Anything you ever wanted to know about shoelaces, including many, many, many ways to tie them. (Ian’s Shoelace Site)

I didn’t know that Frances Perkins had personally witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. (“Letters from an American” newsletter, August 13, 2025. See also here.)

I’ve never seen a more accurate map of any European city I’ve ever visited. (ItchyFeetComic.com)

The lede: “A six-in-one vaccine is rolling out in low-income countries: here’s why it’s a game-changer.” Quote from article: “The combination vaccine protects against six diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), and poliomyelitis. It replaces the five-in-one pentavalent and inactivated polio vaccines (IPV), previously administered separately.” Thanks, Science! (h/t Fix the News)

Rembrandt through his own brush, from whining schoolboy to the lean and slippered pantaloon. Quote: “By the time Rembrandt painted Self Portrait Aged 51 Years, 1657 he was a changed man. The grief of losing his beloved wife in 1642 prevented him from painting for a whole two years, while he didn’t make another self-portrait for another ten years.” Great read. (h/t Kottke)

Quote for the day:

My friends, it is unselfish effort, helpfulness to others that ennobles life, not because of what it does for others but more for what it does for ourselves…In this spirit we should give not grudgingly,…but gladly, generously, eagerly, lovingly, joyfully, indeed with the supremest pleasure that life can furnish. —Julius Rosenwald

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