Haggis pakora has been described as a "highly improbable Indo-Caledonian alliance making use of the Scots' most potent culinary weapons: sheep pluck (heart, liver and lungs) and deep-fat frying."
Wikipedia entry for haggis pakora
Submitted by Chris.
For a computer scientist to write sympathetically about COBOL is an act bordering on heresy.
“The Relationship Between COBOL and Computer Science”, Ben Schneiderman
Uber Boat by Thames Clippers inherited the name from a neighbouring development, which continues to brand its bricks with references to the transatlantic slave trade.
Rachelle Ferron as quoted in a Guardian article about the re-naming of Plantation Wharf Pier
Submitted by Justin.
Thirsty work, pillaging.
“We’re eating goose!”, Malcolm Gaskill for the London Review of Books
These photos spread on social media over the weekend like measles in west Texas, and the Pirates were quick to issue a groveling apology.
“Baseball Stuff I’m Depressed About”, Molly Knight for her newsletter The Long Game
Submitted by Ron.
This map, incredibly, is sometimes called ‘The Dutch Beaver Derivative.’
“The Original Beaver Map and Its Legacy”, Swann Auction Galleries
Submitted by Roger. Another strong contender for perfect in this post:
So confounded by the beaver were Europeans that the rodent was classified as a fish by the church.
If I look at red-chip art for too long, it makes me feel like I’ve stood too close to a microwave.
“Forget Blue-Chip Art. It’s a ‘Red-Chip’ Art World Now”, Annie Armstrong for artnet
PS: we had a typo in one of the industries, instead of “Nuclear Warheads” it should have been “Support Activities for agriculture and forestry.”
Someone at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond as quoted in a blog post for the Financial Times
Submitted by Chris.
In short, it’s bad among everybody, except for me and my friends, because we are doing historical materialism.
Louis Althusser in a letter, 1969
Via an Instagram meme account, so I question the veracity (also it’s presumably translated from French) but it has a hilarious ecstatic truth to it.
There's a quantifiable, detectable hazard of living next to Dipteryx oleifera (Tonka Bean Trees)
“Tropical tree in Panama has evolved to kill its 'enemies' with lightning”, Jacklin Kwan for LiveScience
Submitted by yuva.
But the sickness infecting modern kitchen design is not limited to the five boroughs, and more often, bigger just means blander, and luxury is shorthand for kitchen islands the size of minivans and styling that suggests either a minimalist tomb or a farmhouse in the throes of hagiography.
Rebecca Flint Marx for the Eater newsletter Dining In
Submitted by Melissa, with this runner-up:
It’s difficult to imagine people cooking in these spaces, in part because they seem too immaculate, in part because their smart appliances look like they’re programmed to kill you if you spill anything.
honestly this foyer is big enough to see adaptive reuse as an indoor waterpark
“simulacra for bootlickers”, McMansion Hell
Submitted by Anne.
On the other hand, Nevada is one of the nation's most crudely transactional states (and it's got the convicted elected officials to show for it), and this seems to present opportunities for, well, Nevada-style shenans.
April 11 edition of The Daily Current, newsletter of Nevada Current, Hugh Jackson
Submitted by Erik.