Monday, January 15, 2024

Miss Cellania's Links

Lazy use of AI leads to Amazon products called “I cannot fulfill that request.” (via Fark

Ancient DNA reveals first known case of sex-development disorder. (via Real Clear Science

Fish with a funny float gets a CT scan at the Denver Zoo. (via Supa Fluffy)

Hertz Is Selling Its Fleet Of Rental Tesla Model 3s For Cheap.

Mapping Middle-earth: The lopsided demographics of Tolkien’s universe. (via Kottke)

Casanova was Famous for Being Famous. (via Strange Company)

A Murderous Gravestone Grudge Carved a New Law Into Stone. 

A Tour of America’s Beloved Regional Cocktails. You have to read the origin story for the Tree Martini.

Double-Crossed: Festus. Tim Todd was trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife, but ended up being shot in the back of his head by his "future father-in-law."

3 comments:

Bicycle Bill said...

That Telluride cocktail (the Flatliner) is nothing more than a Blonde Russian — which is basically a White Russian in which the Irish Cream liqueur is being substituted for the milk or cream of the original — with a shot of strong coffee thrown in.  It has more in common with an iced Irish coffee than a martini...

But the article did get it right with the Old Fashioned being the official cocktail of Wisconsin.

-"BB"-

gwdMaine said...

Oh no, Joyce Randolph who played Trixie on
The Honeymooners has died.

Joyce Randolph

Anonymous said...

Seems to me the sex chromosomal condition investigators have come up with a lot of speculation how the people were affected by the DNA they looked at but no evidence. Saying a baby 5000 years ago had Down syndrome when they don't know who it was or anything about their life is strictly guessing.

The fish at the Denver zoo just need to fart.

That's the third accusatory gravestone I've seen lately.
xoxoxoBruce