Interesting Links for 09-01-2023

[andrewducker]

1. The Oberkassel puppy is the oldest known domesticated dog

(tags:dogs prehistory Germany )

2. The Westminster Accounts - The first fully searchable database of the money being used to lubricate the machinery of British politics

(tags:money UK politics viaDanielDWilliam )

3. This is my favourite story about computers and bureaucracy

(tags:computers history bureaucracy )

4. Stephen Hawking's most important contribution may have been a very interesting question about black holes

(tags:physics space StephenHawking viaPatrickHadfield )

5. Baby! And! Cat!

(tags:babies cats video cute )

6. Why Conan is freed - a look at a pivotal moment in the movie

(tags:Conan movies writing )

7. The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene

(tags:genetics sports fat bodies research )

8. Countries as villains (as created by an AI)

(tags:ai evil countries art )

9. Killings by US police reach record high

(tags:USA police death )

10. Bolsonaro weighs next steps with input from Trump aides Bannon, Miller (from November, just a reminder that this is all linked)

(tags:USA SouthAmerica coup Brazil )

11. On the Russian soul, imperialism and moral obligations (and how Russians lie to themselves about their colonial past)

(tags:russia )

Comments

[dewline]

9. Appalling.

10. Yes, it's all connected. We have suspicions about last winter's Convoy Siege of Ottawa as regards to the timing re: Putin's invasion of Ukraine, and Trump and company were cheering on the Convoy Crowd as they were making trouble across Canada, too.

11. If you want to read it here on Dreamwidth:

https://strannik01.dreamwidth.org/3005.html

[andrewducker]

Now following them on DW!

[calimac]

11. My favorite fact about Russian imperialism is that Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia was written to commemorate the Russian annexation thereof.