Good Things Friday (291) and Link Love
September 20, 2024
1. This week I learned: “Thalassophobia is the persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water, such as the ocean, seas, or lakes.” *Raises both hands* that’s very much me!
2. Wallaby is such a funny word to say.
I’d always heard that government jobs were “safe/stable/secure” but this article and recently shared experiences from folks I know shine a very different light on US gov jobs: Burned-out firefighters are fleeing the US Forest Service amid labor disputes: ‘We are decimated’
Goffstown School District Business Administrator Scott Gross is a giant pile of walking bull dung: Goffstown Turns Down Gift and Sues Families Over Lunch Debt Instead
This is a neat read: Reed College: the only place in the US where students get to run a real nuclear reactor
This seems neat. I’d really like to find time for it, but where? (or when): free ASL courses from the Oklahoma School for the Dead
This is an interesting read. Just in mice right now, so I wonder how much it translates to humans (Jenny?): Cleaning up the aging brain
