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Wed. 12/08 - Cleaning Hacks From Victorians
Cleaning advice from nineteenth century housekeepers. An upcoming feminist retelling of 1984. How to watch the Geminid meteor shower next week. And MST3K is officially coming back next year.
Sponsors:
- GiveWell, Have your donation matched up to $250 by entering Kottke Ride Home at check out at GiveWell.org
Links:
Milk for Floors, Bread for Walls: 19th-Century Cleaning Tips for the Modern Era (NY Times)
Spring Cleaning the Old-Fashioned Way (English Heritage)
The Domestic Revolution by Ruth Goodman
The Difference Between Disinfecting and Sanitizing, According to the CDC (LifeHacker)
Feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four approved by Orwell’s estate (The Guardian)
Sandra Newman is writing a feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four. (Literary Hub)
A ‘feminist retelling’ of George Orwell’s 1984 is in the works (Polygon)
Geminids: You need to watch the fiery fragments of an asteroid fall to Earth (Inverse)
In Depth | Geminids – NASA Solar System Exploration (NASA)
What's Up: Skywatching Tips from NASA (NASA) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
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Cleaning advice from nineteenth century housekeepers. An upcoming feminist retelling of 1984. How to watch the Geminid meteor shower next week. And MST3K is officially coming back next year.
Sponsors:
- GiveWell, Have your donation matched up to $250 by entering Kottke Ride Home at check out at GiveWell.org
Links:
Milk for Floors, Bread for Walls: 19th-Century Cleaning Tips for the Modern Era (NY Times)
Spring Cleaning the Old-Fashioned Way (English Heritage)
The Domestic Revolution by Ruth Goodman
The Difference Between Disinfecting and Sanitizing, According to the CDC (LifeHacker)
Feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four approved by Orwell’s estate (The Guardian)
Sandra Newman is writing a feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four. (Literary Hub)
A ‘feminist retelling’ of George Orwell’s 1984 is in the works (Polygon)
Geminids: You need to watch the fiery fragments of an asteroid fall to Earth (Inverse)
In Depth | Geminids – NASA Solar System Exploration (NASA)
What's Up: Skywatching Tips from NASA (NASA) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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