1. A live (baby) colossal squid was filmed in its natural environment for the first time last month, so I went down a rabbit hole of squid lore, including the difference between a giant and a colossal squid and this amazing quote from a squid expert:
“The giant squid, to an extent, I was bored with, because it was just a large, very dull squid,” he says. “It’s got no real charismatic feature other than its size. And here I am dealing with something that’s got these swivelling hooks on the arms and a beak… considerably larger and considerably more robust.”
2. Well this is useful: “Ten Commandments” of nonviolent resistance by Czechs and Slovaks against the Soviet troops.
When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing
3. Have you ever thought, “I wish I could hear the Kmart muzak from my childhood again”? It’s your lucky day! Someone who worked at Kmart in the late 80s/early 90s kept the cassette tapes the store played and has uploaded them to the Internet Archive, complete with the store announcements about no smoking and what’s on sale. I just picked
