Hello!
I’d wish to get to know all of you higher, however there are loads of you — and whereas I learn each e-mail you ship again, that’s not a really environment friendly (or achievable) solution to meet you all. Again in early 2019, I despatched the listing a survey of questions, some primary (like, the place do you reside) and a few enjoyable, like those under.
Effectively, 2019 was a very long time in the past, and I’m lengthy overdue for one more survey. I began writing it this week after which it occurred me — why not invite you to recommend some enjoyable questions? It may be one thing you’d wish to learn about your fellow readers, positive, however it can be one thing simply enjoyable to consider. It’s actually as much as you. Please shrink back from politics and maintain it family-friendly, although.
To submit a query, simply reply to this e-mail with the main points. Ideally, present reply selections too. Open-ended questions aren’t nice as a result of then I’ve to look by the entire solutions — I’d fairly be capable of auto-generate pie charts and the like.
My plan is to collect questions for the subsequent week and, time allowing, share the survey with you subsequent Friday. After which, per week or two after that, I’ll share all of the survey responses. Thanks!
Monday: The Discrimination Lawsuit That Led to a Discrimination Lawsuit: It took me a very long time to provide you with a superb title for this one.
Tuesday: The Longest Marriage Proposal?: Just a few readers prompt I additionally look into Strava artwork, which I hadn’t heard of earlier than. Listed here are two tales through readers Chris B. and Monica F., respectively: 13 unbelievable examples of Strava artwork and the Guinness File Strava velociraptor. (Strava, if you happen to’re not accustomed to it, is GPS-powered monitoring service for runners, hikers, and of specific observe, cyclists.)
Wednesday: How a Inventive Codebreaker Modified the Course of WWII: I actually appreciated the ingenuity proven right here.
Thursday: The Bridge Designed for Glass Holes: There is no such thing as a method I’d get on one in every of these bridges, even when the prank weren’t energetic.
Right here are some things it’s possible you’ll wish to try over the weekend:
1) “A Model-New Electrical Bus, No Cost. (That Was One Downside.)” (New York Instances, July 2024, 13 minutes). This can be a story about an electrical college bus and the way a small city in Nebraska reacted to receiving it, totally free. I’ve been desirous about this story all week — and I discover it typically optimistic and hopeful. The hyperlink is a present hyperlink, so that you don’t want a Instances account to learn it.
2) “The Arrow of Illness” (Uncover, 22 minutes, January 1992). The subhead: “When Columbus and his successors invaded the Americas, essentially the most potent weapon they carried was their germs. However why didn’t lethal illness movement within the different course, from the New World to the Previous?” The formatting of the article makes this a bit arduous to learn, and Uncover’s paywall seems typically for no discernable cause, however I hope you’re capable of learn this one.
3) “Why do individuals persecute metropolis pigeons?” (BBC, 9 minutes, June 2024). I lived in Manhattan for a decade and by no means actually minded the pigeons. I had no concept that individuals had been very anti-pigeon. The article warns on the prime that it “accommodates particulars and pictures that some readers could discover distressing,” so reader beware.
Have an amazing weekend!
Dan
