C. Gordon Bell, father of the PDP-8 and VAX, has died

https://thenewstack.io/c-gordon-bell-father-of-the-pdp-8-and-vax-has-died/

This AC/DC Thunderstruck Guzheng Cover is great. Recommended! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=564u39PJfUI

Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Super Mario Bros
https://aaronrandall.com/blog/screentendo/

"The illustrious ‘Il Cannone di Paganini,’ once owned by the renowned Genovese musician Niccolò Paganini and now preserved at Palazzo Tursi, inspired the creation of a faithful 1:1 replica using 3D printing technology. The replica, crafted with meticulous attention to detail, features white resin and strings in the striking red nylon, evoking the colors of the San Giorgio flag." https://makezine.com/article/craft/music/3d-printing-paganinis-famous-violin/

George Lucas’s long-simmering space was described as both “puerile” and “the most beautiful movie serial ever made.” https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/545680/original-reviews-star-wars-1977

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Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails https://apnews.com/article/pronouns-tribal-affiliation-south-dakota-66efb8c6a3c57a6a02da0bf4ed575a5f

We're planning a trip to Washington DC. Should I make a point of visiting the Spy Museum to see the @th3j35t3r display?

ICQ will stop working from June 26 https://icq.com/desktop/en#windows

The term “bay leaf” originally referred to foliage from the bay laurel tree. Bay laurel's distinctive herbal flavor, bitter and slightly piney, has been used as a seasoning for millennia. But the name has become shorthand for several other leafy spices from different trees. https://mailchi.mp/atlasobscura/gastro-bay-leaf-six

Why isn’t there a way to tell Chrome, “Please close all the tabs that say, ‘I’m launching your Zoom meeting now’?”

A thorn in the side of Rome because they exerted sufficient influence in ancient Britain and Gaul to threaten the expansion of the Roman Empire, the Druids were a shadowy class of priests, religious leaders, even freedom-fighters. They whipped up resistance and sedition that the Roman army found hard to fight. https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-archaeology-tell-us-about-the-druids-dark-arts

A Measure of Your Team’s Health: How You Treat Your “Idiot”
(by me circa 2014 on a now-gone site, dunno where they got this "updated" date) https://www.business2community.com/strategy/measure-teams-health-treat-idiot-0900692

A major international study has shown that conservation efforts to reduce biodiversity loss are working, with two out of every three measures making a positive impact. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-04-26-landmark-study-definitively-shows-conservation-actions-are-effective-halting-and

"At the origin of all good non-fiction writing is someone who thought: I want to know more about that." https://iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-write

A sloth was discovered caught in the wires of a server rack at a university data center in Paraíba, Brazil.
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/sloth-gets-caught-in-server-rack-in-brazilian-university-data-center/

"I’ll give Subway credit. It’s clever marketing for a terrible idea." https://www.masslive.com/food/2024/01/i-ate-the-subway-footlong-cookie-so-you-dont-have-to.html

Minnesota Now Requires Pay Transparency in Job Postings
https://natlawreview.com/article/minnesota-latest-state-require-pay-transparency-job-postings

Are we at a point where we have to question if the artist we love...is actually making the art we love?
https://maggieappleton.com/generative-forgery

GitHub Issues Patch for Critical Exploit in Enterprise Server

The vulnerability affects all #GHES versions before 3.13.0 and achieves the highest possible CVSS score of 10. Instances with SAML SSO authentication are at risk. #GitHub
https://securityboulevard.com/2024/05/github-issues-patch-for-critical-exploit-in-enterprise-server/