Weekly Links 26-21

* the hidden cassettes — Excerpts from secret recordings her dad made, click the What?! for Emily’s explanation. For something inherently unpleasant, these are charming.1 * My Life as a Sex Worker at a Nevada Brothel — Interesting2 * What is PCOS, what are the symptoms and treatment, and why is it being renamed PMOS? (IA) — The Guardian * PCOS Is Officially Renamed, After Decades of Misinformation — ScienceAlert * Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, the new name for polycystic ovary syndrome: a multistep global consensus process — The Lancet * Some Women Are Obsessively Testing Their Vaginas to Optimize Them — I suspect that the less seriously someone has been taken by the medical establishment, the more attractive home tests like this will seem. Personally, I can also see the “for funsies” appeal. * What Not Having Mental Imagery Implies for Psychoanalysis, Trauma, and Our Sense of Self1 — I have aphantasia, I see nothing, and I also have mild face blindness, and a terrible autobiographical memory, so this was interesting (if a little therapisty for me). * Sloth — See all open files, directories, sockets, pipes, and devices in use by all running processes. (macOS) * Piggy Bag & Duckie Bag Sewing Patterns — So cute! * House of Kimono sewing patterns — Wanna sew a kimono? * FULU-Foundation's fork of OrcaSlicer-bambulab — I wonder how litigious BambuLabs are going to be? * Open Press Project — A teeny-weeny 3D printed printing press! * Dette er Norges eldste hus — Norway's oldest house (so far) appears to be about 850 years old! * Star Trek Title Card Generator — SO FUN! * this To that — How to stick this to that, or that other thing! Links found via my RSS feeds, Mastodon, The Browser, and general internetting. 1. via Kottke↩ 2. via Longreads↩