Friday Links!
Leading off this week, a terrific article from Defector: These Orangutans May Not Be Beatboxing But They’re Definitely Doing Something. Here's the actual study: Wild orangutans can simultaneously use two independent vocal sound sources similarly to songbirds and human beatboxers.
This is my kind of deputy mayor: Helsinki Deputy Mayor caught illegally spray-painting graffiti in a train tunnel.
I would normally never post a wrestling link, but I'm doing so because of how incredibly likable these guys are as they talk about their infamous Hell in a Cell match: Come get a heaping helping of 90s nostalgia as wrestling legends Undertaker and Mankind reunite to watch their brutal and iconic Hell in a Cell match.
From Wally, and now it sounds like prog rock: Johann Sebastian Bach ; Toccata & Fugue in Dm, by Sinfonity (electric guitar). A long playlist, but fascinating: this is why vivaldi was a metalhead before metal existed (playlist). This happens all the time: When The Copyright Trolls Came for Me. These are absolutely spectacular: The 9 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World.
From David Gloier, and it's an excellent read: Hidden Beneath the Surface.
From C. Lee, and it's terrific (and it might be paywalled--I can't tell since I'm a subscriber): ‘Bull Durham’ turns 35: Revisiting the most famous mound visit in baseball movie history. A useful explanation: US doctors are rationing lifesaving cancer drugs amid dire shortage. The obituary of a courageous man: Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower and Ceaseless Anti-War Activist, Dead at 92. Use the plastic liner! Why You Shouldn't Use the Ice Bucket in Your Hotel Room. This is quite funny: ‘Lunch of suffering’: plain ‘white people food’ goes viral in China. This is wild: Study: Fruit Flies Age Faster After Perceiving Death. Well, this is awkward: An Excel mistake resulted in Austrian political party announcing the wrong leader. I could probably get by on a 2005 desktop with no problem: imagine purchase warnings based on your gaming history.
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