Friday Links!
What a tangled web. Fraudsters defrauding fraudsters: An Oxford Professor, an Evangelical Collector, and a Missing Gospel of Mark.This is so, so funny: The BBC’s Andrew Cotter had an ‘online meeting’ with his dogs and it’s glorious.
From C. Lee, and it's an excellent read: The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months. This is a fantastic infographic: Visualizing the Length of the Fine Print, for 14 Popular Apps. This is genuinely incredible, in a bad way: Broadband engineer sick with Covid-19 after being spat at by 5G/coronavirus conspiracy theorist. Peaceful AND delicious: Zen Japanese Rock Garden Toast.
From Wally, and it's a fascinating, obscure story: The $60,000 Telegram That Helped Lincoln End Slavery. Taking the piss out of universities, and effectively: University Title Generator. Some of these pictures are amazing: Life in the Landscape: Great Horned Owls. This is so on point (McSweeney's, of course): Sure, the Velociraptors are still on the loose, but that's no reason not to reopen Jurassic Park. This is excellent: The Hidden Rules of Conversation | Tom Scott.
From Syndi Riley, and it's a haunting short: Adapt.
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