TIL (Possibly crappy) paracord melts at the same temperature as heatshrink tubing shrinks. Nevertheless, thanks to paracord, heatshrink and perseverance, my @rohantime Goas are no longer in danger of falling down thanks to crappy elastic.
Australian journo swaps one set of fibs for another.
"British forests were first subjected to clearing with the Roman conquest of AD 43." Really?
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/like-comparing-apples-with-dried-oranges-will-aust...
A pox on both their houses.
This morning’s glory
This morning’s glory. Showed up out of nowhere last year and seems to breed true. At least the one plant that has flowered so far.
pesosWhat a terrific essay from George Orwell, which goes well beyond this choice jumping-off point:
"[T]he toad, unlike the skylark and the primrose, has never had much of a boost from poets."
Not clean, but cleaner.
@gastrohistory shamed me into cleaning my salad spinner, and I'm happy about that.
I don't doubt that medical software is bad and that doctors have good cause to complain. But in a fight to the death, I suspect software for human resources or for teachers might be even worse.
Excellent Conversations with Tyler episode talking to David Deutsch (apart from the whole multiverse thing about which I am not competent to judge, and nor do I care).