Monday, April 24, 2023

Miss Cellania's Links

Michigan man searches for answers after 'couple' takes over custom mailbox. (via Metafilter

Super Cool Cosplay: Zibartas as Pharah from Overwatch.

When did mass layoffs become so normal? A brief history of engineered job insecurity in America.

Driver Apprehended With Much Laughter.

A Black man and a Latino man disappeared within months of each other, after both of them got into a cop car driven by the same White deputy sheriff. Nineteen years later, we can all read about it. Or follow NPR's podcast series. (via Fark)

Five Deadly Incidents Involving Mathematicians. Sadly, mental illness played its part.

Taco Bell’s Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food Wars. (via Metafilter)

The Brains of Lonely People Process the World Differently.

The Story of the Album Cover of Whipped Cream and Other Delights, One of the Best Selling Albums of the 1960s. See the parodies here. (via Strange Company)

3 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

I hope you and Daryl Dixon will be very happy together, Miss C! You make a lovely couple.

Bicycle Bill said...

Just in case you were wondering, Dolores Erickson (the woman on the Whipped Cream album cover is still alive.  Wikipedia has a page devoted to her.

-"BB"-

gwdMaine said...

Considering how they've been gutting their internal divisions for years, Vox can kiss my arse on their mass layoffs. This year they whacked the hockey side of their SB Nation sports blogging sites with little notice and even less rationale. They're part of the problem too.