Well this is interesting

[RAvery]

How Liquid Dampers in Skyscrapers Work

[Axolotl]

I have an old National Geographic that covered Ghana coffins. Gee I wonder why I kept that one.

National Geographic September 1994 - National Geographic Back Issues

[KathyPartdeux]

From ‘giv’er’ to ‘freezie’: Online dictionary highlights uniquely Canadian terms

[OnceImmutableMike]

The list of “food-related murders of Melbourne” is longer than I would have guessed.

When the proof is in the pudding – culinary mysteries through the ages

[FGD135]

Murder, she measured: The impressive science behind Agatha Christie’s poisons

[Murgatroyd]

A 17-year-old teen refutes a mathematical conjecture proposed 40 years ago

[FGD135]

This Weird Pyramid Always Lands on the Same Face, Confirming 40-Year-Old Theory

[nosaj]

FTA:

“When I moved to the U.S. from Nassau [in the Bahamas, where she was born], I entered the educational system as a high school student, although I took classes at UC Berkeley. I wrote to professors, telling them what books I’d read on the subject, and asking if I could attend their classes. Many said yes, including Zhang,” she says. “One day, he proposed proving a special, much simpler case of the conjecture as a homework assignment. As an optional part, he included the original conjecture. And I became obsessed with it,” she adds.

This makes me so happy.

[FGD135]

Burtonwood - Britain's Secretive Military Railway

[hecep]

1. An upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson movie…
2. …with Leonardo DiCaprio…
3. … and the movie trailer being on DiCaprio’s YT channel

All great, yes. For me, just the little roll up of the carpet at the end of the trailer screams “Gotta watch that movie!”

[subextraordinaire]

My work bestie’s (she’s in OH) husband has a minor role in the movie. I believe he’s also a consultant. They flew him to CA for a informal screening last month and he liked the end result.

[hecep]

Not a victim who gets zapped, I hope.

[subextraordinaire]

I’m not 100% sure, but I think he plays a fed of some sort? He is a retired Border Patrol agent and he was in a documentary in the late 2010s. A casting director saw it and PTA offered him a part.

[hecep]

Casting directors are the unsung heroes of the film industry.

[subextraordinaire]

Certainly for my friend’s husband. He aged out of government work and had to retire. He was working on finding his next gig when this phone call came completely out of the blue. He had a good experience making the film and everyone treated him well. (I’m not sure that this is always the case, but perhaps on PTA films it is?)

[hecep]

Harmonic Analysis. In school we covered that in Vibration Analysis. PURE HELL. Barely escaped that class along with many others. I have a feeling that Young Hannah would have been a much better instructor than ours.

[hecep]

So, her engine is running, but she’s in neutral.

[RAvery]

Frank Conniff (@frankconniff.bsky.social)

[Millie_Fink]

Should I know who Frank Conniff is?

[chgoliz]

Minneapolis is such a gem of a city. And with climate change, not as severely cold in the winter. (Shhhh!)