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.
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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)
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