Tuesday July 14 Links and Banter
And a happy Bastille Day to those who celebrate
And we're back to the regular order of things. Dammit. Let's get to it.
Paging my fellow I Cheerfully Refuse readers. Yeah, we're starting off a little bleak today.
‘Corpse Point’ In the Arctic Is Melting, Disturbing Centuries-Old Bodies
Whalers buried in the Norwegian Arctic in the 1600s and 1700s are thawing out of the permafrost, underscoring the threat of climate change to archaeological sites around the world.
Becky Ferreira
That's a bit better. Let's talk historical punts!
Today’s Tidbit... Advances in Fumbles and Muffs
Football encouraged risktaking by distinguishing fumbles and muffs, and not allowing defenses from advancing fumbles.
Football Archaeology
The Woke Marxist Chicago Pope cited LOTR while shitting on AI. Yeah, he's a White Sox fan, but ... am I Catholic now?
Pope invokes Gandalf as he issues AI warning
The Pope invoked Gandalf, a wizard from The Lord of the Rings series, as he warned that AI was transforming the nature of war and must be subject to the strictest ethical constraints.
Nick Squires
I would never take several free samples via false pretenses. Never.
I’ll Take This Costco Sample, but Only So I Can Make an Informed Purchasing Decision
“I hardly ever do this. I have not, nor would I ever, wander this cavernous warehouse in search of free handouts. No, my breath stinks of chicken pot sticker…
Tyler Gooch
