Artwork Of The Day

 

Woodhouse Mill, painting by Yorkshire artist Kate Lycett.

[image or embed]

— Brian Groom (@groomb.bsky.social) September 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM

The Case for Canada

This is a wonderful article about Canada and it includes a few stunning photos as well.

“Here is a claim we are prepared to defend: Canada is one of the most successful attempts anyone has made at building a decent society on a hard continent. It took the second largest landmass on Earth, most of it frozen for half the year, and a population drawn from more than 450 origins, and it produced cities people move across the world to live in, a coastline nobody else can match, and a public culture whose defining instinct is to help.”

Read more at Moss and Fog

Boatlift

My friend Alan posted this short documentary, directed by Eddie Rosenstein and Rick Velleu and narrated by Tom Hanks, about the largest sea evacuation in history. It was larger than the evacuation of Dunkirk in World War 2. On 9/11 half a million people were evacuated by boat from lower Manhattan. I’m surprised that I’d never heard the story before. 

You Can See Everything - Trailer

 I have to say I never thought I’d see Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder team up with disgraced billionaire fraudster Elizabeth Holmes in a documentary. I am very curious about it.

Illumination

 Because, when you have to adjust your nylon stockings, you want to make sure the whole neighbourhood watches you do it.

Goodyear’s Neothane tires are another interesting product that never reached the market. Apparently they didn’t perform well in wet weather, melted under heavy braking and other drivers found them distracting.

Via Memo Of The Air

Friends

Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox buddy up for Parkinson’s ‘Friend’ campaign for MJFF.

Torrington’s Odd Tourist Attraction

I have a front yard full of vole holes. Maybe I should open a musum.

(Aeon Videos)

Little Lofoten

The Lofoten Islands are a stunning archipelago located in Northern Norway, well above the Arctic Circle. In this video Joerg Daiber gives them the “Little Big World’ treatment.

Lewis Hine Used Photography To Bring About Social Change

Two young boys at a Georgia cotton mill. Their slim arms and tiny hands were considered ideal for machine work. Library of Congress

When American sociologist Lewis Hine began traveling the country in 1908 to document the working lives of children, around two million Americans younger than 15 were full-time laborers. His photographs moved hearts, changed minds and brought about child labour laws in the US.  Read More

Woven Ravioli

 They make it look easy.

https://tilbageidanmark.tumblr.com/post/826598447059795968/woven-ravioli