Sunday, March 31, 2024
Hilary Mantel's novel about the French Revolution, "A Place of Greater Safety" is $1.99 right now
at Amazon. (The Guardian called it "enthralling.")
Today's news and jokes
Local authorities successfully apprehended one of the gang leader, Ai Krao, using a tranquilizer gun. Upon his arrest, cries could be heard from his subordinates. pic.twitter.com/QEtZV2tnup
— yammi (@sighyam) March 29, 2024
A hierarchy chart has been published, showing Yellow as Krao’s group and Green as Yak’s group. A citywide monkey-hunt is underway to capture the remaining leaders, aiming to temporarily quell the violence and provide authorities with additional time to address the broader issue. pic.twitter.com/htqcOEcqWr
— yammi (@sighyam) March 29, 2024
Rampaging monkey gangs terrorise Thai tourist town as cops arm themselves with slingshots and tranquiliser guns to combat 'dangerous' primates https://t.co/4nvxTI3dCM pic.twitter.com/uqkDRuvhjU
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 28, 2024
Harvard's Caselaw Access Project is making all U.S. case law freely available online
Hundreds of years of opinions.
I know what you're wondering, do they even have Stone v. Boreman, the oldest case on Westlaw, from 1658?https://t.co/plXDLuZVPG
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) March 21, 2024
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Here's the latest Super Punch newsletter
Featuring 10 stories I excavated from the first year of my site, my new favorite music, and the best toy I bought this month. I'll pick a subscriber in the next few days to send stickers to.
New Humble Bundle featuring pop culture-inspired cookbooks
Starts with four for $1, including the Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of Willy Wonka
"A fertilizer spill in Iowa this month wiped out much of the aquatic life across a 60-mile stretch of rivers in two states"
"The latest die-off started, Iowa officials said, when a valve was left open over a weekend on a storage tank at ... an agricultural business"
(The article is a choose-your-own adventure with an early quote calling it "the big one," and a later paragraph saying, "But the biomass affected is likely pretty low as the kill was mostly minnow and chub species.")
Netflix needs to make a series about the murder of the billionaire that wanted to produce The Three-Body Problem Netflix series
I didn’t make this up, I had ChatGPT summarize a Chinese article on this, but here is the English coverage. And yeah Xu was sentenced just a week ago, on 3/22 in China pretty much at the same time as the 3/21 premiere in US. Justice finally. RIPhttps://t.co/ExWS9GMHfs
— Rui Ma 马睿 (@ruima) March 29, 2024
Today's news and jokes
Libby, Hoopla, Kanopy all increasingly appealing as companies treat digital "purchases" as little better than rentalsSuper clever way to “market” public services, like the library, whose tangible (and intangible) benefits often go unnoticed. pic.twitter.com/cyQD3Cud4D
— Ames Grawert 🌱 (@AmesCG) March 29, 2024
Friday, March 29, 2024
"What You Are Looking For Is in the Library: A Novel" is $2.99
It sounds extremely charming in this NYTimes review.
Caltrans workers accused of building themselves secret mini-apartments inside train stations
reportedly featured a kitchen, shower, plumbing and security cameras. Prosecutors said the two defendants worked together to keep the invoices for the work below $3,000 each to avoid scrutiny and skirt procedures meant to discourage such fraud.
(Sounds like they cleared out the apartments after they were discovered instead of turning them into airbnbs.)
ARG featuring interdimensional doors
Photo of door in Toronto. QR leads to https://t.co/w4kDQIuNvU
— Eric (@yankeewhite) March 29, 2024
Other cites are Phoenix AZ, Charlotte NC, Tierra Del Mar OR & Vancouver BC pic.twitter.com/0CqQn9wMaR
A news write-up and subreddit.
Links to read some of the 2024 Hugo Award Finalists for free
Not a lot of crossover in these categories with the Nebula nominees.
Best Novelette
“Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition”, Gu Shi
"Ivy, Angelica, Bay” by C.L. Polk
“On the Fox Roads” by Nghi Vo
“One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker
Best Short Story
“How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark
“The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard
Today's news and jokes
so all my pawns are all women and they say the same thing too. “i wonder if that speaks to arisen’s preference…” girl yes it does https://t.co/boQghGfZrV
— Gene Park (@GenePark) March 27, 2024
This JUST happened to me but it was a pawn i hired.
— LazyData (@Lazy_Data) March 25, 2024
Everyone's fucking dead. Even Brant! I havn't progressed passed his missions yet! pic.twitter.com/gafFsIDC7G
How to reduce fall damage in dragons dogma 2 pic.twitter.com/MraWX2Ag9l
— Arron’s Dogma 2 (@Arron_TK) March 27, 2024
My pawn has daggers that glow when treasure chests are near so I got a large beeping cat. pic.twitter.com/Hcn3kpPnra
— 1000Jutsu🦋 (@HokutoAndy) March 28, 2024
I am crying this is currently my strongest fit in Dragons Dogma 2 😂 pic.twitter.com/Q90U7BnZ7q
— Dragons Parma 2 (@parmderp) March 28, 2024
Green Knight figurine
表面をシボ加工(?)ぽくしてみたら結構いい感じかも。表面の傷目立ちにくくなるし、光の反射も柔らかくなって透け具合も面白い見え方。触り心地も良い🙆
— taichi＠WF2024w_1-22-05 (@ichiichi04) March 21, 2024
良い🙆 pic.twitter.com/KM1iHvEkhp
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Really good shark man
Wayne Reynolds may have drawn the most perfect shark head shape ever here pic.twitter.com/8Uz00wkoGq
— Boris 🦖 (@Vosk___) March 27, 2024
Funny way to depict the Invisible Woman in a simple sculpture
— Jon Hartman (@jorkmantheking) March 28, 2024
(He takes commissions and has posted many similar sculptures.)
New Humble Bundle features the Shogun audiobook
Various books by James Clavell, Shogun is $1. (Read most of these when I was very young because they were easily available, and even then thought, "this guy seems really weird about women")
Today's news and jokes
My assailant pic.twitter.com/FZkZEA2n1x
— Dr. Gunner Misses the Target (@gunnertaylorgt) March 27, 2024
Hoodie is a "cross between an isolation tank and a bed"
Vollebak's "Alien Hoodie":
- A sculpted 3D hoodie made from multi-dimensional material- Designed by computers and built by robots- Zip-up hood with mesh visor and antibacterial liningIf you’re a human interested in buying the hoodie, it’s a cross between an isolation tank and a bed. Built by the machines that build beds, it’s a double-layered, weighted, 3D-knitted hoodie with a padded sculptural texture based on the sand dunes on Mars. It also comes with a big black visor that you can see out through, but no-one can see in – making it perfect for long-haul flights or escaping from the world for a few hours.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Today's news and jokes
Love this. Ladders in the middle of the road, leaned against cables overhead. One ladder with only one leg on the ground…
— Edward Lawrence (@EP_Lawrence) January 21, 2024
China, never change :)
Sunday in #Shanghai pic.twitter.com/t7Y82m86ha