Dreyfusfinucane talks about sea ice and salt and how they affect the temperature of the ocean within climate change.
An iceberg floats in Disko Bay, near Ilulissat, Greenland, on July 24, 2015. The massive Greenland ice sheet is shedding about 300 gigatons of ice a year into the ocean, making it the single largest source of sea level rise from melting ice. Credits: NASA/Saskia Madlener
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In Ask Metafilter, sonofsnark is looking for "recommendations for amazing fiction writers that I am unlikely to have heard of before"
McMansion by pasa47 (cc by)
Hello! Professional architectural historian checking in here ... Preserver addresses Mchelly's question about "McMansion" as architectural nomenclature.
photo by Camille Lemoine via folkradio.co.uk
yasaman posted about Brìghde Chaimbeul, the young musician from the Isle of Skye who is helping to bring back Scottish smallpipes from the edge of obscurity
detail from book cover: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
doctornemo on cozy horror, including the subgenre's basic elements, a historical perspective, praise, criticism, controversy, and more!
Wheel of Fortune by designsbykari (cc by)
you have elected to spin the wheel, a choice as pointless yet inevitable as life itself ... What if Werner Herzog were Pat Sajak's replacement?
Wondering what exactly is blowing up over on Reddit, and why? Rhaomi has a seriously in-depth explainer.
My Podcast Set I by brainblogger (cc by)
Shepherd is looking for "debunky, chatty, science-y" podcast recs: "I love Maintenance Phase and If Books Could Kill and would like more podcasts like this..."
FBI photo of outside of Ted Kaczynski’s cabin near Lincoln, Montana
doctornemo remembers meeting Ted Kaczynski's brother and sister-in-law.
image via AromaPrime
paduasoy posts an article from Current Archaeology about Aroma Prime, a company creating historical scents, including the smells of dinosaurs, dodos, mummification, candlemakers, ether, vintage sweets and the Wicker Man.
Eastons CC v Epping Foresters CC at Little Easton, Essex, England 084 (cc by)
Mefites describe cricket to each other in tomcooke's post thread about a serious amateur cricketer who found themself unexpectedly drafted in to make up the numbers in a village cricket match
A great rundown on all the moving parts of email validation from QuixoticGambit on goatdog's question How do I make my emails not end up in people's spam folders?.
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