A former hotel in Nova Scotia, originally built in 1826, has been moved... but only thanks to 700 bars of soap helping the building to glide 30 feet across a steel frame.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/12/08/canada-Halifax-Nova-Scotia-Elmwood-building-moved-soap/2971702059148/

I for one welcome our new biocomputer overlords!
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03975-7#:~:text=Researchers%20call%20the%20system%20Brainoware,into%20different%20types%20of%20cells.

Library Patrons in Oregon Can Check Out a Robotic Cat for Company
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/robotic-cat-oregon-library

The bizarre, bloody story behind L.A.'s Griffith Park
https://crimereads.com/los-angeles-griffith-park-crime/

Mark Twain at Stormfield, 1909 (Edison film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaSOw1WhjI&t=0s

What You Get When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into An Ant Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJ2jMZ-gaI

From the family stash, 1964

Absolutely for our holiday wishlists:
Called Nego (surely a tongue-in-cheek mashup of “neko,” Japanese for “cat,” and the board game Go), it’s based on cats’ tendency to occupy whatever space is available. https://www.core77.com/posts/126502/Nego-A-Board-Game-of-Who-Can-Fit-the-Most-Cats

via a book club friend, of course

[Overheard, aka stolen]
"I told you, that was a typo."
DUNGEON MASTER: It's too late, you'll have to complete this campaign as a Brad.

Reuters sought to determine how many of those political elites descend from slaveholders, and what it means for them to learn – in personal, specific and sometimes graphic ways – the facts behind their own family’s part in slavery. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-slavery/

I trust you, make the call” might be the six most powerful words you can hear from a manager. ...and more advice from a worthy collection https://review.firstround.com/100-best-bits-of-advice-from-first-round-review

Google Groups to drop most #Usenet support on Feb. 22, keeping only a read-only archive of pre-2/22/2024 posts. https://support.google.com/groups/answer/11036538

"These two fortyish doctors have joined an out-migration of young professionals—accelerated by the culture wars of recent years and pushed to warp speed by Dobbs—that’s known as the Red State Brain Drain." https://newrepublic.com/article/176854/republican-red-states-brain-drain

Do you use #OpenSource as a part of your job? Please take the 2024 Open Source Professionals Job Survey from Open Source JobHub and Linux Professional Institute (LPI). It's only 6 questions and shouldn't take more than 5 minutes of your time. https://surveys.lpi.org/index.php/513232?

My MadLibs formula for 90% of successful articles.
Answer:
* What’s the problem? Why’s it a problem? Who cares? Why?
* What criteria matter in making an educated decision?
* Here’s the possible solutions.
* What’s the takeaway or conclusion?
* Wrap it up with a bow. #AmEditing

ShortcutWorld.com is an open, wiki-style reference database for keyboard shortcuts https://shortcutworld.com

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Your interactive moment of zen https://dgreenheck.github.io/threejs-procedural-planets/

Found in a job application, and now I wish more companies included it:

> What’s one thing about your background or past experience that you want to be sure we notice? (1000 characters maximum)