like my mom used to say, if you need calcium, eat a milkman—yep, she said it: Ze Frank (previously) returns with true facts about carnivorous plants, via The Art of Darkness

global statesman: former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan has passed away
forever blowing bubbles: a look back at the financial crash of 2008 and realising how little things have changed
pulsars: instructive and interactive coding tutorials on creating generative art (previously here and here), via Waxy
take care, tcb: some superlative obituaries and appreciations on the passing of Aretha Franklin