Tue. 08/10 - A New Carnivorous Flower CAPTCHAs Its Prey

Why are CAPTCHA’s so frustrating and, in a way, so grim and disconcerting? Plus, botanists have identified the first carnivorous plant in twenty years, but don’t go calling it Audrey III just yet. And, a new development in the McFlurry Cold War.
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Why CAPTCHA Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing (Clive Thompson)

How to Solve Captchas—and Why They've Gotten So Hard (Wired)

1st Carnivorous Plant Identified In 20 Years Grows Near Vancouver (NPR)

This Flower Hides a Secret: It’s Actually a Carnivore (New York Times)

A Carnivorous Plant Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight in North America Triantha occidentalis is picky (Gizmodo)

McFlurry Machine Maker At the Center of Right-to-Repair Fight (Gizmodo)

Why the McFlurry Machine Company Just Got Hit With a Restraining Order (Motherboard)

Did the Company That Makes McFlurry Machines Get Hit with a Restraining Order? (Snopes)

Fri. 04/23 - A McShake Up: The Battle Over McDonald's Ice Cream Machines (Kottke Ride Home)
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