Linkdump # 24

An interactive map of Yellowstone’s geology: https://tinyurl.com/yavn27ad

Exactly how I felt that one time when some new-age acquaintances invited me to one of their “Life changing” church services: https://tinyurl.com/yc9xjy2l

“Pakistan’s Sheedi community can trace its roots back to East African slaves brought to India by the Portuguese, hundreds of years before the partition of the subcontinent. Marginalized and overlooked for decades, the group has found its commanding, charismatic voice in Tanzeela Qambrani – in the halls of the Sindh provincial legislature”: https://tinyurl.com/yblljkgk

Why it’s impossible to drive between Central America and South America: https://tinyurl.com/y6ugz7jx

A lesson in how the visually impaired use tactile pavement: https://tinyurl.com/yblp4bxo

“Two women programmers played a pivotal role in the birth of chaos theory. Their previously untold story illustrates the changing status of computation in science”: https://tinyurl.com/y6jbltpq

An interesting personal essay about Russian Old Believers in Oregon: https://tinyurl.com/ydx9lf33

That time when it rained for two million years: https://tinyurl.com/y9ollxvp

Researcher Peter Neff shares the story behind his viral “ice drop” video and drilling for ancient gases trapped in a glacier in Law Dome, Antarctica: https://tinyurl.com/ydbaushj

BABY WOMBAT TUMTUM: https://tinyurl.com/ya2gvtjl

Fun with physics!: https://tinyurl.com/ychkd7fc

I know Vice is generally crap, but the link in the second sentence of the article leads to a whole lot of interesting data about future flooding risk in the U.S.: https://tinyurl.com/ydcnxvd4

Explaining a classic Hollywood makeup effect: https://tinyurl.com/y9mkm995

Filmmaker Tony Hill has created some really interesting camera rigs in his time: https://tinyurl.com/yazgrbjr

A study about aphantasia: https://tinyurl.com/yc55drv3

The effects of hibernation on the world’s fattest bears: https://tinyurl.com/y8f2qvht

Take a deep dive into this 18th century well in rural England: https://tinyurl.com/y8ja58rj

“Hybrids, once treated as biological misfits, have been the secret saviors of many animal species in trouble. Reconciling that truth with conservation policies poses a challenge for science”: https://tinyurl.com/y7mgv4jt

The self-cleaning brain: https://tinyurl.com/y8xz7zyc

The work of the artist Dran: https://tinyurl.com/y75fjr3k

“For the first time, researchers have created the ‘branched flow’ phenomenon in visible light, previously only seen in other types of wave like sound”: https://tinyurl.com/y8wx8nqv

“The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (Hyakki Yagyō) is a thousand-plus-year-old Japanese folkloric tradition, in which a series of demons parades — or explodes — into the ordinary human world”: https://tinyurl.com/yas4x34f

A process video from one of my favorite sculptors: https://tinyurl.com/ya6tzwcl

Insect colors preserved in amber: https://tinyurl.com/ydfaptaq

An uplifting profile of the Japanese sculptor who has dedicated his life to completing Barcelona’s legendary La Sagrada Familia: https://tinyurl.com/ybjemst5

Helpful N. American salamander ID site: https://tinyurl.com/yamlfolf

A fun series about what really went into building castles: https://tinyurl.com/yd9kxces

For fans of fiber arts: https://tinyurl.com/ydh3j8pb

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