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The return of the midday open thread, for today, anyway [1]
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Date: 2022-12-25
The last full moon of the year, also known as a cold moon, is seen as it hides behind El Avila National Park in Caracas, on December 9, 2022.
Old-timers around here will remember the lunchtime/coffee break/mid-afternoon distraction that was the midday open thread. Really old-timers will remember its predecessor, plain old open thread, the automated prompt to talk amongst yourselves and provide filler for when the front-pagers were all in our outside day jobs and could sneak away to post. It’s astounding how things have changed.
I’m okay with that, actually, but with a minor exception. We used to take turns compiling the midday post, which we always called the “linky,” because it was always a collection of stuff we found interesting, or thought-provoking, or funny, uplifting, whatever. I still find myself hoarding tabs of this esoterica with no place to put it.
These days it’s often archeological stuff that grabs me. On a tip from Mark Sumner, mcmom and I pandemic binged on Time Team, the U.K. series in which a team of archeologists, environmental scientists, historians, and the like explored the mysteries just under the plow soil of that history-packed island—and had just three days to do it! (Yes, I’m all in on the reboot as a Patreon, because I owe it to them for providing such a great distraction from the COVID nightmare.
Anyway, this linky might be a little heavy on that side of things, but feel free to add your own random thoughts, sparks, and musings. (But do not jump in with a first comment of “first.” Do people still do that anywhere?)
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