Wednesday assorted links

1. The culture that is New Jersey.

2. The etymology of splooting.

3. “In this cohort study of 3191 patients with e-scooter or bicycle injuries, e-scooter injuries commonly occurred at nighttime and involved young adults who were not helmeted and most often intoxicated.”  Link here.

4. Astaire-Reynolds.

5. The story of solo McCartney, volume I of a new biography.

6. The Japanese government is encouraging alcohol consumption, in a bid to boost tax revenue (FT).

7. Bitcoin’s longest-serving Lead Maintainer quits, naming no successor.