wordwhile: whilst Damn Interesting takes a short sabbatical to recoup and regroup, try their fun word game
home-ec: kakeibo (ๅฎถ่จ็ฐฟ) the century-old method of household budgeting devised by Motoko Hani, Japan’s first woman journalist
germinating hope: seed art with a message at the Minnesota state fair
bullet points: an encomium for the co-creator of PowerPoint Dennis Austin (RIP)
vim and vigour: more on the nineteenth century cocaine-fortified wine—see previously
☕️๐ซ: more on universal words, Betteridge’s and Cunningham’s law—browse through the comments
one year ago: Hey Jude (1968), links to enjoy, more telling the bees plus more assorted links to revisit
two years ago: St Aubert, the ecological importance of oyster-beds, comparable to coral reefs plus even more links worth revisiting
three years ago: the largest basilica in the world, artist Marianne von Werefkin, a devastating earthquake in Constantinople (1509), the original and the reprised Fresh Prince, burning skies plus Hongkonger neologisms
four years ago: the dissolution of the Austrian Empire (1919), Boris Johnson suspends Parliament, Sharpiegate plus more assorted links
five years ago: Denver airport plays up conspiracy theories, towing an iceberg to the desert, an innovative wind-turbine plus the premiere of X-Files (1993)
