Professor Sally Bushell drew on the British Library collections to create Litcraft, a project that builds worlds in Minecraft to inspire reluctant readers. Her most recent Litcraft game is called Steampunk Sherlock Holmes. https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2023/07/building-a-minecraft-gateway-to-the-world-of-books-.html

"I recently just powered through a bunch of applications for some roles I had open. As a hiring manager, I want to mention some simple things that can set you apart in your search. All of these are based on patterns I saw; way more than one candidate was doing these things."
https://seankilleen.com/2024/01/tips-to-help-yourself-stand-out-during-a-tech-job-search/

Take a trip to the World’s Fair in 1960s New York. I WAS THERE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abYJ3MjQpm8&t=5s

NotTheOnion... or, well, actually The Onion.

The Onion is sold to new firm known as Global Tetrahedron

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/25/the-onion-sold-global-tetrahedron#

The CEO said on Threads:
NEWS: My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO.
We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and share the wealth with staff.
Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.
https://www.threads.net/@oneunderscore__/post/C6M8Qr0gPuW/

You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-for-under-10000/

North American software developers are reasonably confident that #GenAI can help them improve code security. In other regions? Not quite so much.

https://securityboulevard.com/2024/04/n-a-developers-optimistic-about-generative-ai-and-code-security/

> Magneto, he realized, needed an overhaul. Trying to work out where the character’s ranting antipathy toward humanity might have come from, Claremont—who’d kicked around on a socialist kibbutz in Israel among Holocaust survivors four years before he got the job—made a change that utterly redefined the character: He tied Magneto’s origins and explosive rage to the German death camps. https://defector.com/the-judgment-of-magneto

Call for Mentors: the Coding it Forward Fellowship places early-career technologists in federal, state, and local offices for 10 weeks. https://codingitforward.notion.site/2024-Call-for-Mentors-93a943e7d53744debec13ee323e05cc3

Why are TV sets so darn neat and tidy these days? https://www.vox.com/culture/23789801/what-happened-to-set-mess-modern-family-friends-seinfeld-how-i-met-your-mother-suits-breaking-bad

John Muir’s Journals, University of the Pacific https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/

"How did we get here? Well, baseball, like human beings, has an over-engineering problem."
https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/12/baseball-has-an-overengineering-problem-and-pitchers-are-dropping-like-flies

Maine has a lot of lobsters. It also has a lot of older people, ones who are less and less willing and able to catch, clean and sell the crustaceans that make up a $1 billion industry for the state. Companies are turning to foreign-born workers to bridge the divide. (gift link)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/business/economy/immigrants-maine-lobster-aging-workforce.html

I don't know who needs to know this, but here you are: All 29 road tunnels in New Zealand ranked from worst to best.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/20-04-2024/all-28-road-tunnels-in-new-zealand-ranked-from-worst-to-best

Between 1993 and 2006, estimates say that AOL sent out more than 1 billion CDs with free trial software. https://www.vox.com/2015/5/12/8594049/aol-free-trial-cds

We can split light by a prism, sounds by tones, but surely the world of odour is too complex and personal? Strangely, no. https://aeon.co/essays/odours-have-a-complex-topography-and-its-been-mapped-by-ai

BlackGirlsHack's SquadCon Call for Papers is now open! #Cybersecurity experts, thought leaders, and practitioners are encouraged to submit research, case studies, and innovative ideas. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240424621885/en/BlackGirlsHack-presents-SquadCon-‘24-Play-to-Win-GHV-in-2022-and-now-we-are-back-again%21

Write alternative text as if you’re describing the image to a friend.

Good advice. I learned a lot. https://cloudfour.com/thinks/write-alt-text-like-youre-talking-to-a-friend/

How many lies would Pinocchio have to tell before his nose was so heavy that it broke his neck? https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/jist/article/view/743