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The Snack Pantry for 12-May-2024
Short animation that explains why 80% of US folks live in the Eastern half of the country → https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1787467244554834373 Geographical determinism will forever be fascinating, and this animation does a great job showing how it’s impacted settlement in the US. Some potential reasons why humans are, still, superstitious → https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-are-we-still-superstitious/ In a world where 84%…
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The Snack Pantry for 5-May-2024
The reason so many of the new-type couches are so uncomfortable → https://www.dwell.com/article/dtc-sofa-crisis-32304b9e My fancy apartment building has the most uncomfortable couches throughout all the common areas. They look amazing, and that’s all they do — to sit in them is to not want to sit in them. So, I was hoping this article would…
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The Snack Pantry for 28-Apr-2024
A helpful, picture-based guide to what trash can be recycled → https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/recycling-guide-arlington-fairfax-mclean-falls-church-virginia/ This is for Arlington, Virginia, but much of it applies to anywhere in the US. That said, I don’t think I realized that glass isn’t really recycled along with other stuff anymore, in some places. I sure hope my (continuing) ignorance doesn’t mean…
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The Snack Pantry for 21-Apr-2024
You’re not supposed to rinse your mouth after you brush your teeth → https://wapo.st/43ZTUW0 I like when we learn this stuff we were all ignorant of. However, that’s the most insidious thing about ignorance — what other basic things are we all messing up right now without knowing it‽ Speaking of that word, I wish…
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Snack Pantry for 14-Apr-2024
Animated video of all the SpaceX launches from Cape Canaveral since 2010 → https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1777386291258183708 Since today is Eclipse day here in the US, figured it was a good day for some other space content. I had no idea that there were so many SpaceX launches happening. Seems like we hear about some of them from…
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Snack Pantry for 7-Apr-2024
This history & current state of profanity → https://www.vox.com/culture/24098830/holy-shit-brief-history-profanity-melissa-mohr-what-the-f-benjamin-bergen-praise-michael-adams I don’t think I swear that much, and I definitely still notice when I do. I don’t think I’ll ever change much in either of these regards. I also don’t think I’ve noticed my friends & colleagues swearing more than they used to. So, I’m going…
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The Snack Pantry for 31-Mar-2024
“Pop” bubblewrap bubbles until they’re too tiny to see → https://brainteaser.top/bubblespop.html A perfect, mindless, tactile activity for a Monday A map of the US showing what each State’s name translates to in the language it came from → https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/american-state-names-translation-map One of the things you quickly realize when researching the history of US place names is…
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The Snack Pantry for 24-Mar-2024
SITE: Pub Concepts “Authentic” Irish Pubs can be be easily planned, purchased, and assembled for you, and Guinness is behind it → https://irishpubconcept.com/about/overview/ Here’s where you can begin shopping for that pub concept you’ve always wanted. ARTICLE: Thai Restaurants The Thai government is behind why there are so many Thai food restaurants in the US…
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Snack Pantry for 17-March-2024
ARTICLE: Circle Slash The history of the red circle with a slash ‘Do Not’ symbol → https://tedium.co/2024/03/09/red-circle-slash-no-symbol-history What a journey we’re taken on here: The League of Nations; who invented stoplights; World War II; Ghostbusters. The article also triggered a memory for me: When I was traveling in Europe last year, I finally realized that…
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The Snack Pantry for 10-Mar-2024
ARTICLE: Unneeded Stretching Stretching science shows that stretching has almost no measurable benefits → https://www.painscience.com/articles/stretching.php ARTICLE: Paris Invader Paris has their own Banksy-like guerilla artist, Invader → https://apnews.com/article/paris-olympics-invader-street-art-banksy-f6c2821e22d33bfdd9f86f378dc82d8c ARTICLE/NEWSLETTER: Healthy Sitting You don’t have to do much to counteract the effects of sitting for long periods → https://arnoldspumpclub.com/blogs/newsletter/stay-healthy-sit-day POST: World Sport A map showing the…