Linkage

• How to Knife Throw: An Essential Guide to a Very Cool Skill (Field & Stream) News you can use.
• The End of Airbnb in New York (WIRED) They were basically monetizing the commons. Regulating the crap out of them is literally the least that should be done.
• Make the Wayback Machine the real internet (Tom Scocca) With Google enshittifying its search, historical data is being pulled, because ……… Reasons.  The Wayback Machine is essential.
• A Portrait of Tenochtitlan • 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec empire. (Thomas Kole) This is remarkable imagery.
• How to delete your Twitter history (The Verge) More news you can use.
• Zillow Is Rolling Out 1 Percent Down Payment for Home Purchases. It's a Stroke of Genius (Inc.com) No, it isn't.  Zillow has already flamed out in a real estate speculation project.  This will not end well.
• My Insanely Long Field Guide to the Fox29 Philadelphia (WTFX-TV) License Renewal Challenge. (Wetmachine) Noted Telco lawyer Harold Feld explains what is going on.  Short version is that the  Media and Democracy Project  is arguing that the management of Fox lack the moral integrity to own a station.  Unlikely, but interesting.
• My Horny Raccoon Roommate and Me (Hell Gate) An enthusiastically masturbatory raccoon has taken residence on his fire escape.
• Is nature a gigantic cat? (Shaun Usher) Musings on Nicolai Tesla, who was, ironically enough, crazier than Elon Musk.
• Caffeinated Cup Noodles for Gamers in Japan (Laughing Sauid) Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  Nope.  

I am not sure if I agree with this assessment of the B-17, but it is a fun, and profanity laced rant: