Friday Links!
This is fascinating: The tragedy of Trần Đức Thảo: How the persecuted Vietnamese philosopher became one of the first theorists of the divide between colonised and coloniser.
This is beautifully written: 30 Years Later: Phyllis Hyman, “I Refuse to Be Lonely.” The singer’s first posthumous album deserves to be remembered as the bravest of her career.
A tremendous piece of journalism: The Two Faces of Lummie Jenkins: The people of Wilcox County, Alabama, remember the longtime sheriff as a god or a monster—it just depends on who you ask.
From Ken P., and don't worry, they had parachutes: Idaho once dropped 76 beavers from airplanes—on purpose. I'm not sure I like this development: Lego’s Smart Brick Gives the Iconic Analog Toy a New Digital Brain. I need to send this one to Eli 24.5: Isengard in Oxford: Christian Kriticos explores J. R. R. Tolkien’s long-lost satire of a motorized world. Excellent: ‘I wanted that Raiders of the Lost Ark excitement – you could die any minute’: how we made hit video game Prince of Persia. This is fantastic: The bust files: How NFL teams break young quarterbacks. Man, this makes me feel old: NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks. A frenzy: Prices for an old Star Wars game have ballooned because of its role in a PS5 jailbreak. This is short but thorough: The importance of free software to science.
From Wally, a deep and excellent dive: Reign of Terroir Rich, powerful and eccentric, Roquefort is still the king of cheeses. But for how much longer? Almost eleven stories, in case you're wondering: Satellites capture a mega-storm in the North Pacific that produced giant waves up to 115 feet high that traveled nearly 15,000 miles. I've walked past it: What construction workers found gutting the Flatiron Building. Permitting for rebuilding must be a nightmare: What Happens When Your Oscars Go Up in Flames? Colleen Atwood Found Out. A nightmare in the history of war: Verdun – Death of All…
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