Friday Links
Leading off this week, a wonderful and touching story of an 8-year-old boy who built his own arcade: Caine's Arcade.
This is a long and fascinating read: The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity’s origins.
A bizarre story: How the Nazis' top interrogator was hired to work on Disney theme parks.
This explains so much of our current political climate: Greed is costly.
An excellent read: An 80,000-year history of the tomato.
It's important reading: Why incels take the “Blackpill”—and why we should care.
A professional soccer (non-soccer) player. What a story: Carlos Kaiser (footballer).
I can't begin to describe how satisfying it is to watch this video: Watch this pro build a cabin in the woods from scratch.
Only one of hundreds of examples: Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
This is the second of an impeccable four-part series on the Digital Antiquarian (it's easy to navigate to the other episodes if you wish): The End of Sierra as We Knew It, Part 2: The Scandal.
A follow-up in reference to a post I made last week: Scientists decode the universal language pattern in 40,000 stories.
From Wally, and it's delightful: What I learned from reading Harlan Ellison. This show has a surprising amount of support: Wheel of Time fans band together to save show after cancellation – petition gets over 50,000 signatures.
From Jonathon W., the trailer to a Scottish Samurai movie (you read that right): Tornado - Official Trailer.
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