According to the Parisian shop Le Carre d’encre, which sells it, the stamp has a “bakery scent”. The ink used on the stamps contains microcapsules which provide the fragrance.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/17/french-post-office-releases-scratch-and-sniff-baguette-stamp

Remember Ebola? If you're wondering why you don't really hear about it anymore, it's because scientists came up with a vaccine, and there are now over half a million doses in the global stockpile. https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/376605/WER9917-196-202.pdf

Vermont passes data privacy law allowing consumers to sue companies https://therecord.media/vermont-passes-data-privacy-law

Oh no! -- I just saw that CJ Sansom died.

And how did I not know that Dissolution was made into a series on Disney Plus?!

https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/29/c-j-sansom-author-shardlake-series-books-dead-aged-71-20736957/

Shund.org is a database of Yiddish popular fiction, collecting and analyzing works of entertainment literature written in Yiddish and published as books and pamphlets and serialized in the Yiddish press.
https://shund.org

Sometimes you don't need to comparison shop. We bought this blender back in 2016 -- and I just ordered its replacement without looking at any alternatives. In fact, I bought the 2016 model after three years of hard duty from the 2013 version.

Obviously, it doesn't last forever... but it's only $20 so it's still a good value.
https://amzn.to/3UN4887

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The Herculean task of digitizing Mexico’s vast Indigenous history
The challenge of the 21st century is how to convert over a century of audio, video, text and more into digital formats before it is too late.
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/digitizing-mexicos-indigenous-history/

I wish I wrote this. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-the-word-utilize-and-im-loving-every-moment-of-your-overblown-rhetoric

Me: My payment is due today. When should I expect it to arrive?

Client: I'm hoping to get a payment out early next week.

Me: Here's a photo of my kitty. She has expensive taste in kibble. Can you say no to her?

Client: argghhhhh must send funds for fluffy kitty!!!! Let me see what I can do.

Techstrong Research is looking into the current and future impact of #DevOps. Please share your experience and opinions by taking this two-minute survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K2PDC8L

From a doctor friend: Some guy got admitted last night with 28 plastic toy horses inserted into his colon. His condition is stable.

The Forged Apple Employee Badge
https://cabel.com/2024/05/16/the-forged-apple-employee-badge/

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The tabby will become a "Doctor of Litter-ature" in recognition of his contributions to the Castleton campus, where he has become a regular visitor for the past four years.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-05-15/max-the-cat-honorary-doctorate-vermont-state-university-castleton

Comics: Old-School Distance-Learning Tools

How the often-maligned genre was used to train soldiers, explain the weather, and describe the modern world. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/comics-old-school-distance-learning-tools/

Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that Nabokov greatly influenced her legal writing: “I seek the right word and word order,” she explained. “And I use the ‘read aloud’ test to check whether I have succeeded.”

https://blog.pshares.org/carefully-chosen-words-ruth-bader-ginsburg-and-vladimir-nabokov-at-cornell/

Best science fiction films about space, according to an astrophysicist (might need a free membership to read this)
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2384184-best-science-fiction-films-about-space-according-to-an-astrophysicist/