cutting-corners: skimpflation and other consumer caveats
section 30 order: Holyrood to hold second independence referendum in October
edutainment: a new volume on poet Emily Dickinson concludes with a Math Blaster style game from LitHub

white rabbits: an unsung group of women sculptors employed during the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893—via Messy Nessy Chic
adobe flash: watch a time-lapse of a luxury villa with pool built out of mud and bamboo via Everlasting Blรถrt
allons-y alonzo: assonances, alliterations and vowel harmonisation in French and other languages
coffee siren: the origins of the ubiquitous cafรฉ mascot (see also here and here)