What do I think? I’d be terrified of getting lost in there or breaking my neck.
Monday, August 10, 2026
Rescued Elephants Find A New Home Together
Nam Phueng and Thung Thong, a pair of bonded elephants, received a warm welcome at their new home at Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
It Was Once Dubbed The City Of The Century
Gary Indiana’s population dropped from a peak of over 178,000 in 1960 down to under 70,000 today due to the collapse of the domestic steel industry and roughly a third of homes and commercial buildings have been abandoned. It has gone from being called the "City of the Century" to being a cautionary example.
Via Memo Of the Air
(If you want to dig deeper check out this Abandoned America episode.)
Sunday, August 09, 2026
Sunday Links
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi has announced that Guggenheim Abu Dhabi (above) will open its doors on December 11, 2026. It was designed by the late Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Frank Gehry. It joins a growing community of museums and cultural institutions in Saadiyat Cultural District, including Louvre Abu Dhabi, Zayed National Museum, Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, and teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi, positioning the district as one of the world’s most significant concentrations of cultural institutions. (Read More)
You never know when this elemental chart might come in handy: Can I Lick It? Via Memo Of The Air
Neil was born on the Tasman Peninsula in 2020 and has been returning to the region to moult and rest ever since. Managing his twice-yearly visits is costing tens of thousands of dollars. Link
Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people (including children) never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever. Link
Do you remember Blockbuster video stores? Bingebuster is kind of like that only you don’t have to drag your ass off the sofa and drive there. (Via Webcurios)
The Four Rarest Trees in the WorldI’ve always wanted to visit Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, an archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Seeing the The Magdalen House by Atelier L’Abri has rekindled my interest.
A quiz to decide if each email address is valid or not! (Mefi)
The Lightfoot is a cute little sunpowered cargo scooter.
Thijs de Buck, an MRI physicist in the Netherlands, built a speed and distance tracker for his hamster’s wheel, to log Mollie’s nightly runs with distance, pace, and time.
Europa or Frying Pan? Via Memo Of the Air
A vagrant bunting charmed Shanghai before flying into a glass wall, igniting debate over how urban greening efforts can prevent fatal bird-window collisions. LinkThe Danube River has fallen to record-low water levels, revealing nazi warships, bombs and woolly mammoth bones in its channel.
DNA traces in the Shroud of Turin reveal a remarkable mixture of human lineages, microbes, plants, animals, and coral accumulated through centuries of handling and travel. Link
A vomiting shark nearly took down a Sydney drug ring in 1935. Read more
Hannibaby's Alpine Invasion Follow puppeteer Sebastian Mayer and his toddler as they invade Italy via Hannibal’s 218BC route through the Alps on a war elephant puppet that he made. (Thanks Alan)
So, let’s say that you, being the genius that you are, have solved the physics problems of traveling through time. You have invented and built a time machine and are eager to use it. Sounds great, yes? No You Don’t Want to Time Travel (Via Webcurios)
Saturday, August 08, 2026
Sierra Ferrell
Seeing Sierra Ferrell perform live might not be #1 on my Things I Want to Do Before I Die list but it's right up there. She is the embodiment of whimsical hillbilly gothic. She’s on tour right now.
I posted her performance with Shakey Graves at Red Rocks awhile back and it’s probably my favourite. See it here.
The Last Ice Age
From Emmy- and Peabody-nominated filmmakers Adam Loften and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Emergence Magazine presents “The Last Ice Age.”
“ On a journey retracing his grandparents’ annual spring pilgrimage to Iceland’s Vatnajökull glacier, Andri searches for the stories that lie at the edges of our climate crisis in both scientific data and his family’s memories.”
I Hate It When My Sofa Does This
This stop motion nightmare shows a monster sofa devouring its victim, one frame at a time. Pure practical horror.
— Digital Brain (@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social) August 6, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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Friday, August 07, 2026
Valencia Hyperlapse
“To capture all these spots, I relied on my folding bike, which I always carry in the trunk of my car. Valencia, with its incredible network of bike lanes, was an absolute dream to explore this way, allowing me to move quickly between locations to chase the perfect light.” - Kirill Neiezhmakov
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