Saturday, July 15, 2023

How does anyone make a living writing about what they love these days?

Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you.
— Henry David Thoreau, born on this date in 1817


Irish pub owner rebuilds bar from Banshees of Inisherin The Guardian


Opinion | How does anyone make a living writing about what they love these days?


Beak shape reveals secrets of nest material selection in birds Interesting Engineering


How ‘Jurassic Park’ Is Becoming a Reality Thirty Years Later Rolling Stone


These cities are ending fares on transit. Here’s why.CNN


Identity of a Copper Age Ruler in Ancient Spain Isn’t at All Who We Expected. “As it turns out, the so-called ‘Ivory Man’ is actually an ‘Ivory Lady’.”


Usually found in Australia and Indonesia’s rainforests, the plant is part of the nettlefamily Urticaceae.

When it was first discovered in 1866, a road surveyor’s horse was reportedly stung with the animal going mad before dying ‘within two hours’.

Australian World’s most dangerous plant that 'can cause suicidal thoughts' is now in the UK