Friday Links!
Leading off this week, an incredible read: Conversations With a Hit Man.
The Guardian long read is usually fantastic, and this is no exception: ‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon.
This was an amazing man and oh, the irony: World's 'oldest' marathon runner dies at 114 in hit-and-run.
Just staggering: Documentary uncovers forgotten 1946 football game months after Nagasaki bombing.
This is excellent: Nearly Forgotten, a 1969 Double Murder in Austin Still Haunts Some.
Selling suicide kits on the Internet: Merchant of Death.
No surprise: Large study squashes anti-vaccine talking points about aluminum.
From Wally, and it's one of many things I'll absolutely never understand: Popcorn buckets are the new frontier in movie branding, and fans are eating it up. Useful for writers submitting their work: A shout out to the Submission Grinder. This is true, or not true, because it's difficult to predict the future: We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells. This is fascinating: The Politics of Printing in China. This is the deepest of deep dives on comparing grocery prices: To Hell and Back for Cheap Groceries: The Epic Investigation (and Shocking Results) of My Grocery Store Price Comparison Quest.
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