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Posted on December 3, 2019 by jjn1

• 52 things I learned in 2019 Fascinating: by Tom Whitwell.
• ‘Distracted walking’: Should it be made illegal? Yes! Smombies are a danger to themselves and others.
• The Internet Archive Is Making Wikipedia More Reliable Wow! Thanks to a new initiative by the Internet Archive, you can click the name of a cited book and see a two-page preview of the work, so long as the citation specifies a page number. You can also borrow a digital copy of the book, so long as no else has checked it out, for two weeks—much the same way you’d borrow a book from your local library. Wikipedia was one of the great ideas of the 20th century. So was the Internet Archive. Now they’re joining forces. Which is why I donate regularly to support Wikipedia. You?