By: Revanche

Good Things Friday (293) and Link Love

October 4, 2024

1. We met a local family with kids around Smol Acrobat’s age at the new park opening and exchanged info to maybe have the kids bike together again.

2. We explored a new park and the adult and teen riders were all very cool about sharing that space with the youngest and wee-est of riders that were wobbly-bobbly but wanted to be part of this cool thing too.

3. They’re not ready for picking yet but we have a whole DOZEN snap peas growing all at the same time now!

4. The timing of this change is good for us (usually I have bad timing). I just renewed our Global Entry this summer for $200, and hadn’t gotten around to the kids yet! Global Entry costs more for adults ($120) but is now free for kids under 18 if their legal guardian is enrolled or is applying for their enrollment in the program.

List: Ways to donate and help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene

I read this almost entirely because the pull quote said “rewiggling” and I needed to know what that meant: How restoring rivers’ natural curves can prevent flooding.

That’s really cool (if sustainable and affordable?): A smartphone that can charge itself from sunlight — scientists have created transparent solar cells that can be embedded in glass

Kay’s post: Are you still in the shrinking middle class links to the Pew Research income calculator.

I didn’t notice until the very end that this was written by Ethan Hawke: Kris Kristofferson: The Last Outlaw Poet (the allusion to Toby Keith instead of naming him – well, Toby can go kick rocks).

‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

The Science of Melting Cheese: Food science can explain why mozzarella melts like a dream while feta and ricotta don’t