Linkage

• Politico Playbook Parody: Civil War Playbook (New Republic) ROFL.
• Tom's Kitchen: Wine-Braised Beef Short Ribs (Mother Jones)
• These Really Exist: Giant Concrete Arrows That Point Your Way Across America Condé Nast Traveler

And here is about the clearest description of a synchronized (Synchromesh^®) manual transmission that I have yet seen.