By: Revanche

Good Things Friday (391) and Link Love

August 28, 2026

1. Yes, we don’t love Amazon but if we must have it (as we do for charitable giving and direct aid): Magic & Mystery original series!

This is absolutely sick: The electric shock gloves ICE is spending up to $20 million on are already being given to police officers in Omaha public schools

And this is creepy: AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive.
Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.

When Kitchens Worked: The Rise and Fall of Functional Kitchens

Holy crap: Diagnostic dilemma: Doctors performed surgery to remove a mass in a woman’s gut ‪—‬ and a bug-like creature immediately jumped out

More things I didn’t know: Core memory weavers and Navajo women made the Apollo missions possible

Wow I guess it’s not just our payroll department that’s dumber than dirt and lazier than a comatose rodent! The number of times I’ve had to remind them that underpaying and late payments carry penalties felt unusual considering your job is to pay the payroll!

These people are scrambled in ways that are hard to explain: Before an emergency hearing, the Kennedy Center’s board threatens to demolish it

Dolly Parton dies aged 80 — researchers celebrate her contributions to science

Loving Dolly Was Easy. Understanding Her Was Hard.

Some Extended Reading and Listening on Dolly Parton