Saturday, December 31, 2022

Overseer



Year-end Lists 2022: Personal

For me, 2022 was dominated by two big events I haven't shared until now. They illustrate the circle of life.

My mother's health had been going downhill for quite some time, especially after she broke her hip at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. She passed away on March 22 of this year. We saw it coming, and tried to make her last days as comfortable and meaningful as possible. She was 85. It doesn't matter how much you think you are prepared, saying goodbye to Mama will knock you on the floor. I chose not to mention it on the blog because I had a lot to process and couldn't deal with any more than I already had on my plate at the time. She is sorely missed by all who knew her.  

Mom's was a simple but meaningful funeral. Way more people came than I expected, considering her age and COVID. Mom touched a lot of lives over her 60 years in that small town. Her friends in the Red Hat Society showed up in their outrageous purple clothing and big red hats, which gave the funeral director a moment of panic, but we loved it.

Then there was the monumental task of dealing with Mom's estate. She was certainly no hoarder, but even so, her home was filled with furniture and possessions, things my dad left thirty years ago, tons of photographs, and neatly-stashed records going back decades. While my brother's family got some things, the furniture mostly went to my daughters. Their homes, in far-flung states, now both look eerily like Mom's place. A lot of household stuff was donated to Eastern Kentucky flood victims. The photographs and files are an ongoing project. A file of 40-year-old medical or financial records can be shredded, but I have to sift through them first, because I keep finding gems like diplomas or pictures of ancestors in them. The house needed some repairs, and finding workers with the time to tackle them was impossible, so my brother and sister-in-law ended up doing the work. We probably missed the real estate bubble, but that's life.

The other big event of the year happened in October, when Princess gave birth to my grandchild! It's a boy! I was calling him Junior months before the birth, and so far I just keep calling him that. His parents will eventually be quite annoyed. I got to see him on his first day, even though it was a long-ass road trip, which I made several times to make sure Princess was recovering properly. Two months later, this little boy is growing rapidly and hitting all his milestones ahead of time. It's a joy to watch him taking in observations of the world, and to see him practice making sounds and facial expressions and trying out his muscles. The family doesn't want me posting any pictures, and I respect that. Rest assured that he is the most beautiful baby in the world.

My daughters are doing well. Princess, besides having a baby, became a homeowner! Many folks would  call it a "starter home," but with three bedrooms and a fenced-in yard, it will serve the family well for years to come. Except for an intense January session, Gothgrrl has completed her veterinary classes. In February, she will receive the title of "Dr." but still must complete 16 months of clinical practice under supervision before she is licensed. She and her boyfriend plan to marry when he gets his PhD, soon after she gets her DVM. Yes, I'm quite proud of my girls.
 
Finally, I adopted a new kitten just last month. Her name is Ice Cream Sundae, and I call her Sundae. The name is because she's the colors of vanilla, chocolate, and caramel. She's tiny and has only two gears: rocket mode and asleep. The other cats took some time to come around, but they have accepted her as part of the family. 

How was your 2022?

See all the year-end lists here.

The Dogs of 2022



Get ready for the best feelgood video of the day. The Twitter account We Rate Dogs invariably rates every dog at a ten or above. They also famously save the very best dog videos for a year-end compilation that didn't come out in time for my animals of 2022 roundup. You should watch this in full-screen mode. As always, man's best friends illustrate the things that make dogs what they are: fun, loyalty, bravery, determination, patience, excitement, unconditional love, goofiness, cuteness, forgiveness, and joy. They are all good dogs. (via Fark)



Celebration



The Countdown is On

Hope you have a wonderful New Year celebration tonight!

Year-end Lists 2022: Miscellaneous

2022, in 7 minutes

Merriam-Webster’s 2022 Word of the Year. Plus eight other notable words from 2022.

Pantone 's Color of the Year for 2023. 

52 things I learned in 2022. Tom Whitwell's annual column. 

10 of the Biggest Food Moments of 2022. 

The 10 Biggest Fast Food Flops of 2022.

The 2022 Uproxx Golden Bag Awards — Celebrating The Best (And Worst) In Fast Food.

Uproxx's 50 Best Beers Of 2022, Ranked.

Odd 2022: The 10 oddest Guinness World Records of the year.

All the full moons of 2022.

The 15 Best Experiences in Theme Parks and Fan Destinations 2022.

These 7 charts show how life got pricier (and, yes, cheaper!) in 2022.

The Top 10 Scams of 2022, According to the Government.

The Weirdest Medical Cases of 2022.

The wildest fashion moments of 2022. 

Parks Canada's Most Memorable Public Toilets Of 2022. 

See all the year-end lists here.



Staying Up for the New Year

(via Fark)

Epic Movie Explosions



Screen Junkies rings in the New Year in the traditional manner- with a countdown followed by epic explosions! Their latest supercut includes three dozen films featuring some of the biggest pyrotechnics in cinema history. No doubt you’ll recognize and remember a lot of them, but if you don’t, there’s a list at the YouTube page. We ultimately find that this is a New Year holiday greeting. A good one!

Tweet of the Day

(via Fark)

Friday, December 30, 2022

Beverage Glasses

Year-end Lists 2022: Best of Blogs and Websites

Reddit Recap 2022


Get your personalized Reddit Recap here. You may see a small snippet of mine.




Reddit's top posts of 2022.

Fark's Headlines of the Year. Links to the lists of finalists here.

Gastro Obscura's Favorite Recipes of 2022. Also their Favorite Cookbook Stories of 2022.

Mental Floss's
40 Most Popular Stories of 2022.

The 20 most-read stories on Ars Technica in 2022.

Longreads Best of 2022: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks.

Outside Online's Best Longform Stories of 2022.

Smithsonian's Top Ten Stories of 2022.

Book Riot’s Most Popular Posts of the Year.

The 20 Most Liked Posts on Instagram.

Medium's Top Stories of 2022.

The 10 Biggest Kotaku Posts Of 2022.

Patheo's
Top 12 Religious Articles Viewed in 2022.

National Geographic Reveals its 2022 Pictures of the Year. You can see the entire list if you are a NatGeo subscriber.

The Most Popular Slate Stories of 2022. You'll probably run out of free articles before you can read them all. 

Rolling Stone’s Top 25 Stories of 2022.


The Best Of The Internet (2022)

All the clips are sourced in this document.

See all the year-end lists here.

Bird Identification



He was trying to identify an Australian King Parrot, and the bird helpfully landed on his book! (via reddit)

Major Causes of Death in Different Historical Eras



We spend too much time being scared of dying in a plane crash or being eaten by a shark, when those things are exceedingly rare. It's prudent to be cautious of traffic accidents, which are a too-common way to die prematurely, but that's a relatively modern problem. Over the course of human history, most deaths come from the natural world. We've been pretty good at battling some of those causes of death, while others are maddeningly constant. Minute Earth details the most common causes of death in human history, one era at a time. Along the way, they tease us about "three other big killers," which are eventually revealed and may or may not surprise you. But they are the things we haven't been able to conquer yet.  


Sleepy Skunk's 2022 Movie Trailer Mashup



I delayed my year-end list about movies for days just so I could include Sleepy Skunk's annual movie mashup. I ended up publishing it without the video because time was a-wastin'. But now it's here! He's still working on a list of the movies included with time stamps; I'll add that when it's available. This year's video comes in three sections, beginning with epic shots of set pieces, followed by a section of visual music beats, and ending with the emotional moments designed to pull on your heartstrings. I'd recommend watching this in full screen mode.


Machine Translation



Year-end Lists 2022: Internet

Google's Year in Search 2022


2022 in Google Searches.

The 41 Most Defining Memes Of 2022.

10 of the best places on the internet.

101 of the Year’s Funniest Tweets, TikToks and Memes.

Here are the top 200 most common passwords in 2022.

The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2022.

Snapchat memories
2022: Here’s how to see your ‘year-end’ story.

Vulture's List of Best Podcasts of 2022.

The Best New Podcasts of 2022.

2022’s most spectacular, cringeworthy, and sad NFT disasters.

From Twitter chaos to TikTok bans to the metaverse, social media had a rocky 2022.

Top 10 Viral Videos of 2022


See all the year-end lists here.

Miss Cellania's Links

Five foods that are traditionally eaten for luck in the New Year. (via Digg)

Do Americans Sing "Auld Lang Syne" Because of a Frat Party?

Watch a Huntsman Spider Molt. It's creepy, but it's just a video.  

Weakened Putin Orders Show of Strength While Hiding in His Bunker.

Barbie's creator wanted Ken to have more of a 'bulge' — but Mattel refused to give the doll a prominent crotch. (via Digg)

The Weird Thing About Geosynchronous Orbits.

Washing a Magnificent Borzoi.

Here’s the Truth About Particle Board. It should never be used for kitchen counters like the ones in my house.

Discovered: An Organism that Eats Viruses. (via Damn Interesting)


Staring



(via Fark)

Peek-a-boo Twins



What’s better than a happy baby laughing? TWO happy babies laughing! So here we have two minutes that are guaranteed to ease the stress of your workday. Ann D’s 9-month-old twins have learned to play peek-a-boo with each other. They’re having a great time. (via Daily Picks and Flicks)

Tweet of the Day

I'd vote for that last one.

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Floor Show



Year-end Lists 2022: Politics

The wildest political moments of 2022


The four political storylines that defined 2022.

21 Stories That Explain an Insane Year in American Politics. 

The best, worst, and just plain dumb of American politics in 2022.

Slate’s 2022 Yearbook Superlatives. Almost all political.

The most unhinged GOP conspiracy theories of 2022.

The 4 most undersold political stories of 2022.

2022 Is the Year We All Finally Got Tired of Narcissists.

The most underdiscussed fact of the 2022 election: how historically close it was. 

The 10 Best Things Joe Biden did in 2022.

How 2022 Was A Win For Democracy.

A political cartoon chronicle of 2022.

The high-profile 2022 legal decisions that reshaped American lives



See all the year-end lists here.

Emergency Preparedness



(via reddit)

Kermit the Frog in Half-Life 2



Half-Life 2 is a pretty dangerous place for a small green frog, but Kermit looks good in the video game world. It's an absurd idea, but the clip selection works perfectly for the storyline. And yes, we will mention that Kermit does all his own stunts. (via Metafilter)

Baking



I have all the ingredients, but I've been around long enough to know that I'll never have enough motivation outside of an assignment like a birthday or church dinner. I keep the ingredients around because any time my daughters show up, they want to bake. Have at it, kids! This comic is from Nathan Pyle's Strange Planet.

Weird



Year-end Lists 2022: News

Time's Year in Review


While plenty of stuff went on in the US, the biggest news stories were from elsewhere.The war in Ukraine. the death of Queen Elizabeth. Popular uprisings in China and Iran, for very different reasons.

The Biggest International Stories Of 2022.

On November 15th of 2022, the Earth reached the population milestone of 8 billion people. Let's visualize that.

An incomplete guide to this very weird year, in charts.

The 2022 year in media.

Foreign Policy's 5 News Stories That Packed a Punch. 

Vladimir Putin’s 2022 Has Really Not Gone to Plan.



Top stories of 2022 you may have forgotten about.

Stories You Might Have Missed in 2022.

99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn't Hear About in 2022.

8 great global stories from 2022 you might have missed.

Bloomberg Businessweek 2022 Jealousy List. All the stories we wish we wrote this year.

A Twitter thread of 2022 Headline of the Year Nominees.

AP's Top 2022 Photos Capture A Planet Bursting At The Seams.

The Photos That Defined 2022. 

The best photographs of 2022 – and the stories behind them.

The best environmental journalism of 2022.

9 breakthroughs this year that gave us hope for the future.

The Best News Bloopers of 2022

See all the year-end lists here.



Miss Cellania's Links

5 Soap Opera-Worthy Moments in Supreme Court History.

The Top Game Consoles Over 44 Years.

5 Design Trends from 2022 That Are Here to Stay for Good.

We know who's the boss in this house.

A Desert Island Recession. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.

The Reasons Methuselah (the Tree) has Survived for 5,000 Years.

100 Things We Learned in 2022. There's a 52-minute-long video, and they also give us the text version, so you can skip the stuff you already know if you want.  

The Perfect Cat Bottle.

Castle for Sale in Louisiana Keeps Getting Cheaper. The current owner of the home plans to use the sale of the castle to finance a reality TV show about ...building another castle.

Middle Ages vs. Now



I’m Telling On You



C.J. Huffman came home from work and found this his roommate’s dog, Lilo, had chewed up her new bed. He didn’t yell or make a big deal, just had a serious talk with her about it. When he threatened to tell on her, Lilo figured it was time for some serious begging, affection, and flattery. (via Daily Picks and Flicks)

Tweet of the Day

(Thanks, WTM!)

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Juice



Year-end Lists 2022: Movies & TV

The 10 Best Movies of 2022


Rolling Stone's 22 Best Movies of 2022.

John Waters' Best Films of 2022.

Barack Obama’s 17 Favorite Movies of 2022.
 
Vox's 25 best movies of 2022.

Inside Hook's Favorite Movies of 2022.

The Ringer's Top Five Movies of 2022.

Polygon's best movies of 2022. 

The Roger Ebert Site's Ten Best Films of 2022.

Variety's Best Films of 2022.

The most satisfying movies of 2022.

The Mary Sue's 10 Best Superhero Movies and TV Shows of 2022, Ranked.

The A.V. Club's 15 best horror movies of 2022, ranked.

Screen rant's Best Sci-Fi Movies Of 2022.

The Worst Films of 2022.

The 10 Biggest Hollywood Fiascos of 2022.

Incest, cannibalism, violence: 2022 was the year of depravity.

The Biggest Movie Flops of 2022


The Ringer's Best Performances of 2022. This also includes songs.

The Best Animated TV and Movies of 2022.

Polygon's best TV shows of 2022.

Today's 19 best shows of 2022.

Uproxx's Best Television Shows Of 2022.

The Ringer's
Best TV Shows of 2022.

The A.V. Club's
30 best TV shows of 2022.

The Year TV Shows Got So Horny.

The Best International TV Shows of 2022.

io9's Best and Most Memorable TV Moments of 2022.

The A.V. Club's 16 best TV performances of 2022.

The A.V. Club's 15 best TV moments of 2022.

The Year in TV Shows Cancelled or Ending

All good things must come to an end, but if it's your favorite TV show, that might be a little traumatic. IGN runs through a whole bunch of shows that were announced to be ending or cancelled in 2022.

See all the year-end lists here.

Confession



Goats Feasting on Christmas Trees



What do you do with your cut Christmas tree when the holiday is over? In Maine, people take their trees to Sunflower Farm Creamery, where the Nigerian dwarf goats appreciate them to no end. On the day after Christmas, they received their first tree, which was fed to a buck and five nanny goats. Two are suspected of being pregnant already. The goats will strip each tree of needles and bark, and the trunk and any remaining branches will be used for scratching posts. If you are in the area, you can leave your tree outside the fence and they will be allotted to the goats one at a time. If you don't live nearby, there may be a goat farm that could put your old tree to good use.




New Face Squeezers



At least he hasn't downgraded- the same problem happened with the old face squeezers. This comic is from Nathan Pyle's Strange Planet.

Best Friend




Year-end Lists 2022: People

2022's Heroes


Time's Person of the Year
is Exactly Who You Thought It Would Be.

CNN's Hero of the Year is Nelly Cheboi, who creates computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren. Read about the ten finalists.

PEOPLE magazine's People of the Year.

The Most Influential People Of 2022, ranked by internet votes.

The World's Biggest Newsmakers Of 2022.

TIME Heroes of the Year 2022



Meet Money’s Changemakers. That's 50 notable people in economics and finance.

GQ’s fitness heroes of 2022.

The best villains of 2022.

The Annual Florida Man Awards. It's open to women, too.

The 15 Most Googled Celebrities Of The Year.

Gossip was the saving grace of 2022. 

The 14 Best and Worst Nepo Babies of 2022.

The Messiest Kardashian Controversies And Scandals Of 2022.

The Year in Pete Davidson

Here's Why Celebrities Made Us Lose All Faith In Men In 2022.

All the Celebrity Weddings. There were a LOT.

Celebrity Babies of 2022: See Which Stars Gave Birth.

The Biggest Celebrity Hair Transformations of 2022.

The 10 most bizarre celebrity apologies of 2022.

A Tribute to Those We’ve Lost in 2022

Rest in peace. 

See all the year-end lists here.


Turf War



(via Fark)

The Hobbit Song: I Will Show You



Glover produced “The Hobbit Song” by remixing sounds, effects, and dialogue samples from The Hobbit trilogy using Logic Pro X. The accompanying video is a visual feast from the three films. May prove to be an earworm. (via Geeks Are Sexy

Tweet of the Day

Read more about this costume here. The Miss Universe 2022 pageant will be on January 14th. (via Fark)

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Year-end Lists 2022: Games and Tech



The top 12 tech stories of 2022.

The Biggest Tech Innovations And Breakthroughs Of 2022.

This year in tech felt like a simulation.

Big Tech’s Big Flops of 2022.

2022’s biggest Big-Tech U-turns.

The 7 biggest Artificial Intelligence stories of 2022.

Engadget's favorite gadgets of 2022.

The best tech products we tested in 2022.

8 gadgets we couldn't live without in 2022.

2022 Was the Year Of Elden Ring.

Polygon's
50 best video games of 2022.

Slant magazine's 25 Best Video Games of 2022.

The Economist's best video games of 2022.

The best mobile games in 2022.

The best new PC games in 2022. 

The Best RPGs Of 2022.

The Most Surprising Games and Gaming Stories of 2022.

Elden Ring wins game of the year at The Game Awards 2022.

The Games From 2022 That You Should Go Back And Finish

The Year In Gaming Apologies

The Biggest Gaming Disappointments Of 2022.

The Best Board Games of 2022.

See all the year-end lists here.

Surgery on a Copy of Myself



One innovation in 3D printing is the ability to recreate a realistic but artificial human body, or a partial body, for a particular surgical patient. A medical scanner maps out the size, shape, and positions of organs, and then an exact copy is manufactured, as demonstrated here by the company Lazarus 3D. That's for surgeons to practice on, to avoid that moment when they cut a person open and find surprises. A sort of dress rehearsal for the actual surgery. Tom Scott volunteered his body for the demonstration, and the scan revealed he luckily didn't need surgery, so they added a cyst just so we could watch them remove it.  


Parking



(via reddit)

Horns



Noah is a young antelope who dreams of being a truck driver just like his dad. He indeed grows up to become one, but it can be a grind at times. Then a chance encounter brings those memories back. Luke Bouhuis (FattyDragonite) has been working on the cartoon "Horns" since last summer in his spare time. Check out more of Bouhuis' animation work at YouTube.

Year-end Lists 2022: Sports

The best of 2022's amazing world of sport


The top sports stories in 2022.

Google's top trending sports terms of 2022.

The Best Sports Moments of 2022.

The 7 Most Important Athletes of 2022.

Highlights and takeaways from the 2022 World Cup.

Best of The Athletic 2022: Top stories for MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, Global Football and more.

Sports Illustrated's 22 Favorite College Football Stories of 2022.

22 biggest reasons baseball was the best in 2022.

Top hockey moments of 2022 discussed by NHL.com.

Top tennis players and moments in 2022.

The Best And Worst Golf Stories Of 2022.

MMA
2022 awards.

The 17 funniest sports moments of 2022 you probably already forgot.

The Weirdest Sports Of 2022.

The Weirdest Sports Moments of 2022

See all the year-end lists here.

Flag Emoji



Year-end Lists 2022: Animals

Major discoveries in the animal world in 2022


2022 was the year of the capybara.

The Los Angeles Times' best animal stories of 2022.

The 12 Best Pet Rescue Stories of 2022.

Our 10 Favorite Pet Heroes of 2022. That's nine dogs and a cat.

Reasons To Be Happy: Good Animal News (2022).

Reader's Digest 20 Funniest Animal Stories of 2022.

Top dog names and breeds for 2022.

Ze Frank's True Facts Animal Awards
 

In showing us the world's creatures most worthy of a laugh, Ze Frank has encountered some very weird animals. Many have impressed him so much that they deserve an award, but for some superlative accomplishment that no other awards will cover. So he had to make up his own awards show. Some of these animals are pretty gross. While technically SFW, this video contains jokes and images that you don't really want to discuss with your supervisor. Or your kids. This video has a one-minute ad at 4:24.

6 Weird and Wild Animal Behaviors Revealed in 2022.

The Ten Weird Animal Discoveries of 2022.

WWF's Conservation highlights of 2022.

The Oregon Zoo's Year In Wildlife Wins


See all the year-end lists here.

Miss Cellania's Links

A True Angel in Buffalo. Here's the Threadreader version. (via Metafilter)

Grumpy old men in a fish tank.

Painfully Awkward Band Photos That Can’t Be Unseen. (via Nag on the Lake)

How Many Christmas Trees Does Your Real Estate Listing Need? (via Fark)

Nine Kings of Europe. In one photograph.

Steven Spielberg Regrets How Jaws Impacted Real-World Sharks. (via Mental Floss)

The Gävle Goat is Still Standing

Sometime In My 50s, I Became Invisible To Men. Here’s What I Didn't Expect To Feel.  (via Digg)

"Unobtanium" Did Not Originate with Avatar.


Great Gift



(via Fark)

The Chemistry of Champagne



Ah, champagne -the soda pop of wine. But it’s not just carbonated wine, because we could do that with a Soda Stream (not recommended). There are 600 different chemical compounds that make champagne what it is. This video from Reactions, the video channel of the American Chemical Society, explains how champagne gets its bubbles. Understanding the science may enhance your New year toast! (Thanks, Elaine!)


Tweet of the Day

(via Fark)

Monday, December 26, 2022

Year-end Lists 2022: Music

United State of Pop 2022 (I Want Music)

The annual music mashup from DJ Earworm is here, featuring the 25 biggest songs of the year all together.

Spotify's year-end lists: most streamed songs, albums, artists, etc.

The Best Music Of 2022: NPR Staff Picks

How 2022 became the year of the big statement album.

Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of 2022.

Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2022.

Complex's Best Albums of 2022.

Uproxx's
Best Albums Of 2022.

The Best Pop Albums Of 2022. 

The 10 Best Country Albums of 2022.

The Best R&B Albums Of 2022. 

The Top 40 Jazz Albums of 2022.

The Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2022. 

The Top Classical Albums for 2022.

The Best Latin Albums Of 2022. 

The 10 Best Global Music Albums of 2022. 

The Best Electronic Music of 2022. 

The Most Overlooked Albums Of 2022.

The 10 Worst Music Trends Of 2022.   

2022's 32 Most Memorable Rock Tours and Concerts.

The Stories Behind 2022's Best Album Covers.

Pitchfork's 100 Best Songs of 2022.

The Ringer's Best Songs of 2022.

Vice's 100 best songs of 2022.

Uproxx's Best Songs Of 2022.

Barack Obama’s Top Songs of 2022.

Pitchfork's 43 Best Rap Songs of 2022.

The 10 Best Country Songs of 2022

If you don't want to watch the video, a list of the top 22 country songs is here.

See all the year-end lists here.

An Honest Explanation of Jobs



Roger Horton is back in the latest episode of Cracked's series of Honest Ads. This time, he's trying to sell us on getting a job. He explains why we need a job, and then describes meaningless white collar office jobs, crushing physical labor, soul-sucking service jobs, and even creative jobs that are never what they seem. It's enough to make you want to go live in a cave somewhere.


Uncle Dave's Gifts

Redditor Joshyboy401’s Uncle Dave bought everyone the same thing for Christmas. They had a good laugh, but didn’t really care for his gifts much.

Year-end Lists 2022: Science

2021's Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics


Real Clear Science's Top 10 Science Stories of 2022.

PBS's top science stories of 2022.

Nature’s biggest news stories of 2022.

The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2022.

The ten top weird science stories of 2022.

The best science images of 2022.

Ten people who helped shape science in 2022.

The Biggest Junk Science of 2022.

The Top Science Retractions of 2022.

Infographic: What Droughts Have Revealed | Statista
Discoveries made due to droughts causing low water levels in 2022, from Statista.

The Top Ten Archaeology Discoveries of 2022.

The Coolest Archaeological Discoveries of 2022.

The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2022.

How the James Webb Space Telescope revolutionized astronomy in 2022.

The Best Photos From Mars in 2022.

The Biggest Medical Breakthroughs of 2022.

The 15 Best Biology Blogs of 2022.

The 13 Best Chemistry podcasts of 2022.

Top Audubon Stories of 2022: Conservation and Science.

2022's Biggest Breakthroughs in Math

See all the year-end lists here.

Rationalization



(via Fark)

Year-end Lists 2022: Books


Hey, it's time for the annual look back at the ending year that I do between Christmas and New Year's Day! While some folks are off work and many are out of school, and the rest of us are just goofing off anyway, we can take stock of 2022. I always start with books, because those lists come out in early December and there are plenty of them. Pick an appropriate list, find out what you haven't read already, and make a reading list for 2023.

NPR: Books We Love, 2022.

Smithsonian Scholars Pick Their Favorite Books of 2022.

Jason Kottke's Best Books of 2022.

The New Yorker's Best Books of 2022.

The Book Girls' Guide to the 22 Best Books of 2022.

Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Books of 2022. 

The New York Public Library’s Most Checked-Out Books of 2022.

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2022.

The Guardian: 2022 in books about Trump and US politics.

Smithsonian's Ten Best History Books of 2022.

Smithsonian's Ten Best Photography Books of 2022.

Smithsonian's Ten Best Science Books of 2022.

Polygon's best science fiction and fantasy books of 2022.

Gizmodo's 14 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2022.

Smithsonian's Ten Best Books About Travel of 2022.

Colossal’s Favorite Art Books of 2022. 

Fast Company's best design books of 2022.

Smithsonian's Ten Best Books About Food of 2022.

AARP's 10 of 2022’s Best Cookbooks.

Inside Hook's 10 Best New Cookbooks of 2022.

The New York Times' Best True Crime of 2022.

CrimeReads' Best Crime Novels of the Year: 2022.

Novel Suspects' 10 Best Crime Fiction Books of 2022.

AIR MAIL’s Eight Best Mystery Books of 2022.

Library Journal's Best Horror Novels of 2022.

Entertainment Weekly's 10 best romance novels of 2022.

Purdue University College of Education 2022 Best Books for Kids.

East Bay Times' 8 Best Graphic Novels of 2022.

SLJ Book Reviews Editors’ Favorite 2022 Books Covers.

The 103 Best Book Covers of 2022.


See all the year-end lists here.