weekend linkdump

[ironymaiden]

as always, thanks to the original sources for many of these, who posted these links some time ago.

GBBO fanfic


how a NZ farmer became a character in a board game


using genealogy to fight anti-immigrant pundits


"I long to hold the poetry editor's penis in my hand"


a DS parent on Ireland's abortion policy (it might not be what you think)


a gallery of the Norwegian Olympic curling team's pants


beautiful photos of wolves on the BC coast


the Satanic Temple using their religious freedom to defend abortion

AskHistorians on the decline of Rome


there are engineers whose job it is to study paper jams. it's pretty complicated.


what happened to Brendan Fraser i asked this question the last time i did a linkdump and the universe delivered. (or GQ also reads tumblr posts about George of the Jungle.)

about stinkbug infestations


an essay about a therapist and a patient with terminal cancer


Jane Austen used pins in her editing process


a megapost about the "Dr. Venture and The Monarch are related" theory spoilers for like, all of The Venture Bros.


the creative monster


GenX and the revival of 90s fashion i, for one, am excited about the return of really comfy shoes and crushed velvet.


video: Rock Me Sexy Jesus


how we got to Ricky Gervais being unfunny and kind of awful


r/AskHistorians recommends stuff to watch on Netflix


the uncomfortable connections between atheists and the alt-right


if men flirted like birds


two goats stuck on a beam under the PA turnpike


New Yorkers during Infinity War

Comments

[belleweather]

I jumped on DW looking for something else and have now been diverted into a reddit rabbit hole about Jews in Rome. So I wanted to say thank you... I feel like I have gotten some of the most interesting things I read from your link posts. :)

[ironymaiden]

aww, thanks. AskHistorians really is one of the best things on the internet.

[pseudo_tsuga]

I came here via the network and the NZ link is cracking me up. Research, come on!

[ironymaiden]

i know, right?

i'm happy to see CMoN publicly embarrassed.

[varina8]

Thanks here for the Brendan Fraser link. I always liked his work. I'll need to catch Trust. Also, thanks for Yalom essay. It hit some spots where I've been spending a lot of time (I have been thinking of C as a pioneer, this confirmed it for me).