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  • Okay, I am late to the party on this one, but my heart just grew two sizes when I discovered that Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr managed to surreptitiously, throughout the course of the 2022/23 NBA season, insert all the lyrics from the Taylor Swift song All Too Well into his post-game press conferences.
  • The story of the Archimedes Palimpsest is fascinating. I saw someone mention it on Instagram and couldn’t believe it was true, but it appears to be a legitimate tale.
  • Table data showing NFL statistics for Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes over the first nine years of their careersThe team at The Athletic put together a compelling argument that not only is Mahomes worth his new half-a-billion-dollar contract, but he might actually be better than Brady.
  • I doubt you need me to tell you this, but Sally Field is just incredible in Remarkably Bright Creatures on Netflix. The movie is wonderful and we loved it.
  • Renewables have surpassed global coal power for the first time in over a century! (The last time coal lost its lead as the world’s largest electricity source, the Treaty of Versailles was in review and Congress had just established a national park in Arizona named for its big hole in the ground.)
  • Shohei Ohtani meets 100-year-old Nagasaki survivor
  • Sure, they may be trying to jump on the Wordle bandwagon, and it’s a bit tricky to play, but the new Catalogues game from The New Yorker is pretty fun once you get the hang of it. – hat-tip @heidiyounggrasshopper
  • You can’t produce a Field Notes edition of The Maltese Falcon and not expect me to automatically purchase it.
  • This Smithsonian article explaining The Science Behind Honey’s Eternal Shelf Life was pretty interesting.
  • Some good news on the public health front: Florida Republicans Refuse to Take Up DeSantis Bill Loosening Vaccine Mandates
  • Need another reason to stop eating meat? A flesh-eating cattle parasite is spreading beyond Texas.
  • The Voting Rights Act Was the Nice Version
  • Asian jumping worms, an invasive, soil nutrient-gobbling earthworm that can leap a foot in the air, are moving rapidly across the country.
  • A second detainee has died at an ICE facility in Louisiana where a recent inspection report found insanitary conditions, problems with medical care, and the use of excessive force.

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Love for Sale

“Hey, we seem basically compatible. I enjoyed kissing you. What do you say about trying a three-month love contract?”

#love #news #relationships

GPS Revisited

So. Remember the story about the Connecticut man who got busted for speeding in his rental car by the GPS the rental company had installed? Apparently he sued Acme Rent-a-Car and they dropped the fees on the grounds that – although it was clearly stated in the contract – he hadn’t thoroughly read the contract

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#decline of civilization #gps #rants

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