Friday, November 13, 2026
Chivichanas
Cuban children throw safety to the wind as they hurtle down the street of Havana on chivichanas, the homemade skateboards of Cuba.
Via Aeon Videos
Did It Contain Too Much Sugar?
Wedding Cake, a sculptural pavilion designed by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos as a permanent garden pavilion for the grounds of Waddesdon Manor is being dismantled due to health and safety concerns.
Thursday, November 12, 2026
The Shining Moon Pot
Artist Daniel Young Kim of Portland’s gldnmnky created this limited-edition Delftware vessel inspired by Kubrick’s The Shining.
Via The Awesomer
Baboons Jumping To Safety
When members of a baboon troop are trapped in their roosting tree by rising flood waters they must take a death-defying leap.
Via Kraftfuttermischwerk
Me, Myself and Mary
Chris O'Dowd and Aisling Bea star in the true story of an inattentive student who gets his days confused and ends up alone with the President of Ireland whilst high on ketamine.
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
The Quebec soldier who single-handedly liberated a Dutch town.
In the Dutch city of Zwolle, a Canadian flag waves in the breeze above a statue of a Canadian sniper who freed the city from its German occupiers at the end of the Second World War. His name was Léo Major aka “The One-Eyed Ghost”.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)