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The badger and coyote buddy movie we always wanted. The duo went through a culvert near Gilroy California and were caught on video as part of Peninsula Open Space Trust's project to better understand how wildlife interact with the major roadways that surround the southern end of the Santa Cruz Mountains. [more inside]
posted by spamandkimchi at 8:24 PM PST - 6 comments

While weeding old travel books from the Greater Victoria Public Library’s central branch collection in August, she discovered something truly unexpected hiding in the 1984 book Handpicked Tours of North America: A Motorist’s Guide to Scenic Routes and Fascinating Places in Canada and the USA. Pulling the book off the shelf, she hadn’t noticed that it was missing a barcode or that it was lighter than one might have expected for a hardcover of its size. She did, however, notice a couple of zines tumbling to the floor… When she finally opened it, she was astonished: a library within the library revealed itself.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 6:05 PM PST - 25 comments

Facebook owner is behind $60 mln deal for Meta name rights [Reuters] [more inside]
posted by chavenet at 3:46 PM PST - 52 comments

Almost half of all fast-food milkshakes were purchased in the morning, by commuters who wanted something to do during their drive. Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen explains the job of a milkshake (YouTube). (text article)
posted by meowzilla at 2:35 PM PST - 29 comments

Earlier this year, the People Make Games YouTube channel released an investigation (previously) into Roblox, detailing the shady methods (including literal child labor) that have, in part, made the company worth billions. Well, turns out there's more to report, so they're back with a new video, and it's even more disturbing than the first one.
posted by jklaiho at 11:07 AM PST - 13 comments

In 2016, the state of Oklahoma entered in to a series of compacts with the two major tribes over hunting and fishing licenses. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has decided not to renew these compacts. [more inside]
posted by Quonab at 10:22 AM PST - 17 comments

As the PM faces criticism for breaking his own government's lockdown rules last year, the UK government has suggested that estimated COVID infections in the country may be running at 200k a day (official case figures are currently averaging out at around 50k per day), with over 50% of all London cases expected to be from the Omicron variant within the next 48 hours.

Though authorities in South Africa have maintained that Omicron is a mild illness for most people, the UK has nevertheless stepped up its booster vaccination programme (ahead of news that 2 doses of AZ/Pfizer may not provide as much antibody protection as first estimated against Omicron, making boosters more important than ever), leading to 4+ hour long queues in some places across the capital.
posted by fight or flight at 9:59 AM PST - 70 comments

which early hominid are you? A project by student saredmon19. She writes "This is a quiz made as a final project for my Biological Anthropology class. All information is based on data from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History's human fossils information. So, which early human are you?" Via one of her professors, Marc Kissel.
posted by paduasoy at 9:20 AM PST - 35 comments

A dystopian horror story. "The Sound of" by Charles Payseur (published 2017): "Diego packs more insulation into the walls. The work’s itchy as hell and the insulation isn’t enough to cut out the whine of the Sound, not entirely, but he likes to think it helps." Content note for noise torture and police brutality.
posted by brainwane at 7:54 AM PST - 4 comments