December 22, 2024

Five for Friday 439

Welcome to Friday,

Let’s get right to the links, shall we?

Historians detail the natural history of dragons.

Swiss Chocolatier Lindt wins a copyright lawsuit against Aldi and Lidl over their seasonal chocolate rabbits; the infringing bunnies shall be melted down.

An olive farmer in Gaza was trying to clear space to plant new trees, when something underground kept blocking his attempts. It turned out to be a Byzantine mosaic.

A Vonnegut short story where “everybody was finally equal,” ‘Harrison Bergeron‘. I’d forgotten just how readable Vonnegut is, and how prescient and humorous at the same time.

“E-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give out Over the Phone”

Currently reading: “Autumnal Tints,” by Henry David Thoureau

Have a creative weekend.


Image credit: “Spooky Screech Owl”, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, 1919.
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