Sunday, February 15, 2026

Sunday Links

 
Lawren S. Harris, Neige II, 1915, huile sur toile 120,3 x 127,3 cm (détail), musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa.

Crossing the Atlantic with one’s dog on the Queen Mary 2. You get to skip the customs lines and there is an excellent kennel master but otherwise….

Short Imagined Monologue: Just because I hung out in the cannibal king’s murder basement it does not make me a murderous cannibal.


American Prairie is dedicated to restoring and conserving the temperate grassland ecosystem by creating one of the largest nature reserves in the United States. The webcams and images had me longing for big skies and open spaces. Via Web Curios


Below freezing but still moving: How salamanders stay active in winter.


Dad provides the stories. Aretha provides the vibes. Weed Gummies With Dad by Eric Schenck



A post about French radiologist Étienne Destot and the anatomical feature of the human wrist that is named after him. 

How to hide your candy They’ll never find it now.

If being a spectator at the apocalypse is getting you down take some time out to watch the Runner Ducks Of Minnisota. Watching their eagerness to face each day is oddly satisfying. Via Web Curios

Ensuring people know the safest and most effective way to care for a choking person can save lives. What to do if someone is choking

Dinner Party Revenge: How to annoy your hosts for years to come.

I usually avoid buffets because the food, though plentiful, is mostly poor quality filler that has been left under heat lamps for too long but I might make an exception for Les Grands Buffets  de Narbonne, France. It is an all-you-can-eat restaurant that preserves the traditional 19th century French cuisine of Auguste Escoffier and is the largest of its kind in the world. Via BBC






Music For Sunday Morning

Letters From The Grave - Sachi Keiko

Saturday, February 14, 2026

The Lover's Eye - Secret Desire In Georgian England

“For she had eyes and chose me.” - William Shakespeare, Othello


A “lover's eye”  is a painted miniature of the giver's eye, presented to a loved one. The example above was painted on an18th Century ladies travel urinal.

Read more: Flashbak

How Single Cats Are Spending Valentine’s Day

A repost from 2013.



Heart-shaped Books


Detail from St Jerome and St Catherine of Alexandria, Bruges or Brussels, c.1480–90, Rijksmuseum.

The now familiar and iconic pear-shaped heart was popularized in thirteenth-century European art that survives today in everything from the iconic I ❤️ NY to the variously colored heart emoticons 💙🩷💛🧡 in our text messages.

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Is the Love Song Dying?


According to Boomer Bob, the love song is dying. But is it true? 
There are 1,040 Top 10 hits we think Boomer Bob would definitely consider love songs. Let’s investigate: All the Love Songs


Friday, February 13, 2026

Artwork Of The Day

Friday the Thirteenth, 1965 by Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)



The Track - Official Trailer

The Track is a coming-of-age journey of three friends chasing their improbable Olympic dreams in post-war Bosnia.

How Did The World Get So Ugly?

Look at the design of everyday objects around you. Do you think that most furniture, cars, doors, bins, staircases, railings, doorbells, doorhandles, windows look boring?


Link Via everlasting blort

“Standing Up With Hands In Pockets” Is Tougher Than It Sounds

 

Amazing video of kids in China mastering the tough move called "standing up with hands in pockets" during their Kung Fu training course Original post

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