Nerd Catalogue

A digest of interesting links, edifying videos, and thoughtful readings.

[localgoblinlad]

a little guide circa the 15th century

edit: for those who are curious here is the museum page for this suit of armor with more info and photos sorry it is in german (I cant read it either bc alas I only really speak american)

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[littlequeentrashmouth]

The USDA’s gardening zones shifted. This map shows you what’s changed in vivid detail

There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden.

Fucking killer story map from NPR. A+++

[alfa-lima-limon]

This is fantastic!

[mikkeneko]

One important takeaway from this article, if you're a gardener, is that there's a corresponding Heat Zone Map put together by the American Horticultural Society that isn't widely known.

With tools like the USDA plant hardiness map, we typically only consider low winter temperatures as the primary metric by which we determine

They're trying to implement this info more in the Hardiness Zone map, but trying to account for too many factors in a single metric runs the risk of muddling the metric, so it's worth considering them separately.

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The Biggest Lie in Hollywood | Technicolor

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Why don't "tough" and "dough" rhyme? - Arika Okrent

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Psychiatrist Answers Mental Health Questions From Twitter | Tech Support...

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Notably, while they urge liberals not to criticize the left, they do not make any similar demand that leftists withhold criticism of liberalism. The requirements of factional quietude run one way. There’s a reason why the catchprase is “don’t punch left,” rather than “don’t punch anybody left of center.”

(via In Defense of Punching Left)

[mapsontheweb]

U.S. States with Cities Over 250,000 People

California and Texas Each Have More Than 10 Cities With 250k People

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Rogue Wave or Human Error: What Sunk The Infamous SS Edmund Fitzgerald? ...

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Why Do Experts Always Defend Language Mistakes

Dr. Geoff Lindsey explains why Linguistics is descriptive rather than prescriptive.

[laughingsquid]

A Depth Comparison of Underground Structures

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What Happened to Appendectomies?

[jkottke]

The Metaphysically Science-ish Drawings of Daniel Martin Diaz. I really like the infographic quality of these.

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The Eugenics Crusade | Full Documentary | American Experience | PBS

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Twilight | ContraPoints

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After 34 Years, Someone Finally Beat Tetris

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Why can't robots check the box that says 'I'm not a robot'? | WTFAQ | AB...