Marco Arment via marco.org:

‘My break from Mastodon has been a relief in some ways, as I’ve felt increasing divergence between what I wanted and what I was getting from it, but I didn’t know where else to go.

Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are all more video-broadcast platforms than communities. All I’ve found on Bluesky is even more anger and politics, the last things I need or want. Threads hasn’t yet stuck for me, and it’s owned by an asshole. Twitter was an amazing product and community that was previously owned by assholes, and now it’s X, which has a strong but different tech community, and is owned by different assholes.

So I’ve just been… nowhere, for the first time since the 1990s….’

Miss Cellania via Neatorama:

‘Borley Rectory was once known as the most haunted house in England. A rectory is a home for a priest or clergyman, and this one was built for the Anglican parish of Borley, Essex, specifically for Reverend Henry Dawson Ellis Bull along with his wife and 14 children. Built in 1862, Borley Rectory was the home of four different priests, three of them from the same family. For the entire 80+ years the rectory existed, it was the scene of supposedly paranormal encounters.

These encounters included ghostly apparitions, poltergeist activities, strange sounds, fires, written messages, and spirits contacted by seances. These tales were first just spoken accounts passed along, but with the rise of radio and other technology, Borley Rectory became famous for its hauntings. That was due to paranormal investigator Harry Price, who began looking into the rectory in 1929 and followed through for years, going as far as renting the house after the last rector left. The story sparked a new media sensation of paranormal investigation as entertainment….’

Holyn Thigpen via Atlas Obscura:

‘From Key West’s Robert the Doll to Mexico City’s Island of the Dolls, these haunted, headless, and thoroughly unsettling playthings will never make anyone’s wish list….’

Jake Currie via Nautilus:

‘Your brain is talking to your skeleton, and more than you probably realize. For example, doctors have long noticed something odd about people with traumatic brain injuries—their bones heal faster. When some brain cells are damaged, they release vesicles filled with proteins that travel to the bone stem cells and stimulate growth. Naturally, researchers began to wonder: If damaged brains can heal bones, can bones heal damaged brains?…’

Neel Dhanesha via Vox:

‘The midterms are packed with ballot measures that could dramatically affect natural spaces….’