Friday, May 03, 2019

Friday Links!

Leading off this week, and it's a riveting read: The Many Human Errors That Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max.

This is ugly, but it's an important read: A Former Alt-Right Member's Message: "Get Out While You Can".

From Meg McReynolds, and it's an amazing article about women in the Iditarod: What does it take to mush 1,000 miles through the Alaskan wilderness?

From DQ Fitness Advisor Doug Walsh, the story of Seattle's NHL champions: Meet the Metropolitans: Seattle’s First World Champions.

From C. Lee, and it's an interesting tech video: Macs are slower than PCs. Here’s why. Certainly the cutest and friendliest spy ever: Norway finds 'Russian spy whale' off Arctic coast. Concerning: People buy millions of unsafe products every year. Here’s why recalls are harder than they should be. Not that surprising: “Natural” bottled water has natural arsenic contamination, testing finds. This is fascinating: Icefish Study Adds Another Color to the Story of Blood. This seems unwise: Before the Easy-Bake Oven, Toy Stoves Were Beautiful and Deadly. This is a terrific idea: Microsoft is making VR better for those with vision problems.

From Jonathon Wood, and it's stunning: John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music.

From Wally, and they're beautiful: THIS PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PHOTOS OF FLOWERS AND PLANTS USING UV-INDUCED VISIBLE FLUORESCENCE.

From Ken Piper, and this is very cool: Listen up: We’ve detected our first marsquake. A car museum for geeks: Check out Batman’s and Marty McFly’s rides at the Petersen Museum.

From Steven Davis, and it's horrifying: Georgia’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System.


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