Friday Links!
Leading off this week, an amazing collection: 11,000 public domain photographs of America's forgotten roadside attractions.
A long read about a serial romance scammer (the subject of a Prime Video documentary coming out next week): The Many Faces of Jason Porter.
Absolutely fabulous: A nasogenital tale A bizarre theory (and a gory surgery) in fin-de-siècle Vienna help us get a grip on how science and medicine actually work.
Detailed and terrific: How Pakistan fell in love with sushi.
This is a tremendous, painful read: My mother was a famous feminist writer known for her candour and wit. But she was also a fantasist who couldn’t be bothered to spend time raising me.
Amazing: 650-foot mega-tsunami sends seismic waves around the world, and satellites captured the action.
We shaped the past to suit our colonial needs: Archaeologists uncover massive 1,000-year-old Native American fields in Northern Michigan that defy limits of farming.
What a fantastic project: Cambridge mapping project solves a medieval murder.
Incredible: Scientists built a badminton-playing robot with AI-powered skills.
From Wally, and it's an excellent read: Why the Goodyear Blimp Hasn’t Been Replaced by Drones. I'd be willing to watch some of these: 10 Cancelled Sci-Fi Shows That Deserve a Reboot. This entire popcorn bucket craze is very strange: AMC Unveils Galactus-Themed Popcorn Bucket For The Fantastic Four: First Steps — and It's Huge. Lots of speculation here, but provocative: Could time travel tourism be the next space tourism? (op-ed).
Tim H. sent in a video about a man making an entire cabin by himself in the late 1960s. In Alaska!: Alone in the Wilderness, the story of Dick Proenneke.
From Chris M., a thoughtful and interesting essay: Why am I filled with nostalgia for a pre-internet age I never knew?
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