Happy May Day

The Workers’ May-Pole, 1894 by Walter Crane (1845-1915)

Route 66 :The Mother Road.

Route 66, a highway running from Chicago to Los Angeles, was established on November 11, 1926. It ran from Chicago through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona before terminating in Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). When I think “road trip” this is the highway that comes to mind.

Here is Episode 1 of Route 66 The Mother Road. See more episodes on Atlas Obscura.

Lucille Clifton’s “homage to my hips”

This poem is an homage to womanhood, to age, to freedom, and to self-love. 

(Literary Hub)

The Evolution of Lower Manhattan Island

This remarkable 3D timelapse shows the growth of New York City from  0 AD  to 2026 AD.

Via Laughing Squid

Under the TOKYO SKYTREE

This cinematic journey through Tokyo Skytree captures quiet street scenes, everyday life, and fleeting moments illuminated by beautiful natural light. I want to be there.

Update on Escobar's “Cocaine Hippos”

The “cocaine hippos” are in the news again. In the 1980s the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar illegally imported hippos to Colombia for his private zoo at Hacienda Nápoles. They have continued to reproduce unchecked (there are now 200 of them) and their presence is said to be endangering native species, leading Colombian officials to approve a plan to euthanize approximately 80 hippos. Indian billionaire Anant Ambani has stepped in with an offer to house the hippos at his private wildlife conservation centre in India. However some critics have accused the sanctuary of indirect complicity in wildlife trafficking. The controversy continues.

Butterfly (Papillion)

BUTTERFLY is an animated short film inspired by the life of the French swimming champion Alfred Nakache.

In the sea, a man swims.
As he does, memories come to the surface.
From his early childhood to his life as a man,
all his memories are linked to water.
Some are happy, some glorious, some traumatic.

Via Aeon 

Ryan Gosling’s Cardigan

Fans can’t buy it ready-made. If you want ‘Project Hail Mary’ Merch, grab your knitting needles.

NYT Gift Link

Surgeon Operates on a Balloon

A doctor uses a pair of laparoscopic tools to operate on a pair of inflated balloons. He carefully cuts open the outer balloon, then stitches it back up without popping the inner one.

A surgeon showed that he could sew up a balloon without making it burst
by u/Obvious_Shoe7302 in nextfuckinglevel

(The Awesomer)

When A Cobra Strikes

This vintage ad broke me up. Oh to go back to the days when a versatile polyester fibre could keep you calm in an emergency! 

Weird Universe