One Monkey, Seventeen Years

Weird Things You Learn About Food When You Garden at Last Word On Nothing by Laura Helmuth. Great gardening tips, and a satisfying turn at the end.

Ratfactor's Illustrated Guide to Folding Fitted Sheets by Dave Gauer. What it says on the tin, with charming illustrations.

What do we know about the Covid-19 virus five years on? by Rachel Hall. A brief summary of basic facts, reassuringly honest.

It’s been five years since the start of the Covid pandemic. Although most of the government mandates, from social distancing to face masks, have been consigned to the past, the virus is still prevalent – and capable of causing real harm.

Although it was initially forecast to become a seasonal illness, the virus is on the rise in the US – making it far from the common-cold-style winter illness that was expected.

Machine Learning—good and bad arguments against by Sandra. From a gut-level hatred of machine learning to an analysis of the arguments against it.

Wingfield Pines in Allegheny County, PA, is a restored wetlands. Good to hear about an environmental success!

It was formerly a site plagued by Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD); we were able to hire environmental engineer Bob Hedin to implement an aesthetically pleasing passive treatment system that visitors can walk through to watch the water transition from murky orange to natural, clean clear water flowing into Chartiers Creek.