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worth reading: april 3-may 28, 2026
here comes summer! (in the real world, not in these links necessarily)
some fun Wikipedia pages:
some fun Wikipedia pages:
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Preserved Fish
- definitely not what you think this page is going to be
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Wan Hu
- love a guy whose page links to "List of inventors killed by their own invention"
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Thomas (goose)
- happy early Pride month to Thomas the goose!
- Thinking about the immortality of the crab
food:
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“How an unappetizing shrub became dozens of different vegetables” by Alex Wakeman
- Brassica forever!!
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“I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America” by Caity Weaver and Hugo Yu
- i will follow Caity Weaver wherever she goes. in this case she goes to Lambert’s Cafe, which also has a phenomenal website with an equally good URL
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“Calicornication: Postcards of Giant Produce (1909)” by Thea Applebaum Licht
- worth it just for the pun in the title but the postcards are also really good
animals and nature:
- Bodega Cats of New York: The Archive
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“Japanese Aquarium Drops 2026 Version of Flowchart Illustrating Their Penguin Relationships. This Year There’s an English Version.” by Johnny Waldman
- this is like at least 30% more insane than you think it's going to be
- “Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026” by Alan Taylor
- “Barry Webb Documents a Marvelous, Macro Array of Colorful Slime Molds” by Kate Mothes
- special woodcock / Robert Francis section:
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“More than the latest "It Bird”” by Robert Francis
- also obsessed with the videos of New Yorkers thronging to see a single woodcock
- “The Tragic Tale of Woodcock Dick” by Robert Francis
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“The 100 Greatest Bird Names of All Time” by Robert Francis
- spoiler: no woodcock :(
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“More than the latest "It Bird”” by Robert Francis
- “Japan runs out of robot wolves in fight against bears” by Andrew Paul
web and design-y stuff:
- the html review: issue 05, spring 2026
- Charcuterie by David Aerne
- “The Accursèd Alphabetical Clock” by Ryan Bateman
- Digital Museum of Plugs and Sockets
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“Unsolicited” book cover designs by Jenny Volvovski
- personal favorites (& books I've read): Rejection, The Circle, The City & The City, Swamplandia!, Outliers, Exit West
- ambivalent: Klara and the Sun, The Factory, Annihilation, Borne, World War Z
- least favorites: The Martian, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Dune (why the cocaine vibe…)
- also her Published and Unused pages are also very good - personal favorites are Motherland (great book!) and We Computers
- personal favorites (& books I've read): Rejection, The Circle, The City & The City, Swamplandia!, Outliers, Exit West
sports and games:
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“The Biggest Tournament In Collegiate Table Tennis Is Underdog Utopia” by E.Y. Zhao
- the header photo is amazing in this one
- “Double Jump” by Joseph Swide
- 1D-Chess by Rowan Monk
- Unruly Play
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“Is ChatGPT a Scrabble Genius, or a Scrabble Disaster?” by @Will Anderson on YouTube
- skip to 6:44 to get to the very good dramatic reading
- “The Secret to Winning on Jeopardy” by Drew Goins
people:
- “He Rode an Elephant Costume Into Colombia’s Senate” by Genevieve Glatsky and Esteban Vanegas
- “Local Guide (Toronto, Canada)” by Stefan
- “The Car-Crash Conspiracy” by Patrick Radden Keefe (unpaywalled)
- “Father and Son” by Valery Poshtarov
explainers and histories:
- “How The Heck Does Shazam Work?” by Shri Khalpada
- “Engineering the disposable diaper” by Virginia Postrel
- “The Disappearance of the Public Bench” by Gabrielle Bruney
- “The creation of instant coffee” by Oscar Sykes and Benjamin Stubbing
- “Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise” by Russell Samora and Shelly Tan
and finally, one useful website and one useless website:
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One Flavor Candy
- exactly what it suggests on the tin, if anyone needs a very specific gift
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crouton2.net
- :)
- also kinda reminiscent of guthib.com