Links to things I found interesting but didn't want to do a full blog post about.
- ‘Green’ burials are slowly gaining ground among environmentalists. "Awareness of eco-friendly death care is low even as the industry grows."
- Japan's 2011 tsunami, then and now - in pictures. Pictures from 2011 and this year showing the extent of the reconstruction.
- Scientists solve another piece of the puzzling Antikythera mechanism. “Our reconstruction fits all the evidence... gleaned from the extant remains to date."
- Eeveryone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny. "Modern Action and Superhero Films Fetishize the Body, Even As They Desecualize It."
- Found Snapshots of a Secret 1960s Crossdressing Resort in the Catskills. A look at a hidden and lost piece of LGBTQ history.
- How to think Bayes. "A personal take on one of the most influential British thinkers of the last three centuries (plus the usual jamboree of juicy links)"
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