Linkage

• Why Do Banks Fail? Three Facts About Failing Banks (Liberty Street Economics) Pretty simple rules to follow.  It may not be definitive, but at least one, look out for banks that have suddenly skyrocketed, is a good rule of thumb.
  
• The World's Oldest Forest Is Here in the Hudson Valley (Hudson Valley Magazine) We are talking about a petrified forest dating back 386 million years.
• Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history (OPB) A bit of good news.
• For 300 Years, a Jewish Kingdom Flourished in Africa. This Israeli Archaeologist Set Out to Find It - Archaeology (Haaretz) It appears to have been located in what is now northern Ethiopia.
• New research shows younger and middle-aged adults have worse long COVID symptoms than older adults (Northwestern Medicine) So much for the, "It's only an old people thing."
• Why a Family ‘Fart Walk’ Should Be on Your Agenda This Thanksgiving (SELF) If it talks about farts, I covers it.
• Gene behind orange fur in cats found at last (AAAS) Unsurprisingly, it's on the X chromosome.

This video is fascinating, because (largely unintentionally, IMNSHO) the video maker is engaging in highly sophisticated ethnographic analysis while looking at food. To quote Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are."