When I read, “Our technologies are purpose-built to support the most challenging [context] situations,” I think, “As opposed to what? Accidentally-built?”

"I thought at my age I was past being impressed, but you really knocked my hat in the creek." -- Kris Kristofferson to Muhammad Ali
https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/youre-the-last-hero-weve-got

DNA tests have revealed that the mystery goo was kefir cheese, a probiotic soft cheese, and that it was produced using cow and goat cheeses thousands of years ago.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mysterious-white-substance-smeared-on-3600-year-old-mummies-is-worlds-oldest-cheese

Wafris' migrated from #Redis to #SQLite for its Rails middleware client. SQLite outperformed Redis in its specific use case, offering about 3x speed improvement locally.

https://wafris.org/blog/rearchitecting-for-sqlite

Open a new window somewhere in the world
Oh, this is SO cool!
https://www.window-swap.com/Window

Over 100,000 Americans have joined a program to welcome refugees in their first three months, helping them find homes, enroll in schools, and pursue their dreams. No cats, dogs, or geese were harmed. https://welcomecorps.org

Treva Silverman, Joke Whisperer

“So many women were influenced by the show,” Silverman says, “Thinking it’s OK to be like Mary. But some would also think, ‘Huh, how interesting to be like Rhoda, too.’”

(She is my cousin. I absolutely adore her.)
https://momentmag.com/treva-silverman-joke-whisperer

I laughed

To compensate rightsholders, McMahon ordered Libgen to pay $30 million, but because nobody knows who runs the shadow library, it seems unlikely that publishers will be paid any time soon, if ever.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/pirate-library-must-pay-publishers-30m-but-no-one-knows-who-runs-it/

Jordan becomes the first country to eliminate leprosy https://www.who.int/news/item/19-09-2024-jordan-becomes-first-country-to-receive-who-verification-for-eliminating-leprosy

This game tests a person’s knowledge of Black culture against what ChatGPT has been trained to know about the Black community. (I sucked at it.) https://www.areyoublackerthanchatgpt.com

10 Great Maggie Smith Performances to Stream
She was in so many movies that I lost track. This is a fun list.
(gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/movies/maggie-smith-streaming.html