Linkdump 10-04-2018

• Puffin beaks are fluorescent and we had no idea | CBC News 
  Disco puffins!
  (tags: awww science ornithology outside )
• Why did fans leave LiveJournal, and where will they go after Tumblr? | Slate 
  Because the RUSSIAN MAFIA. Although it's interesting to see that that isn't the sole cause, and the rise in Dreamwidth doesn't directly correlate with LJ's specific fuckups. I gots questions about some of the methodology here, but there's plenty that's interesting.
  (tags: fandom blogging socialmedia dataisbeautiful internet socialnetworking millennials #getoffmylawn )
• Why These Birds Carry Flames In Their Beaks | National Geographic 
  It'll be opposable thumbs next. Also: "firehawk raptors" wbaenfarb
  (tags: science ornithology anthropology outside )
• Why was Pinball removed from Windows Vista? | The Old New Thing 
  Document your code, folks.
  (tags: code computing tech nerd nostalgia )
• Fox News Accidentally Aired A Poll Proving Nobody Trusts Them | Woke Sloth 
  "That is not the graphic we are looking for. Take that down, please."
  (tags: news fuckwits journalism lies drumpf dataisbeautiful )
• The Sad Story of the Moriori, Who Learned to Live at the Edge of the World | Atlas Obscura 
  Fascinating social organization of these people. Pacifism worked out for them about as well as one might expect, but there's a glimmer of hopefulness towards the end.
  (tags: history anthropology )
• I Went to a Psychic Fair as a Skeptic to Figure Out Why People Like Having Their Fortunes Told | VICE 
  "a mini therapy session that leaves you with some peace and clarity of mind"
  (tags: woo psych perceptualpositioning )