Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Miss Cellania's Links

The Christmas Bird Count. The hundred-year-old tradition is yielding useful information about how our world is changing.

25 Unsung Christmas Icons. You know them, from Yukon Cornelius to Emmet Otter.

The Feminist Case For Single Payer Health Care. (via Boing Boing)  

The Billionaire Who Refused to Pay Kidnappers to Save His Grandson's Life. The true story behind the movie All the Money in the World. (via Nag on the Lake)

19 Weird Ways Christmas Was Totally Different 100 Years Ago. Only the best traditions stand the test of time.

The Deaths That Come When an Industry's Left to Regulate Itself.

Why Your Brain Has Trouble Bailing Out Of a Bad Plan. Dialing it back takes too many steps.

Christmas Time Means Sneaky Cats Getting Stuck in Trees. And they're not the least bit sorry about it.
30 Cold, Hard Facts About Die Hard.

The History of Christmas in New Zealand.

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