Weekend Linkages: New Year, New Links

...The Kept and the Killed 2023 Top 10 of Olden Tymee Cook Books on Sandwiches of History⁣ 2023 Top 10 Worst Sandwiches on Sandwiches of History⁣ The San Francisco Bay’s Red Rock Island is for sale for $25M Headlights Seem Brighter? Jan. 18, 1968: Eartha Kitt Spoke Truth at the White House Blood, Guns, and Broken Scooters: Inside the Chaotic Rise and Fall of Bird...

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Weekend Linkages: Lock Me

...Turn-of-century Berlin and more on cheerful Art Nouveau postcards ‘Your wife wants to see you’: 18th-century Spanish letters seized at sea by British published online Removing a motorway to bring back the original waterway How to tie a trucker’s hitch...

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Weekend Linkages: My Brain on Math

...A Hidden, Handmade House That’s an Immersive Work of Art Renaissance Watercolours: materials and techniques DIY tunnel explainers: the Chabad tunnel and that tunnel influencer Three Delightful Alcohol-Free Cocktails Why Are American Drivers So Deadly? Governor Newsom’s “Climate Commitment” Does Not Include Walking and Biking...

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Weekend Linkages: Where’s My Cookie?

A note on this photo: my wood shop is right on the street and I have a dog cookie jar for the neighborhood doggos. The ones on extendo-leads just run into the shop and others pause with this expectant expression until I stop working and open the jar. We’ve found it folks: mcmansion heaven A nice collection of Indian recipes The reasons medieval people slept in cupboards Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for arti...

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