hbr.org/2023/05/how-hair-discrimination-affects-black-women-at-work

Rock Paper Scissors simulator. There goes YOUR productivity for a while. http://peterganunis.com/rpsite.html

12 Badass Sci-Fi and Fantasy Female Heroes Written by Women
I've only read one of them so far -- The Iron Princess. I should add more to my reading list!
https://theportalist.com/female-heroes-written-by-women

Why isn’t there a way to tell Chrome, “Please close all the tabs that say, ‘I’m launching your Zoom meeting now’?”

Two rhino calves captured from the wild after being separated from their mothers have been released back into nature by Nepali officials.
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/low-key-return-for-rescued-rhino-calves-to-nepals-chitwan-national-park/

In a nearly treeless desert, Ancestral Puebloans built Great Houses with massive log beams. But where did they get the wood? https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/chaco-canyon-timber/

Have you ever landed on a company website and been mystified by what they actually do? (ALL THE TIME!)

This marvelous site both summarizes the company's own information and offers an option to roast it. :love:
https://wtfdoesthiscompanydo.vercel.app/

RIP Tina Turner
She made the world a better place by her presence. We are diminished by her departure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpFcHTxjZs

This year’s Chocolate Scorecard shows who is making progress in the chocolate industry and who is falling behind.
https://modernfarmer.com/2023/04/chocolate-scorecard-2023/

TIL about www.comicbookplus.com, which has full scans of really old comic books and pulps that have entered the public domain.

For those seeking to live in the most sustainable way, there now is an afterlife too. A Dutch intrepid inventor is now “growing” coffins by putting mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, together with hemp fiber in a special mold.
https://apnews.com/article/nature-burial-mushrooms-netherlands-sustainable-coffin-5b211105cc5566c9ada430f2e2e8e3a0

A deep dive into the history of archival anxiety.
https://computerhistory.org/blog/a-backup-of-historical-proportions/

How Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volcanology
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/how-pink-floyd-inspired-research-into-medieval-monks-and-volcanology/

As of last week, tribal leaders say, more than 30 tangled human skeletons had been unearthed at the site near the Inyo County community of Cartago, many of them adorned with artifacts: glass beads, abalone shells and arrowheads. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/owens-valley-tribes-caltrans-bulldozers-120003275.html

"In this article, I’ll focus on the delicate interplay between many of the forces that act on a bicycle and its parts when riding. We’ll witness how forces applied through tires make a bicycle accelerate, brake, and turn, and we’ll also investigate how the wheels and the frame handle those different forces without breaking.""
https://ciechanow.ski/bicycle/

Looking for your next great read? This AI-powered book recommendation site suggests personalized book recommendations in seconds.
https://www.librarian-ai.com

"Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that the culture of decision-making — how decisions are made — has a huge influence on the long-term productivity of the engineering organization." https://code.likeagirl.io/technology-decision-making-and-boring-technology-e6cbe612450f

People make small requests for help from others every few minutes, and these are granted seven times more often than declined, and six times more often than they are ignored. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230424162911.htm

The Dutch Textile Trade Project aims to understand the circulation of globally-sourced textiles on Dutch ships around the world in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. https://dutchtextiletrade.org

I'm finally working on this story! So if you have anything to add I'd love to hear it.