What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Neil deGrasse Tyson hates the very idea of parsecs.





Boru

[Rev. Rye]

Something in the category of “Shit Rev should probably have known a long time ago:” The Kate Bush-like soprano voice on Rush’s “Time Stands Still”? 





And she’s still able to do the high notes. At least as far as these camera phones could capture.

All the more shocking when you’re more familiar with her later work, which is a lot lower in pitch:

[Angrboda]

Americans remain divided about whether diversity is an essential feature of the U.S.'s identity, and agreement about other aspects of the country’s underlying character appears to be eroding, the survey found. Americans are less likely to see a democratically elected government as “extremely” or “very” important to the United States’ identity as a nation than they were just a few years ago. About two-thirds of U.S. adults now say a democratically elected government is highly important to the U.S.’s identity as a nation, down from 80% in 2021.

https://apnews.com/article/ap-poll-ameri...01e386ba91

[Angrboda]

In addition, tobacco companies understood that attracting young consumers was essential for establishing lifelong habits, and they quickly applied the same strategy to food. One of the first products R.J. Reynolds acquired was Hawaiian Punch, which at the time was marketed as an adult cocktail mixer. The company rapidly transformed it into a child-focused brand. The same playbook would later be used for hundreds of products such as Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Oreo and Teddy Grahams.

Big Tobacco didn’t just sell cigarettes. It shaped what Americans eat.

[Angrboda]

Anthropic's AI writes more than 80% of the new code that is merged into the AI's model.

[Rev. Rye]

That the wrong charging cable can have a disastrous effect on how fast a device can charge.



(Note: they round down the exact wattage on the browser but not the app, it’s actually closer to 7.14 watts to 17.16 watts, so it’s a 240% increase)

I think I’m going to have to swap out the lightning to USB-c cable I use in my room.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Beautiful timber but a pain to work with.



Boru

[Rev. Rye]

Found out today that one of the booksellers I visit in Door County died a few months ago. He was named Kubet "Kubie" Luchterhand, he ran Ellison Bay’s William Caxton Books, and he was 80. The last time I went up, he was sick enough that Caxton was closed for most of it. Eventually, we had to call him and arrange him to open up the store just for us on the second to last day up. I bought a first edition of Bertrand Russell’s autobiography.

No word on what’s going to happen to the store, or even its inventory.

Finally found out what’s happening with the inventory. Someone else has bought the store, and they plan on turning it into some kind of restaurant. As for the inventory, theyre opening the bookstore every other day and they’re putting it all on clearance. Nothing above $3. Hopefully, there will be something good left by the time I get up. Given that Caxton was never one for popular books, it’s certainly likely.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Found out today that one of the booksellers I visit in Door County died a few months ago. He was named Kubet "Kubie" Luchterhand, he ran Ellison Bay’s William Caxton Books, and he was 80. The last time I went up, he was sick enough that Caxton was closed for most of it. Eventually, we had to call him and arrange him to open up the store just for us on the second to last day up. I bought a first edition of Bertrand Russell’s autobiography.

No word on what’s going to happen to the store, or even its inventory.

Finally found out what’s happening with the inventory. Someone else has bought the store, and they plan on turning it into some kind of restaurant. As for the inventory, theyre opening the bookstore every other day and they’re putting it all on clearance. Nothing above $3. Hopefully, there will be something good left by the time I get up.

Good luck! Used book shops are like a treasure hunt.

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

Spiral Escalators apparently exist. 




And one of them is in Chicago.