Thursday, August 06, 2020

Friday Links!

Leading off, an incredible story (John Harwood alert) about a special gaming contest: The seven treasures of Ultimate Play the Game. This is a spectacular piece of writing: The Most Gullible Man in Cambridge.

From Wally, and this is a wonderful article: Tamaleando in Tennessee. This is absolutely fascinating: The mysterious case of man who can read letters—but not numbers—exposes roots of consciousness. Mind-blowing: World First 360 Double Backflip Tailwhip on BMX.

Terrific links from C. Lee, as always. First, and this looks like an amazing book, it's When the US Government Went After Anti-Nazi Hollywood (good grief, we haven't gotten any less stupid in 80 years, have we?). A genuinely incredible story: Get Yourself a Fake Male Assistant. Embarrassing: That Time the U.S. Tried to Sneak Stealth Fighters Across Austria. Tremendously ingenious: The sisters regrowing forests helped by their dogs. It's all in the details: He Might Have Been Able to Fake His Death, if Only He’d Spell-Checked. A fascinating thread: A map of the very first thing Japanese people think of for every prefecture in Japan.

posted by Bill Harris @ 10:05 PM

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