(Content advisory: Hitler's thoughts on Jews ( Read more... )

Michael Twitty, a gay, Jewish, Ashkenazi, Black historical reenactor (18th-19th century US Southern plantation) culinary historian, spoke at MAD3 - which is apparently TED talks only for gastronomy? - in 2013 on "Southern Discomfort: Confronting Culinary Injustice and Promoting Culinary Reconciliation in the Old South". Tremendous, inspiring, ( Read more... )

[TW: animal experimentation ( Read more... )

Oh, WOW.

When I wrote "[p/a/s, biz/econ, sysdyn, Patreon] Massless Ropes, Frictionless Pulleys", it kept trying to spiral out of control, so I made some ruthless decisions to cut some lines of discussion ( Read more... )

One of the things I've always meant to get around to looking into was the history of the East India Company. Apropos of nothing in particular, the Guardian just published The East India Company: The original corporate raiders, a long-form article that's just what I was looking to know ( Read more... )

I'm am catching up on some reading, and finally got around to reading a Metafilter post and associated links, which included a bunch of Reddit discussion, all concerning the history of the AIDS crisis in the US ( Read more... )

I don't know if the following is entirely true, but I found it delightful and amusing. The top-rated comment on an otherwise ignorable article on Omega-3 fatty acids on food: Just for the record - regarding the comment in the article “If your omega-3s are not from fish, algae, or fish oil, you’re likely paying extra for snake oil,” said Schardt.
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Maciej Ceglowski, of Pinboard.in, in his "Our Comrade the Electron", has, as far as I am concerned, written the sequel I always wanted but didn't know I wanted to Neal Stephenson's "Mother Earth, Motherboard ( Read more... )

[Serious trigger warning for torture of animals, including cats; also provocations to disgust]

(h/t ms_danson)

This, this is a brilliant, hillarious flame about how to and how not to think about history, especially the history of warfare. It starts thus: On March 5th, the Associated Press asked: “What are seemingly jet-propelled cats and birds doing in a ( Read more... )

The story I linked to yesterday has been burning up the internet. Here's a plot synopsys from Scott Alexander (h/t conuly): Mr. S, an ordinary American, is minding his own business outside his East Coast home when he is suddenly abducted by short large-headed creatures like none he has ever seen before. They bring him to their ship and voyage across ( Read more... )