A Song That Hasn’t Been Heard In A Thousand Years

Watch musicians perform “Songs of Consolation,” a 1,000-year-old song set “to the poetic portions of Roman philosopher Boethius’ magnum opus The Consolation of Philosophy, an influential medieval text written during the 6th century.

(Open Culture)

Impromptu

*flashing images warning*

This animated short film by Spanish director María Lorenzo pays tribute to ‘the forgotten parents of film’ using devices such as zoetropes and thaumatropes.

(Aeon Videos)

Making a Perfect Scale RC Model of a Lobster Boat

This working scale replica of Peter Sripol’s lobster boat was created with 3D-printed modules. Files here.

(The Awesomer)

This Is Brilliant

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— Pierre Polyester (@canadian-critic.bsky.social) April 22, 2026 at 7:12 AM

Waterfront Property

(Duck Soup)

Like Spitting Into The Ocean

(Weird Universe)

The Kelp Collector

Sandy Webb is dedicated to documenting local marine life and connecting more deeply to the coastal environment she calls home. 

Via TMN

Clever Fishy

 

Fish moving between tanks using tunnel Original post

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— Massimo (mirror) (@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social) April 20, 2026 at 8:05 AM

Building an Electric Wind-Up Plane

@TomStantonEngineering builds a 21st century wind-up plane using modern building techniques.

And you can download your own tissue paper glider!

Via Memo Of The Air

7000 Oaks

It’s Earth Day and I think this post is appropriate.

Years ago I came across this land art project at a display in the Joseph Beuys Room at Tate Britain. It is an illustration of how art can play a wider role in transforming society through consciously applied creativity. It made a deep impression on me.