Friday links

November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day: God preserved us from the "secret contrivance and hellish malice of Popish Conspirators". Also on November 5th this year, Daylight Saving Time ends: here's DST history (including Ben Franklin's proposal), stories and video.

Inside the NSA’s For-Sale Spy Town.

What Happens When You Enter the Witness Protection Program?

Sick of politics? 2016 version of the annual Parents Tell Their Kids They Ate All Their Halloween Candy.

Hijacking the remote control: a new way to take down drones, and it doesn’t involve shotguns.

Would you visit a robot gynecologist?

ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and are all Halloween related: costumes, candy, history, movies, music, witches, werewolves and more.

Roasting a turkey with a drone mounted flamethrower

One of the many potential uses for drones - this is excellent, although I can see that there's a lot of potential for collateral fire damage:

via Ace.

Related links:

Manly Ways to Prepare Turkey. 

Video: Watch this guy cook a turkey using Lamborghini exhaust fire.

Friday links

Dr. Samuel Johnson was born on this date in 1709: here's a selection of his insults and Scotland-bashing quotes.

25 Unusual Foreign Travel Warnings for Visiting the U.S.

This Father Pulled Out His Daughter’s Wobbly Tooth With A Drone.

Hormone Guide: How to Speak to Women.

Harvard linguist points out the 58 most commonly misused words and phrases.

Close Calls: Three Times When the Human Race Barely Escaped Extinction.

ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and include a selection of really bad book covers (and books), the world's longest (700 miles) yard sale, 10 and 8 year old Seattle girls who launched their own spacecraft, and footage of an 800K gallon Jim Beam spill 1. hit by lightning then 2. sucked into the air by a tornado.