Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke interview with Walter Cronkite, JULY 20, 1969: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PLTkYJ7C40

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so that they believe they are as clever as he. – Karl Kraus

Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have explored the feasibility of using renewable energy to power Antarctica‘s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
(Headline is somewhat misleading.)
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/05/13/solar-wind-completely-replace-diesel-at-south-pole-station/

A DNA test was carried out after zookeepers noticed that 12-year-old Gen-chan did not display typical male hippo behaviour.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68884548

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TIL a Cursor Park or Cursor Parking Lot is a space on a Google Docs page designated for placing your mouse cursor when you're not actively editing the document. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cursor-park

How to Respond to an Editor’s Queries on Your Article

I wrote this many years ago, but IMHO it's still decent #AmEditing advice.
https://medium.com/p/fc3e877c52f5

Researchers demonstrated that recognizable versions of classic Pink Floyd rock music can be reconstructed from brain activity that was recorded while patients listened to the song. https://www.newswise.com/articles/classic-rock-music-can-be-recreated-from-recorded-brain-activity

"While some members of MI5, Britain’s counter-espionage service were whiling away their spare moments in May 1944 by doing the Telegraph Crossword, they noticed that vital code-names that had been adopted to hide the mightiest sea-borne assault of all time appeared in the crossword." https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Crossword-Panic-of-1944/

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.