23 Dec 24 Monday Briefing

An excellent Winter Solstice and a Merry Christmas to all

News Roundup

A spicy weekend for Singapore’s Post Office, a rather more tragic one for Magdeburg, Mr Sensitive Nice Guy is accused of sexual harassment and “astroturfing”, and a nice round-up of Winter Solstice throughout the ages, across cultures.

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Singapore’s very own stock market saga back in 1985, a bit of national lore I wasn’t even aware of until this CNA feature dropped.

A fascinating visual of how our body’s fascia is connected from tongue to foot (h/t Spouse™)

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‘Tis the season for overpriced sweet bread, apparently a “festive delicacy nobody likes” – fair enough.

On the topic of food… how about some toxic shrooms?

Ponder

RSS is not dead for me. I use Feedly to curate my news and media consumption, which in turn serves this newsletter, and still steadfastly refuse to pay for premium because I most certainly do not need AI to power anything. Long may this approach work.

In anticipation of my own best books I read in 2024, here’s Andrew Batson’s list.