Thursday, April 19, 2018

Miss Cellania's Links

Superman at 80: The Real Values of the Man of Steel. Action Comics #1000 celebrates the anniversary by reminding us of what the superhero is all about.

How Dog Poop Led to Me Cleaning Out a Meth House. An amazing story. (via Metafilter)

North Carolina’s Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park and Museum. Detour your next road trip to enjoy this whimsical attraction.

In Closed-Door UN Meetings, Trump Administration Officials Pushed Abstinence For International Women’s Health Programs. The rest of the world thinks we've lost our marbles.

The Rise and Fall of the Hormel Girls, Who Sold America on SPAM. The drum and bugle corps made the act of eating canned meat feel patriotic.

What It's Like To Be Latino In the U.S. The hyphen makes life difficult on both sides.

A Real-life Lord of the Flies: the Troubling Legacy of the Robbers Cave Experiment. Muzafer Sherif manipulated boys at summer camp to hate each other in the 1950s, but they only learned the truth as elderly men.

Ten Superstitions of Writers and Artists. They must have worked, since all these people became famous. (via Everlasting Blort)

5 Reasons Growing Old In 2018 Is A Total Nightmare.

19 Secrets of Public Librarians.

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