Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Miss Cellania's Links

Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong. The push back against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.

Wild Star Wars Theories That Could Be True, But Probably Aren’t. 

"I'm trying to imagine all these actors getting the script and trying to figure out how they're going to convey, like, two whole minutes of shock and paralysis while the dumbest thing that's ever happened plays out in front of them." 

Halley’s Comet wrongly named: 11th-century English monk predates British astronomer. More on that interesting monk. (via Popular Science

The Kill Line: What America looks like on Chinese social media. (via Metafilter

Gen X is feeling old. Delicious karma for Boomers.

10 Life-Threatening Beauty Hacks From Eras Gone By. 

You know Renee Good and Alex Pretti, but there have been nine people killed by ICE so far in 2026, and it's still January. (via kottke

Caroline Hampton's Rubber Gloves. The American nurse was the first to wear gloves while assisting in surgery. 

5 comments:

  1. The article about Minnesota is EXCELLENT! Thanks for posting it. "Neighbourism" as a force for good!

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    1. I was going to skip it because ... there is only so many of your duly elected president's horror stories that I can read before I too die, but of emotional saturation rather than some federal hired goon. On DSWS's word, I was now have a read.

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  2. But that poor choking woman! Does she live or maybe now a brain damaged vegetable? Is there a link to the next episode?

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    1. Sadly, she became a potato ... the absolute dumdum of the vegetable world.

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  3. The name's Wood, Bolly Wood, and I have always been a fan of death.

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