Thu. 09/10 - How Where You Live Determines Your Personality

<p><strong><em>The big, underlying reason why so many items were tough to find at the start of the pandemic, and why some may still be for a long time to come. The sea anemones who grow extra tentacles when they eat too much. The psychological makeup of mountain-dwellers in the US still matches that of wild west pioneers, a study finds. And the offbeat candy canes that the internet can’t get enough of.</em></strong></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://slate.com/business/2020/09/covid-beer-sanitizer-shortage-supply-chains-six-months-in.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The real reason there was a beer, sanitizer, yeast, and pasta shortage in the pandemic.</a> (Slate)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/science/sea-anemones-arms.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">After a Feast, These Sea Anemones Grow More Arms</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/wild-west-mentality-lingers-in-us-mountain-regions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Wild West’ mentality lingers in US mountain regions</a> (Cambridge)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/the-american-frontier-lives-on-in-the-mindset-of-mountain-dwellers-scientists-say" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Where You Live in The US Is Linked to Certain Personality Traits, Study Finds</a> (Science Alert)</li><li><a href="https://mcphee.com/collections/candy-canes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Candy Canes</a> (Archie McPhee) </li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kottke.Org</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackson Bird on Twitter</a></li></ul><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-