Friday Links on Thanksgiving!
Following the new tradition started in 2022 (I think), Friday Links are up today for anyone who is dying of boredom on Thanksgiving. I'll be off on Friday and return Monday.
I'm leading off with C. Lee, because he has consistently sent a slew of intelligent, interesting links every week for as long as I can remember. Leading off, an alarming trend: Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care. Related: ‘I Wish I Had Known That No One Was Going to Help Me’. This sounds like a fascinating book: Balkan Cyberia: Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age Behind the Iron Curtain by Victor Petrov. This is tantalizing research (particularly the explanation): ‘Tetris’ may help reduce flashbacks to traumatic events.It seems obvious: Best way to prevent cervical cancers: Immunize boys against HPV, too. More remarkable research: Crispr gene editing shown to permanently lower high cholesterol. Argggh: It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian. If only this had come out before September! Visiting Real Life Locations From Haruki Murakami Novels in Tokyo. We never got lost, thanks to Eli 22.3: New indie game The Exit 8 may make us never want to enter another Japanese subway station again.
This is bizarrely fascinating: Mortician uses a dummy to show every step a body goes through at a funeral home. There are some real classics here: The Biggest Roadside Attractions in the Midwest.
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