Squid Links - Issue 6 21st May 2017

Spaaaaaaaaaace

Spaceships rendezvous as they sail into the sunset

Programming & Technology

Rejection Letter

Reality is stranger than fiction, and wouldn't ever get accepted as a story.

Cooking & Food

When Kale Can Kill You And Fast Food Can Save Your Life

Or: Why absolutes can be dangerous.

22 Supermarket Items You Should Leave on the Shelf (and What to Get Instead)

Humans

BULLSHIT!

Philosopher Harry Frankfurt on Bullshit, and its pervasiveness in our media culture.

Smartphones are the New Cigarettes

You can’t eat excuses

The Creative World’s Bullshit Industrial Complex

You Should Work Less Hours—Darwin Did

Longreads

I asked Tony Hawk if he would teach me how to ollie and he said yes

We are all Tony Hawk's children.

The Doomsday Scam

The myth of Red Mercury.

Unicorn Chaser

Paul Haine on Twitter: "Found that video of a horse playing with a squeaking rubber chicken you were all looking for https://t.co/FHbBPC38Cu"