Monday Links from the Gap Between Teams Meetings vol. DCCXC

[NickFitz]

The gaps between meetings seem to be getting even shorter these days, but at least there's plenty to read whilst half-listening

• Murder in the Blue Mountains - Dark deeds in rural Canada: ”Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband.”
• The Ocean Teems With Networks of Interconnected Bacteria - ”Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is far more interconnected than anyone realized.” Something else we can break
• Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history - ”As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far side.” They still don't have the word "MOON" running through them.
• Defense Against Dishonest Charts - Neat interactive guide to ways charts are used to misrepresent data, and how to fix them: ”We start with chart anatomy; then we look at how small changes can shift a point of view; this takes us to misleading chart varieties; and we finish with reading data and next steps.”
• landflip by mattstark - ”A procedural tile puzzle.” A simple but challenging game
• A Legend of the Storm: the Discovery of Nakhodka Bay - "Gulf of America"? There already is one, and it's in Russia: ”Developing the southern shores of the Far East in the mid-nineteenth century was of seminal importance for Russia in acquiring new territories and establishing diplomatic relations with neighboring Asian countries. This was a time of great geographical accomplishments, which included the discovery of Nakhodka Bay by the Russian steam corvette America on June 18, 1859.” HT to WTFH for pointing this out
• What really happened in Calvine? The mystery behind the best UFO picture ever seen - ”In August 1990, two hikers sent photos of a strange diamond-shaped aircraft to the press – but the story never appeared. Was it a prank, a hoax, an optical illusion or something else entirely?” The truth is out there, though not if the MoD have anything to do with it
• The hardest working font in Manhattan - ”Last year in New York, I walked over 100 miles and took thousands of photos of one and one font only. The font’s name is Gorton.” Marcin Wichary uncovers the story of a font that isn't just seen in Manhattan, it's everywhere - even the Moon.
• The dystopian lake filled by the world’s tech lust - HT to DoctorStrangelove for this account of one of the most polluted places on Earth: ”Hidden in an unknown corner of Inner Mongolia is a toxic, nightmarish lake created by our thirst for smartphones, consumer gadgets and green tech.”
• This is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it up - The new government of the USA intends to discard the lessons of the past, so it should soon revert to being like that place in Mongolia: ”From 1971 to 1977 the nascent agency, in an act of prescience, enlisted the services of freelance photographers to help us remember. These photographers captured images of America’s environmental problems before we’d cleaned them up.” This is a view of NYC's George Washington Bridge in 1973
  
  

Happy invoicing!

[DoctorStrangelove]

The Crying Indian:

Other than the fact that he's actually Italian American of course. Though he made a career out of playing Native Americans.

Must have made Nixon an offer he couldn't refuse..

The documentary "The Rise & Fall of the Rust Belt" on PBS showed similar photos: towns where it looks like it's after sunset at noon.

Of course, Septic Conglomerates being what they are, the sky may look clean but it's full of PFAs & similar tulipe that'll be around a lot longer than the smog.