I was on vacation in the mountains last week, in a place that not only didn't have wifi, it pretty much didn't have cell reception! It was great. But as a result I have more than 2 weeks worth of links piled up...

And because it's 10:30 on Friday night and I have had too much whiskey, I'm not going to sort these. Randomly, then:

Well, there's a ( Read more... )

Holy crap, this is fascinating: how to make sugar into caramel without melting it, and use it for baking. And it has a lower glycemic index! Weird. So I tried it last night--made 4 lbs of "caramel sugar", and then made oatmeal-ginger cookie dough tonight. We shall discover tomorrow what the results are ( Read more... )

thank God that bookstore's gone-now we can buy handbags. The Commuty Bookstore in Brooklyn is closing. Fabulous guy.

Interesting photo essay on women's fashion: Who created the bodycon dress.

I haven't read any Sylvia Townsend Warner, except maybe I read Kingdoms of Elfin once many years ago? Anyway, this looks entertaining. I'm not sold by ( Read more... )

This has always been my experience: ask people what they need.

Hmm, this is relevant to my interests: A dermatologist talking about the dangers of sunscreen.

I enjoyed this essay about the uses of social media by museums and archives.

Europe has lots of refugees. This essay dispels some of the rumors & myths about the refugee crisis.I love ( Read more... )

This video is more than two years old, but it's pretty much the best thing I've seen all year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alxyVjbqQks

Crossposted from DW, where there are
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In which the San Francisco Giants won the World Series, and Anita Sarkeesian appeared on the Colbert Report. (Icon chosen very specifically.)

A good day for the Bay Area, I would say.

Crossposted from DW, where there are
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A local photographer found a twenty-year-old archaeology survey, and used it to
locate the sites of former Native American burial grounds.

In other archaeology, and of no doubt great interest to Due South fans, they found one of the ships from the lost Franklin Expedition. And it's worth pointing out that the Inuk knew it all along. (There's a ( Read more... )

Or in other words, I found some linkspam from a few weeks ago, hope nobody notices how dated some of this is...

I remember the stories in the press about the Iroquois lacrosse team passports a while ago, but I hadn't realized they are considered one of the best teams in the world. Of course, that makes perfect sense, once you think about it. ( Read more... )

Short week this week, then short week next week, and then short week the week after that! Short weeks for everyone!

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Many links via MeFi, but not all:

7 ground-breaking X-Files episodes to celebrate UFO day with.

This is a look at the cultural, and class, issues in the food movement: Servings of Small Change. There's research that shows ( Read more... )

Noted for later:

Who stole the water? Texas and the water crisis.

Why we play: why do we do things for fun that risk our lives?

The pitchforks are coming! The pitchforks are coming! The most insidious thing about trickle-down economics isn't believing that if the rich get richer, it's good for the economy. It's believing that if the poor get ( Read more... )