Linkage

• More actors shot into space than Space Force personnel: Report (Duffelblog) Satire, but also completely true.
• Missing Cat Found Twice His Original Size After Living In A Pet Food Factory For 14 Months (Aubtu) The cat got lost was a 9 month old Norwegian Forest Cat, and given that Norwegian Forest Cats are ancestors of Main Coons, which means big and slow growers, it probably ain't all fat.
• It's Awfully Convenient for Shippers that Longshore Workers Get Blamed for Delays, As Contract Fight Looms (Labor Notes) Yes, very convenient.
• Fascine Mattresses: Basketry Gone Wild (Alternate Link) (LOW-TECH MAGAZINE) Woven twig mats, used in Holland for centuries, effectively support shorelines and constrain erosion.
• WE’VE SEEN THE ULTIMATUM, WHAT IS THE “OR ELSE”? (Russia Observer) A decent listing of options for NATO/ the west over a potential conflict over the Ukraine.(I think that he overstates Russian military capabilities, though)
• Russia was our Cold War enemy. But why do we still treat it like the evil empire now? (Washington Post) The answer to this question is simple: Because too many people in the USA make too much money and achieve too much status by maintaining hostilities.
• Mass representative democracy (interfluidity) A suggestion to drastically reduce the size of Congressional districts to get more effective representation.  Ignore the block chain, and it's an interesting read.
• Political suicide (White Hot Harlots) It's about the Biden administration's policies. Money quote, "Here’s what Actual Reparations entail: the token diversification of the elite castes in Democratic politics and other liberal-dominated arenas along with a few thousand sinecures for the race stooges who worked dutifully in 2016-2020 to ensure that banks and pharmaceutical companies shall never feel unsafe."
• Last Known Slave Ship, Clotilda, Is Remarkably Well Preserved, Researchers Say (New York Times) Time to get your archeological geek on.

 Have an Alton Brown recipe: