Thursday, September 28, 2023

Friday Links!

Many interesting links today. 

This is terrific: The history of syphilis is being rewritten by a medieval skeleton

Crows are fantastic: For the first time, research reveals crows use statistical logic.

A fascinating read: How a Worm Gave the South a Bad Name

From Wally, and it's a selection of the best wargames in a unique category: best three games with...small boxes! This seems fantastically unlikely: Japanese researchers say they used AI to try and translate the noises of clucking chickens and learn whether they're excited, hungry, or scared. A useful read, sadly: The FBI's guide to LARPing and violent extremism

From C. Lee, and it's quite the infographic: How Much Does it Take to Be Wealthy in America? This is odd: Who Knew So Many Celebrities Wanted to Design Wallpaper. An unstoppable force: At 97, the First Lady of Fitness Is Still Shaping the Industry. A bizarre story: This car was stolen from a driveway in Canada. We found it in West Africa. This is amazing: What Became of the Ancient Greek City they Found in Afghanistan. I've never heard of this: The Lost Art of Roasting Eggs in Ash. Very clever: Starfield player tricks AI with 'unbeatable ship' made only of corners. Oops! I've finally figured out the answer to Starfield's greatest mystery: why my spaceship's cargo hold is always full of misc items. Incredibly strange: Pencils with teeth: meet the tiny cookiecutter shark that attacked a catamaran off Cairns.

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