Monday, June 08, 2026
Artwork Of The Day
Kobayashi Kiyochika - A whale and three fish sitting down to a formal dinner of Russian sailors, 1904 or 1905.
Via Duck Soup
That Dirty 30's Ditty
“A singing crooner guides us through a Depression-era city filled with ghosts, baby-faced gangsters, giant apes, impossible factories, dancing cows, and anthropomorphic everything.”
By Adventures In Sacred Cows.
Jellyfish
A stunningly beautiful jellyfish (Crossota sp.) spotted by an ROV at a depth of 2.3 miles near the Mariana Trench. 📽️: NOAA OER
— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience.bsky.social) June 4, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It
This is the oldest surviving successful aerial photograph, shot in October 1860 by James Wallace Black from a hot-air balloon 1,200 feet over Boston.
Sunday, June 07, 2026
Shrey Parikh, an eighth grader from Rancho Cucamonga, California, speaks faster than I can think. He won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling a record-setting 32 words in 90 seconds during a rare lightning-round spell-off.
Via Memo of The Air
Sunday Links
The LEGO Architecture Sagrada Familia is officially the largest LEGO building set ever made. Finished, it stands 62 cm tall. Inside, a stained glass effect replicates the way light moves through the real basilica.
Headlines I attribute my skill at this game to being old enough to have lived through most of the headlines described. via Web Curios
The 100 Greatest Bird Names of All Time. Snoring Rail, Morepork, Bare-Faced-Go-Away-Bird? Via Kottke
Mumbai’s Disappearing Dabbawallas: A tradition that was once synonymous with the pace of the city now risks being left behind by it. Via Tacky Raccoons
This post of pups in glowing slippers is guaranteed to make your day a little brighter.
This paraglider had to think quickly when hit by a sightseeing plane. Via Memo Of The Air
I shopped at Costco yesterday and this article captures my bulk-buying experience to a T : “It is a place with no outside source of light, randomized reward experiences (part of what’s termed “variable reward frequency,” a central tenet of gambling psychology), and an internal sense of economics that makes it startlingly easy to lose track of money.”
A penguin elevator Via everlasting blort
Foodguessr is a game of food and geography styled after Geoguessr where the player identifies a food by location.Searchable Attenborough Sir David Attenborough just turned 100. In recognition of his brilliant career and life, here’s everything he’s ever worked on, in one place. via Web Curios
A particularly dangerous whale disentanglement.
“Beneath the layers of thatch, a feud is simmering among England’s tiny fraternity of so-called master thatchers.” (NYT gift article)
Raw Pigments: Inside London's most colourful shop.
A Roundabout Dog, or rondellhund, is a homemade dog sculpture placed in roundabouts in Sweden. Via NeatoramaNewly updated aerial maps expose Israel’s systematic destruction of cities, agriculture, and cemeteries across Southern Gaza, illustrating the horrific devastation that has been wrought on the Palestinian people. (Via TYWKIWDBI)
I think I could get comfortable in this house by SHED Architecture & Design. I love the layout and accessibility. Link
Weird but cool old-timey vehicles.
Lost Music Venues is an exhibition at the V&A South Kensington that features around 50 ‘lost’ performance spaces in the UK from the 1980s to 2010s. I’d like to see it.
The 50 best restaurants in North America have been announced. Canada continued to overperform on the list, occupying 14 spots, including five of the top 10. Yay! NYT gift link
There is nothing beautiful about this Beauty Kit For Little Girls Via everlasting blort
The Puffin & Petrel Patrol, has rescued thousands of vulnerable Atlantic Puffin and Leach’s Storm-Petrel chicks and released them back to sea. A friend of mine does this! 2026 Patrol season will open mid-JulySaturday, June 06, 2026
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