Friday Links!
The intricacies of cartography are fascinating: ‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias.
This seems conclusive: Researchers Say They’ve Found the Truth About Thomas Jefferson: A secret 15-year effort has produced genetic evidence that one of the nation’s Founders fathered children with a woman he enslaved.
Life can be strange in a great way sometimes: How Neil Diamond and a bag of weed turned a pair of struggling young guitarists into global stars: “We smoked a lot of pot together, so that was really helpful”.
This is not a story from the past, not really: ‘The damage was much worse than I had imagined’: the shocking inside story of Salman Rushdie’s survival.
This is an incredible, bizarre story: Worst Roommate Ever.
Cold? Not any more: T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant.
Stunning photographs: ‘He was making history, not copying it’: the greatest Gordon Parks photographs.
From Meg McReynolds, it's Fat Bear Week!
From Wally, and now I want to see all of them: 10 great sci-fi B-movies. This entire story is bizarre: Man banned from Oz Comic-Con after biting incident in Brisbane. No surprise: Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors.
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