Miss Cellania's Links

What You Need to Know About Poke Sallet. My parents ate it, but considering the difficulty of gathering enough leaves at just the right stage and cooking it three times only to produce a dish with a "vaguely asparagus-meets-spinach flavor" which acts as a laxative, I'd just as soon open a can of something else and wait for the garden greens. (via Metafilter)


The End of an Era. Particularly for fans of the site 11 Foot 8.

Did George Washington Poop With Friends? (via Strange Company)

The Tragic Story of America’s First Black Music Star. Thomas Wiggins, an African-American musician marketed as ‘Blind Tom’, had a lucrative career—but saw none of the profits himself.

Every Single Person Who Has Resigned or Been Fired From the Trump Administration. (via Nag on the Lake)

They Accidentally Packed the Cat.

The winners of the 2019 Nikon Small World Microphotography competition. (via Damn Interesting)

How to Name a Mountain Gorilla in Rwanda. This past September, 25 new mountain gorilla babies were named in front of 30,000 people who attended the ceremony.

Portrait of an Inessential Government Worker. This profile of Art Allen's lifesaving work is a much better story than the title would imply. (via Metafilter)

A blast from the past (2015): 9 Halloween Costumes Ripped from the Headlines.