Roman Engineering

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She Holds Me Like This

Don’t worry about Frugit The Cat - he just likes to complain.

Via Neatorama

Tundra

Wake up, it’s Monday morning!

OTYKEN is an ethno-musical group from Siberia. Their songs are sung primarily in the critically endangered Chulym Tatar language. 'Otyken' is a Chulym language term for a sacred place where warriors would lay down their arms and talk. 

Via perfect for roquefort cheese

A Boy With A Magic Watch

This lovely video is a clever ad for AI company Runway.

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Via Memo Of The Air 

Cherry Blossom Avenue in Bonn Germany

Image: Adas Meliauskas

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Hope-65

When the time comes for earth to start searching for a new home specially trained chimpanzees are sent into space to find a suitable planet for relocation. Hope-65 is one of a long line of her kind to go into space to search on our behalf. 

 

Via Kuriositas

Sunday Links

David Slater/ Caters New/ BBC

The monkey selfie above will protect you from AI slop: What happens when something that isn't human makes art? A series of bizarre court battles trying to answer that question centred around this image.

It’s that time of year again, folks: Here at H&R Block it is our pleasure to answer your questions about how we funnel your tax dollars into the gullet of the Great War Pig

MrBreakfast.com - All Breakfast All The Time Via Web Curios

An audit finds most tech companies ignore user opt-outs of cookie tracking. I suspected this was happening yet I continue to opt out just in case. Hope springs eternal? 

Airbnb's hottest new listing You can rent the hockey cottage from Heated Rivalry (and it’s gorgeous).

This map of the world shows countries based solely on share of immigrants 

At about 15 years of age girls shift into women’s sizes. The evolution in clothing sizes that followed girls throughout childhood abruptly stops there and sizing chaos begins.

You know who else wanted to construct gaudy buildings in his own image?

In 10 minutes or less, this mom-and-pop London institution produced stylish snapshots for some of the world’s biggest stars. NYT Gift Link

The Third Twin

AI gets it wrong much of the time.

Vintage Postcards Of Motel Pools of Mid-Century America  Via Memo Of The Air

“Well the cats definitely, and then there’s the whole attraction thing.” She stumbled onto a her boyfriend’s AI history, and read how he was plagued with doubts about their relationship. 

Potential slogans for J.D. Vance’s 2028 presidential campaign

The Income Tax Cocktail: A little bitter, a little bright, and named for your least favourite task.

Pho In Hanoi If you were told you could have only one more bowl of phở in your life your thoughts would surely drift, sooner or later, back to Hanoi. 

It’s just a bomb Two strangers. A terrorist bomb. A tale of courage. Via Metafilter

Introducing Public Domain Review Press Minis These would make very nice gifts for your favourite book lover.

Music For Sunday Morning

Put The Message in the Box by Mary Chapin Carpenter and The Mountain Goats.

 (Thanks Lars)

Bodega Cats

 Bodega Cats of New York is a new book about the hardest working cats in New York City.  You might like to view this related video I posted way back in 2011.

Happy Caturday

 

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