Welcome fall
Hit and Miss #420
Hello! The change of season feels solidly here, but looking forward to formally welcoming the fall tomorrow. Full weekend of visiting still ahead, so just the links this week.
- “Resurrecting ice age ponds” is the best subtitle for an article. From how they find the old ponds—historical maps, place names, and satellite imagery—to the process of recreating the ponds—including a few words from the excavator operator—it’s all a delight.
- Jeffrey Zeldman elegantly captures how the “who cares era“ shows up in the modern medical system. While US-twinged, there’s a lot here that rings true elsewhere.
- Gina Trapani on how she spent time on sabbatical.
- Winnie Lim on conceiving exercise not as “improving” your body, but as maintaining it—as building the capacity for whatever your day throws at you.
- “Consistency” as a trap in legal writing, and in praise instead of “humanist legal drafting”.
- June Chow shares the inadvertent discovery that a series of microfilm reels crucial to Chinese-Canadian history were set to be destroyed, with no apparent justification.
All the best for the week ahead!
Lucas