Sunday, January 04, 2026

Sunday LInks

Image credit: Fabrizio Villa / Getty - The Atlantic

TYWKIWDBI posted this wonderful aerial photo (above) of Enna, a hill town in the centre of Sicily. We stayed there for a few days many years ago The views were spectacular but the roads in and out were terrifying,


I hope you didn’t get a bloodworm for Christmas but if you did  this how you should care for your new pet. You’re welcome and good luck with that. (Tacky Raccoons)

New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”

The tragic story of Evelyn McHale (Via Things Magazine)

 I can’t imagine myself having to reset a door but I think this is very clever Via Memo Of The Air


The New Yorker has digitized its magazine archive going back to 1925. For the first time, every cover, article, and issue in the magazine’s hundred-year history can be enjoyed.



Cruel horoscopes for 1979 Apparently I was a cheap bastard/bitch. How about you?


Margaret and Frances Macdonald were sisters who pioneered Scottish Art Nouveau in art and design. While attending the Glasgow School of Art they met their husbands, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Herbert McNair, and formed The Group Of Four. I discovered their work on my trips to Glasgow.

Shittr: The restaurant map your gut needs.


In 1987, as an envoy for the Church of England, Waite travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages He was himself kidnapped and held captive for four years. The Voyage of Terry Waite's Clogs  Via Things Magazine

POV: AI GF A short story.


Saturday, January 03, 2026

Instant money!

ATMs arrived in Australia in 1969. You could get a  maximum of $25.00 and the card would be returned to the customer after the bank had processed the transaction.


A Tale Of Two Singapores

I was fascinated by this story. As Singapore imports sand for urban expansion, a ghost town bearing its name lies buried underneath sand on the other side of the world. 

Field of Vision - Sandcastles 

Happy Caturday

“On the Hunt" 


Jef Bourgeau, American Painter (b.1950)

Thursday, January 01, 2026

Impossible Maladies

Loosely inspired by 18th-century satirical engravings that revelled in the public’s mistrust of medicine, the film delights in the body’s unknowability, treating illness as both mystery and farce. 


The Whoppers of 2025

Donald Trump has been a regular on FactCheck.org’s  end-of-year list of the most egregious and noteworthy falsehoods and distortions.



National Geographic Pictures of the Year 2025

These spectacular photographs were chosen from thousands of images made by National Geographic photographers all around the world.

Photograph by George Steinmetz

Every 144 years, India plays host to the world’s largest gathering, the Mahakumbh Mela, a religious festival held at the sacred confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati Rivers. More than 400 million Hindu pilgrims live in a temporary metropolis constructed for the occasion.

Photograph by Stephen Wilkes

Over the course of one action-packed day, photographer Stephen Wilkes watched animals charge toward a meager water hole at the height of extreme drought in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.


See many more: National Geographic