{"id":1521,"date":"2020-07-01T10:46:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T15:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2020-07-27T09:21:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T14:21:56","slug":"links-for-july-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/?p=1521","title":{"rendered":"Links for July 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/when-americans-went-to-war-against-seat-belts-2020-5?utmSource=twitter&amp;utmContent=referral&amp;utmTerm=topbar&amp;referrer=twitter\">Before face masks, Americans went to war against seat belts<\/a>. by Daniel Ackerman.  And the pro-smoking movement.      <br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/.premium-jordan-peterson-s-barrage-of-revisionist-falsehoods-on-hitler-and-nazism-1.8955174\">Exposing Jordan Peterson\u2019s Barrage of Revisionist Falsehoods About Hitler and Nazism<\/a> by Mikael Nilsson<br>&#8220;Jordan Peterson, YouTube psychology guru and right-wing cult figure, talks a lot about Hitler, WWII and Nazism \u2013 in lectures riddled with alarming errors, spurious analogies and a strange reluctance to use the word &#8216;Holocaust.&#8217; This is why his constant misinformation matters.&#8221;<br><br><a href=\"http:\/\/ronja.twibright.com\/optar\/\">Twibright Optar<\/a><br>A codec for encoding data on paper or free software 2D barcode in other words. Optar fits 200kB on an A4 page.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/www.apartmentlist.com\/research\/july-housing-payments\"><br>Missed Payment Rate Hits New High of 32 Percent in July<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/strange-animals\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=organic\">22 Strange Animals<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/meteor-impact-leaves-giant-crater-in-africa-creates-ejecta-blast-zone\">Meteor Impact Leaves Giant Crater in Africa, Creates Ejecta Blast Zone<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/914220\/conservative-victimhood-complex-made-america-impossible-govern\">Conservative victimhood complex has made America impossible to govern<\/a>. by Ryan Cooper<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phalpern\/status\/1278412684011110403\">CERN&#8217;s obsolete particle detectors<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2017\/06\/27\/ways-to-stay-motivated-in-this-shit-shellacked-era-of-epic-stupid\/\">Ways To Stay Motivated In This Shit-Shellacked Era Of Epic Stupid<\/a> by Chuck Wendig<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/vorticwatches.com\/blogs\/the-vortic-blog\/railroad-grade-pocket-watches\">Railroad Grade lever set pocket watches<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/mb.nawcc.org\/threads\/bookreview-humbert-modern-calendar-watches-2007.36180\/\">Modern Calendar Watches<\/a> by Humbert (Bernard)<br>&#8220;For half a century one of the most widely used text and reference book on how to service, adjust and repair the calendar mechanisms in 20th century watches has been \u201cModern Calendar Watches\u201d by B. Humbert. This book was published in 1954 in English as part of a trilogy by Scriptar, then publisher of the \u201cJournal Suisse d\u2019Horlogerie&#8221; but has been out of print for over 25 years. It is the companion volume to \u201cThe Chronograph &#8211; Its Mechanism and Repair\u201d (ca.1955, republished 1990) and to \u201cSwiss Self-Winding Watches\u201d (1956, now out of print), all by the same author.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/birds-of-america\">Hi-rez images of John James Audubon&#8217;s <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/birds-of-america\">Birds of America<\/a><\/em><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silverpoint\">Silverpoint<\/a> and metalpoint drawing<br><br>Home automation \/ security controller, open source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.home-assistant.io\/\">Home Assistant<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/babbler\/2020\/07\/21\/john-oliver-on-covid-19-conspiracy-theories-non-fiction\/\">John Oliver on COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_drink\">Cassina or yaupon tea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/explore\/item\/the-forgotten-drink-that-caffeinated-north-america-for-centuries?utm_source=pocket-newtab\">Atlas Obscura<br><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2020-07-15\/the-design-history-of-athens-iconic-apartments?utm_source=pocket-newtab\">Behind the Accidentally Resilient Design of Athens Apartments<\/a>: Athens polikatoikias \u2014 concrete apartments with tiered balconies \u2014 were built quickly to create affordable housing, but their design has stood the test of time. by Feargus O&#8217;Sullivan<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before face masks, Americans went to war against seat belts. by Daniel Ackerman. 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