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Reinventing the Wheel

Mon, 04 May 2026 10:31:14 GMT

quote [You’ve probably heard it’s futile, but that hasn’t stopped plenty from trying to reinvent the wheel—some successfully, shockingly.] Entry Comment: It's easier to invent the wheel

Bowie, Henson, and the 40th Anniversary of “Labyrinth”: A Mini Oral History

Sun, 03 May 2026 07:33:18 GMT

quote [Four decades since the release of this misunderstood classic, the film’s actors, puppeteers, and musicians reflect on its legacy.] Entry Comment: Took my hand and led me through the labyrinth

Cryptune

Sat, 02 May 2026 08:36:28 GMT

quote [A free daily music word puzzle. Crack cryptic clues to reveal the artist, song, or album. One puzzle every day — like Wordle, but for music!] Entry Comment: Ghostly tunes, in a cryptic song,

Landowner lawsuit over Florida scrub jays has national ramifications

Fri, 01 May 2026 08:10:12 GMT

quote [Scrub jay protection rules have been in place since 2014, but now a right-wing group is pushing to overturn them.] Entry Comment: A scrub jay called and a deer swiftly passed

A Collection of Maps Owned by England’s First Queen Spent Centuries Overlooked in a Family Library. Now, the Rare Volume Is on Sale for $1.6 Million

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:38:47 GMT

quote [Created for Mary I, the first woman to rule England in her own right, the book is “perhaps the most significant artifact of Tudor intellectual history still in private hands,” the seller says] Entry Comment: Owned a collection of maps,

The Surprisingly Dark Theories Behind ‘Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater’

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:52:19 GMT

quote [—most of which involve murder.] Entry Comment: Stumbled upon this via Jenn Frank links and thought you'd like it.

Fans jumped in to help Sabres anthem singer with O Canada

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:17:04 GMT

quote [As Buffalo singer Cami Clune …started singing O Canada before the Game 5 playoff [at the at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo] her cordless microphone. It was cutting out. She had a look of distress. No problem. The fans jumped in and took it from there. All 19,070 of them… the crowd brought it home. This was a good type of international incident – one with cheering and a standing ovation. Mike and James felt it was 80% Americans there.“They knew all the words,”] Entry Comment: Sports is not always life.

The Disappearance of the Public Bench

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:17:48 GMT

quote [Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.] Entry Comment: Like a loner on a bench in a public park

"Super ZSNES" is a stab at a modern SNES emulator from the original developers

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:23:18 GMT

quote [Upgrades to SNES graphics and sound go way beyond the typical screen filtering.] Entry Comment: This is a whole new ZSNES written from scratch by the developers of the original ZSNES. Time to replay Super Metroid, amiright?

Eyes wide shut

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:08:30 GMT

quote [When we turn to AI to reflect or represent core elements of the human experience, it degrades what is conveyed in photographs, which is essentially human and truthful.” But while the risk of misinformation is real, it’s not new. Indeed, photography itself is not without ethical issues.] Entry Comment: Found this an interesting review of analyzing image prompts with an ad/art point of view. The "everybody smiles" thing is a recurring creep-out for me.