June 21, 2022
"Although I can't say it's very attractive"
Star Trek: Voyager: The Animated Series Following up on their amazing short Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Animated Series (previously), Gazelle Automations has turned Star Trek: Voyager episode Threshold (previously) into another Filmation production! The music is perfect, and do not skip the ending. [more inside]
He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Potato.
The pseudonymous science writers Slime Mold Time Mold are perhaps best known for their series A Chemical Hunger, which hypothesizes that rising obesity around 1980 may have been due to endocrine disruption caused by PFAS and lithium, particularly in downstream areas along major river watersheds.
In the course of their research, though, they found a story of a Washington State Potato Commission guy who ate only potatoes for 60 days, and lost 21 pounds. Digging deeper,* they found more anecdotal cases of all-potato diets. Their reaction: this seems like it can't possibly be true, right? Well, any volunteers to try it out and help us collect data? Their ongoing Twitter thread on the study features a lot of commentary based on their own experiences doing it, and also from volunteers who have tried it out themselves. [more inside]
“There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.”
John Cox has enough enthusiasm for Harry Houdini to share with everyone. For 40+ years he's been obsessed and for 20 years now has been posting deep dives, answers to FAQs (Did the Houdinis have any children?) debunking and deconstructing myths, research and source material to his blog Wild about Harry. [more inside]
It’s a series of intertubers.
Potatoes are a land of contrasts. While the definitive microhistory
The Propitious Esculent: The Potato in World History bears serious examination, and the fact that POTATO in yoof slang means "People Over Thirty Acting Twenty One.”, this shouldn't discourage You-(K)-On-line. For example..... [more inside]
Can I Sing Bug With U?
During a solo acoustic show in Grand Rapids Monday night, Trey Anastasio noticed 7 year-old Jovi holding a sign asking if she could sing a song with him. He invited her up for the encore and the resulting performance is the feel-good thing you didn't know you needed tonight. (slyt)
"the recognition of roast potatoes at home and abroad"
For over 20 years, the annual Roasted Potato Festival has been celebrated in Slovenia, organized by the Society for the Recognition of Roasted Potatoes as a Distinct Dish. They have a song (recording). Other Slovenian potato festivals include "blindfolded potato digs".
They didn't even try the door
Records show police in Uvalde were equipped to storm shooter
Two closed doors and a wall stood between them and an 18-year-old with an AR-15 who had opened fire on children and teachers inside the connected classrooms. A Halligan bar — an ax-like forcible-entry tool used by firefighters to get through locked doors — was available. Ballistic shields were arriving on the scene. So was plenty of firepower, including at least two rifles. Some officers were itching to move.[more inside]
“He doesn’t need to win the dog show to feel special."
"A recent visit to rural Pennsylvania found GCHG CH Pequest Wasabi, as he is officially known (the letters represent his winning credentials), chilling at home, already semiretired at the age of 4. Bestirring himself to say hello, he did not exactly run, but moved with all deliberate speed, his luxuriant locks wafting like wheat blowing in a breeze."
Queer and always here
LGBTQ History Primary Source Sets. Researched & annotated by Wendy Rouse, PhD in collaboration with the History Project at UC Davis, this collection of primary sources are designed for use in the K-12 classroom. Categories include women's suffrage, slavery and Reconstruction, the American Revolution and the Roaring 20s. For older readers who want to nerd out on #queerhistory, Dr. Rouse has you covered too: Need a Pride Month reading list?
Consequences are Good, Actually
Jessica Valenti responds to misogyny bolstered "by established reporters & flashy magazine covers." [more inside]
I Didn’t Start Weight Lifting Because I Wanted to Be Strong
"I had thought that “cravings” and “bad” foods and striving to eat as little as possible were just facts of adult existence, particularly as a woman. But just trying to eat enough to support my lifting slowly unraveled for me how widely shared, carefully crafted, and viciously protected those delusions were. Building back muscle was a much slower process than I ever realized; even as a new lifter, one pound of muscle a month was as much as I could expect to get. As I regained strength, I came to realize that whatever I had needed to be protected; what I had lost turned out to be critical to the experience of living in my body."
CW: discussions of dieting and exercise
"I never studied astrology formally, but I was online a lot"
The Stars are Blind (Anna Dorn for Granta)
Did you have "Jumbo Floating Restaurant Sinks" on your 2022 Bingo card?
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