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Interesting links

  1. Germany has cool parental retreats
  2. History is, as usual, worse than I knew, but at least Things are being Done.
  3. Fire situation in California is, as usual, even worse than I knew but at least there are People thinking of Things to Do.
  4. Epigenetics ftw, mice fathers who do a lot of exercise pass down the benefits to their offspring
  5. There may finally be an antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning
  6. Mattel continues to be progressive (good, because they’re a mine canary for social movements)

Romance novels

Really clear explanation of why romance novels are such a necessary and well-selling genre. I barely read any fiction nowadays that isn’t some kind of romance.

Of course it’s not only reason, but it’s a big one. Another big one is that romance novels simulate a secure attachment to life.

Children who are certain that they are loved and protected grow up to be happier and saner. Adults who are certain, for the space of a book, that there will be a happy ending finish that book happier and saner.

Relevant quotes:

I love your temporary tattoos! Temporary, in that one day, you will die Oglaf

Только детские книги читать,
Только детские думы лелеять,
Все большое далеко развеять,
Из глубокой печали восстать.

Я от жизни смертельно устал,
Ничего от нее не приемлю,
Но люблю мою бедную землю
Оттого, что иной не видал.

Я качался в далеком саду
На простой деревянной качели,
И высокие темные ели
Вспоминаю в туманном бреду.

Mandelstam

Links post

Trying out a new thing where instead of forwarding links for later I just put them all in one long post 🙂

The comments are the best part – famous poems as limericks

Really cool dolls

Ancient Somali/Ethiopian religion Eebe Waaq & Waaqeffana

Interesting conversation on a Somali forum as a consequence to recent elections

The lyrics of this song are a) non-toxic and healthy b) erudite and sesquipedalian c) very funny