It’s the Friday before Christmas. Offices are closing early, flights are full, and package delivery services are booking plenty of overtime. Presented with not very much commentary, a bunch of links I thought were cool. Have a great weekend.
Fascinating
19th century womenswear was incredibly flammable.
Cordyceps are … incredible. (Thanks Paul! Other readers – I love getting feedback & tips, just hit reply).
Stats of the year! For the UK, it’s the percentage of land that is densely developed (1%). For the US, it’s the number of people killed by lawnmowers (69. Nice).
Freedom is slavery
Typographical errors in warrants lead to inaccurate arrests and charging innocent people.
Ajit Pai’s FCC presses to define not-broadband as broadband.
Guns are allowed in the TN legislature… but not signs, because those are dangerous.
Key difference between Nazi propaganda and official White House statements on immigration: America uses different fonts and a cleaner graphic design.
Callista Gingrich, envoy to the Vatican, attended the funeral of disgraced Cardinal Bernard Law. Everyone had nice things to say about each other.
Hey remember when
Remember when a war criminal drank poison in court and it was like the eight craziest thing that happened last week and you probably already forgot because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 2017 — Gin and Tacos, a division of Raytheon (@gin_and_tacos) December 20, 2017
Cultivating joy
Cat does not enjoy Christmas at all.
Secret squirrel?
Secretly Ironic 