Gus, The $20m Dinosaur

 

Image: Sothebys

Gus, one of the largest T. Rex skeletons,  is heading to Sotheby’s Auction House for their 2026 Geek Week. With bones representing 75-80% of the bone mass of his kind Gus is among the most complete T. Rex ever found. (Estimate: 20,000,000 - 30,000,000 USD)

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Klara And The Sun - Trailer

Klara and the Sun is based on the 2021 dystopian science fiction novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Jenna Ortega plays Klara, a solar-powered humanoid Artificial Friend who shows the capacity to care deeply but can the love we hold as humans be scientifically replicated?  It is written and directed by Academy-Award winner Taika Waititi.

Mitsubishi Delica Night Stand

The Mitsubishi Delica is a cult classic offroad minivan known for its clean, boxy design. Taiwan’s Mo & A integrates its signature rectangular taillight into a metal night stand. ($267.00+)

(The Awesomer)

Sawcycle or Bouncy Wheels?

 Constructive Chaos builds a better bicycle wheel.

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The Katy Universe

Katy went to a wedding and developed superpowers.

 

Via Memo Of The Air

The Fiend Of Dope Island (1961)

“A Caribbean island tale of dope-dealing. debauchery and gun-running that single-handedly defines the word lurid.”  

Artwork Of The Day

A Kite Flying Festival is a 19th century watercolour painting by an unknown Indian artist, housed in the Wellcome Collection in London.

Via Memo Of The Air

Philosophy Football

 

   Via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese

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Something For Father’s Day

 Via Duck Soup

Sunday Links

Plans are afoot to restore Furthur, the 1939 International Harvester school bus purchased by author Ken Kesey in 1964 to carry his "Merry Band of Pranksters" cross-country. It will be the centrepiece of a gallery in Golden Gate Park.  Via Memo Of The Air

Isometric NYC is a giant isometric pixel-art map of New York City (Via Tacky Raccoons)

Dad Band Bad Jokes

Japan's Emperor Hirohito could take a fan between his toes and fan himself, while simultaneously swimming. Link

How many people are in this group?

Do you want to go down a rabbit hole today? Check out this page. Via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese

Listen to a compilation of CanCon hits.

Once upon a time in the 1960s, an Asian boy and girl met at college. We’ll call them Henry and Mary. Henry is one of the thousands of adults Stanford University researchers have been tracking since 2017. A love story

The one mistake everyone makes with pancakes.

In the beginning the web was a place where people built websites about their cats, their favourite TV shows and their rock collections and there were no algorithms deciding what you’d see.  Early Web Links takes you back to those days. (Via Kraftfuttermischwerk)

Crow Bar

The Robin Hood Oak in Sherwood Forest has died. It was 1,200-1,400 years old. Link

The shortest passenger flight in the world takes just one minute. Link

Parakeet Submarine  Via everlasting blort

Ratflow NYC shows you where the rats are in real time.

“Wander to Wonder” was a children’s show starring three miniature actors. When the creator of the series dies, Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton  continue to make weird  episodes for their fans.

None of the countries that bordered Romania before World War 2 border it today. See the maps

In the end they’re just pixels but Otome boyfriends are better than the real ones. Via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese

“The weird unhinged stuff sells better and it's just more fun to make, lol.” The unhinged cake decorators at a Missoula Walmart have become local legends. (Via

Miss Cellania)

This 325 sq ft apartment  in Hong Kong makes use of every inch.

Do you remember when elevators were staffed? I do. Here are some photos of a charm school for “Elevator Girls” in the 1940s Via Memo Of The Air