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What is Structural Engineered Bamboo (SEB)? - "[Radial laminated bamboo] is more than twice the strength of any engineered or glulam timber product. In tension, it is more than 10 times stronger due to the continuous silica fiber content throughout bamboo. The higher density of SEB is ideal for connection design as timber fiber will crush within bolted connections, whereas this maintains its form under higher compression."[1] [more inside]
posted by kliuless at 11:42 PM PST - 18 comments

"Through the Tube". How to teach remotely on television. 1960s teacher instructional." (YouTube)
posted by clavdivs at 9:45 PM PST - 7 comments

Happy Daze is a news website which helps you stay informed on all the good things happening in this great big world of ours. The big news networks predominantly feature negative news because the only thing they are after is more clicks and eyeballs (so that they can generate more advertisement revenue), and the unfortunate fact is that sad, tragic, and negative news just generate more attention. Happy Daze is run by a small team with no outside funding. We are not owned by a billionaire or a VC firm so we can publish news that we think is important with no ads. We strive to be different and non-divisive by showing people that there are plenty of positive stories and things happening which can help make one feel better about the world and humanity in general. via Reddit
posted by dancestoblue at 8:00 PM PST - 7 comments

Breaking Kitchen (SLYT) [more inside]
posted by obol at 4:05 PM PST - 7 comments

Line drying - everybody's doing it! [more inside]
posted by aniola at 3:27 PM PST - 75 comments

Danny MacAskill's Postcard from San Francisco [more inside]
posted by oneirodynia at 3:25 PM PST - 16 comments

Noodle, the pug who made "no bones day" a thing, has passed at 14-1/2 years old, after a spell of TikTok stardom that raised him to the level of New York Times obituaryworthiness. (archive.today link)
posted by Etrigan at 2:33 PM PST - 21 comments

ChatGPT's transcripts were all the rage [more inside]
posted by dyslexictraveler at 1:45 PM PST - 93 comments

How far can you walk in 10 minutes? How about an hour? Or on a bike? How far can you go by train in Europe in 5 hours? (How about non-stop?) For USians: Amtrak Explorer.
posted by gwint at 12:47 PM PST - 14 comments

"The End of Companion Television" Former CNN host Brian Stelter on the end of live programming on the Headline News (HLN) network (SLThe Atlantic, archive.org version)
posted by box at 9:30 AM PST - 20 comments

In Forests Full of Mines, Ukrainians Find Mushrooms and Resilience [The New York Times]

“The forests in areas that were occupied remain heavily mined. Mines and unexploded ordnance cover thousands of square miles of Ukrainian land, according to the interior minister, Denys Monastyrsky. The Ukrainian government pleaded with people not to pick mushrooms, and the government agency for forest resources imposed formal restrictions on walking in forests in nine Ukrainian provinces, including the region around Kyiv where Mr. Poyedynok goes. But specialists say it will take at least a decade to demine the forests — and many Ukrainians were not ready to wait that long before returning to their favorite hobby. Reports of mushroom hunters stepping on mines came regularly from all of the nine provinces where walking in the forest was banned.”

These misty and damp parts of the country have long beckoned to mushroom hunters with the promise of plenty, but now peril, too, lies beneath the earth’s surface.
posted by Fizz at 7:29 AM PST - 8 comments

Play as an early 19th century surgeon in a historically accurate and gruesome interactive text game (Twine) by The Old Operating Theatre Museum’ web volunteer Charlotte Regan.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 7:00 AM PST - 9 comments