harmonisation: Albanian government using AI to try to speed accession to European Union by rewriting local legislation to fit the block’s regulatory framework—via Marginal Revolution
the once and future sex: enduring medieval views on female anatomy
gรฉodรฉsie: more on the Paris Meridian and how Greenwich ultimately won out walk without rhythm and you won’t attract the worm: Christopher Walken, portraying Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, unaware of his epic choreography in “Weapon of Choice” references Dune
mcmxxiv: a curation of photos from Alan Taylor—via Kottke
here there be tygers: animated adaptations of Ray Bradbury’s science fiction by Sergei Bondarchuk
the world is a cat—i can’t unsee that now: a geopolitical map drawing challenge
the school of venus; or the ladies delight: self-pleasure in the seventh century
circling the wagons: Sweden accedes to NATO as its thirty-second member state after a wait of two years—while holdout Hungary visits Trump
