Friday Links!
These are wonderful: These Photos From A Muddy 49ers-Skins Game Are So Good.Apple hype! Day one: Cosmic Crisp apples usurp Honeycrisp's throne starting December 1.
This is an unbelievable find: Neanderthal glue was a bigger deal than we thought.
This is a fascinating story and a terrific piece of writing: What In God's Name Happened To Jordan Tebbutt?
From Marc P., and it's a fantastic read: Portrait of an Inessential Government Worker.
From Wally, and it's a wonderfully clever short video: bicycle. Charlie Brown will never be the same (NSFW): O Great Pumpkin | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim. These guys are predators: Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free.
From Geoff Engelstein, and it's astounding (the perils of subcontracting): Hesitant hitmen jailed over botched assassination in China.
From David Gloier, and what a great story: Arcade Raid: The Duke of Lancaster Ship.
From Ken Piper, and oh, if this is true: A New Crispr Technique Could Fix Almost All Genetic Diseases. A beloved film: The Improbable True Story of How 'Clerks' Was Made. Math is always amazing: This Guy Just Found a Faster Way to Multiply.
From Chris Meadowcraft, and this woman is very good at climbing: Speed climber Aries Susanti Rahayu breaks world record.
Closing out with terrific links from C. Lee. First, and I had no idea, it's The Feminist History of ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’. This is a terrific story: How Susan Kare Designed User-Friendly Icons for the First Macintosh. An interesting read: Researchers rediscover fast-acting German insecticide lost in the aftermath of WWII. A fantastic read: Abdus Salam: the Muslim Science Genius Forgotten by History. Provocative: To make laziness work for you, put some effort into it.
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