jezero: Perseverance explores a Martian crater
lingthusiasm: an interview with xkcd author Randall Munroe on hypothetical questions about language and orthography—via Language Log
achievement unlocked: a radical redesign for Girl Scout badges—see also
3½, 5¼: an interview with the last purveyor of floppy disks—via JWZ emoticons: more on the IPA, EPA (English Phonotypic Alphabet), Issac Pitman and other champions of spelling reform from Shady Characters
jazz and cats: the life and surrealistic art of Gertrude Abercrombie
earth below us: outstanding images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest
