Today's harvest of links<p>
<a href="https://worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-log5.htm">WorldWideWords 'loggerhead'</a>
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<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/16/obituary-viral-renay-mandel-corren-texas">'The bawdy, fertile, redheaded matriarch has kicked it'</a>: son's hilarious obituary goes viral<p>
<a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=anq1962">American Notes and Quesries</a> 1966-68 and <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=anq1941">1942-1950</a>
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<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-close-read-of-the-beatles-in-get-back">A close read of the Beatles in "Get Back"</a>
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<a href="http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2021/12/16/how-to-be-happy/">What is Reality, The Meaning of Life & How to Be Happy</a> (Rudy Rucker)
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<a href="https://gen.medium.com/give-me-slack-b4e88a007dbf">Give Me Slack</a> (Cory Doctorow)
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<a href="https://hipcrime.substack.com/p/hunter-gatherers-and-health-part-053">Hunter-Gatherers and Health - Part 7</a> (Hipcrime Vocab)
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<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/12/omicron-breakthrough-vaccine-testing/621014/">Don't Be Surprised When You Get Omicron</a> (Yasmin Tayag)
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<a href="https://marker.medium.com/fintech-is-a-scam-a-listicle-in-eight-parts-7b6161f3a35a">Fintech Is a Scam</a>: A Listicle in Eight Parts</a> (Cory Doctorow)
<blockquote>Thank "financialization," the subordination of the real economy &mdash; the economy that makes and delivers the things we need &mdash; to the financial economy, a global high-stakes casino where wanton destruction of businesses and lives can be a path to unimaginable wealth and power.
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Financialization has infected every sector of our economy. No matter who you are, there’s a casino game for you. But as with every casino, the only way to win is to own the casino, not to play the games. We're all the proverbial suckers at the table.</blockquote>
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