You've surely burned through my previous links, and are hungry for more!  Well, here they are.

Fun little interview with Daniel Mendelsohn on how he’s holding up in the pandemic.  

Evidence of the earliest bow and arrow use outside of Africa, from almost 50,000 years ago, found in Sri Lanka.  

A study of the rise of the “policed society” in the nineteenth century.  Illuminating.  

The Pomodoro technique!  For time management, it’s a really useful thing.  Key feature: once you begin a session (about 25 minutes), you’re not allowed to interrupt it.   

A nice critique of the very modern, and quite enchanting, idea of “disenchantment”.  

“We tell stories because we must. And the source of that must isn’t talent or knowledge or the authenticity that derives from research and lived experience. It’s mystery. What we don’t understand is what beckons to us.”  Richard Russo, making the case for the freedom of the imagination to explore where it will, “cultural appropriation” be damned.  

Brief reflection on the f-word.  By which phrase I mean “fascism.”  

Good piece (from June) on how things are changing in US opinion. Shockingly large jump of support for BLM. But will it last? It may not be quite as fickle as some other changes (like support for gun control in the wake of Parkland). Read for yourself--really rich.