Botswana has an elephant problem. The director of the Nuremberg zoo weighs in on whether Germany could adopt some and where they could live.

...I did not know this was an open question.
https://www.politico.eu/article/botswana-elephant-germany-migration-plan/

The Design Philosophy of Great Tables, with a history of presenting tabular information. Pretty neat, honestly.
https://posit-dev.github.io/great-tables/blog/design-philosophy/

This is from 2019 but it's so perfect that I feel no guilt in sharing it again. https://www.businessinsider.com/mansplain-vulva-gynecologist-twitter-2019-3

Farewell to my friend (and longtime writer) John Mueller, who died this week from cancer.

He wrote 60 or 70 tech books, and you probably encountered at least one of them. We worked together for more than 20 years, with many long email messages. We only heard each other's voice two or three times -- the last one when I said goodbye.

It's a better world because John was in it.

https://amzn.to/3xobRRU

Your moment of zen

Modular Makes a Case for Mojo Programming Language, Based on Python
https://devops.com/modular-makes-a-case-for-mojo-programming-language-based-on-python/

Ivanti CEO Promises Stronger Security After a Year of Flaws
https://securityboulevard.com/2024/04/ivanti-ceo-promises-stronger-security-after-a-year-of-flaws/

100,000 live salmon made a break for freedom when they spilled from a truck, with the majority finding refuge in a nearby creek. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/100000-live-salmon-spill-overturned-truck-oregon-end-swimming-away-cre-rcna146442

McCartney had the struggle of black women especially in mind when writing the song. In his 1997 book, Many Years From Now, McCartney said of Blackbird: "This was really a song from me to a black woman, experiencing these problems in the States: 'Let me encourage you to keep trying, to keep your faith, there is hope.'"
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240329-beyonce-cowboy-carter-the-beatles-blackbird

The full history of Atlantic slavery is scarcely taught in the US or the UK, and so it’s not surprising that few people in either country know much about Tacky’s revolt. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/26/historic-revolt-forgotten-hero-empty-plinth-jamaica-slavery-chief-tacky

An inspiring talk on Systems Thinking and the nature of Quality, by Russ Ackoff in 1994. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqEeIG8aPPk

NIST Proposes Public-Private Group to Help with NVD Backlog https://securityboulevard.com/2024/04/nist-proposes-public-private-group-to-help-with-nvd-backlog/

The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to use two separate spacecraft to create its own solar eclipse in order to study the Sun's corona. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/3/24120149/european-space-agency-artificial-solar-eclipse-proba-3-spacecraft-corona-study

Faum, an Australian company that manufactures beeswax products, makes this amusing chess set where the pieces are candles. https://www.core77.com/posts/128627/Compelled-Speed-Chess-A-Chess-Set-Where-the-Pieces-are-Candles

Author John Barth has died. He was 93. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/books/john-barth-dead.html

As its capacity expands, Homegrown will be able to deliver even more food to underserved residents in the Phoenix area. Currently, the nonprofit donates harvested citrus to partners such as Feed Phoenix and the Arizona Food Bank Network. https://modernfarmer.com/2024/03/meet-the-arizona-nonprofit-transforming-the-food-system

Oops https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/02/owasp_discloses_data_breach/

"I’m not sure, but he seems to be inordinately fond of beetles."
– J.B.S. Haldane, when asked what the study of biology taught him about the Creator

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the latest person dealing with problems with a Boeing jet.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/business/blinken-grounded-boeing-jet/index.html