TIL Screaming Yellow Zonkers was around until 2007.

Best product packaging EVER. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Yellow_Zonkers

Privacy advocates gained access to a powerful tool bought by U.S. law enforcement agencies that can track smartphone locations around the world. Abortion clinics, places of worship, and individual people can all be monitored without a warrant. https://www.404media.co/email/a400f89b-10e8-4910-9ee3-ac83b70020aa/

The ministry of stupid ideas https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-doge-trump-jobs-department-government-administration-rcna180210

The Rays are planning to play the 2025 season at Tampa’s Steinbrenner Field, spring training home of the rival New York Yankees. https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2024/11/14/interim-stadium-steinbrenner-field-yankees-tarpons-pinellas-st-petersburg/

The OS of the future is here! https://www.windows93.net/

I laughed

“Times New Dumbass” is a font inspired by the owner of Xitter https://boingboing.net/2024/11/13/times-new-dumbass-is-a-font-inspired-by-the-owner-of-xitter.html

The Learning Hub currently features more than 50 pieces of content [related to Black history], coupled with curriculum and printable resources for users that cover the stories of trailblazers across industries, including civil rights, STEM, movements, the arts, and sports. https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/news/because-of-them-we-can-launches-free-and-accessible-learning-hub-for-teaching-black-history-year-round

"In a new paper, the researchers report that it was the dancing and jumping movements of the 70,000-plus fans, not the music or sound system, at the August 4 concert that created the seismic waves that have come to be called 'Swift quakes.'" https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/swifities-shake-it-off-and-help-seismologists-solve-mystery-of-how-concertgoers-shake-things-up

"During World War II, lore evolved to such an extent that gremlins became full-fledged celebrities—pesky critters who crawled into plane machinery and destroyed it."
https://daily.jstor.org/ghosts-in-the-machine/

John Battelle suggests protecting one kind of content – but not another — and why that matters to marketing leaders everywhere.

https://pgsignal.com/2024/11/09/why-section-230-needs-reforming/

I am feeling oddly soothed today by this sea lion webcam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ElanH9Gzjw

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Several factors have endangered certain cheesy creations – but there may still be hope for the future of French fromage. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20241101-is-the-future-of-french-cheese-at-stake

The FBI is warning about a rise in hacked police emails being used to send fake subpoenas and emergency data requests (EDRs) to U.S. tech companies. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/fbi-spike-in-hacked-police-emails-fake-subpoenas/

"Researchers have managed to decipher the manuscript of the ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy 200 years after its discovery. The manuscript is thought to have been written during the first century AD and was discovered by a Roman Catholic cardinal Angelo Mai in 1819." https://greekreporter.com/2024/09/08/manuscript-ancient-greek-astronomer-ptolemy-deciphered/

Some days you just KNOW which story will make it to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's bluff the listener contest. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8lxly6xd1o

Oldest Native American drumming video ever. Gosh, this is cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igmpvrRQIkI&t=8s