Sunday Links

The photo above is one of my favourite walking places. It is a former municipal landfill. When I began working for an MPP in 1990 one of the first constituent groups we met with was the Glenridge Landfill Liaison who told us about the toxic effluent from the landfill that was flooding their homes at the foot of the escarpment. The group drove the transformation of the problem-plagued landfill site into a setting for outdoor recreation and wildlife which opened in 2019. It’s a wonderful place to walk (it also hooks up to the Bruce Trail) and a testament to the power of citizen advocacy.

The Mob Museum in Downtown Las Vegas has a mission to advance the public understanding of organized crime’s history and has impact on American society. 

Via Blort

Hunter

Vintage posters that would never get approved today 

Have you ever watched a film and thought, “Wait, I know that street”? Movie Maps

This is very sweet: A Cat’s Story 

The Backyard Ultra strikes me as a challenge designed for masochists. 

The UN’s New World Map more accurately reflects the size of Africa and is based on the 2018 Equal Earth map.

Super-cute and colourful 3D printed lamps 

“All right, dear,” she said briskly, “we can talk. But not about that damned Algonquin; I’m fed to the teeth with Algonquin.” Gloria Steinem’s 1965 interview with Dorothy Parker

Tiny Titanium Keychain  Glows for 25 Years Without a Battery

See some wonderful images at the 2026 IPPAWARDS Via Webcurios

A maze for a literary legend

Mazes for dummies

Where to find the oldest living things in the world. No, they’re not at my house. Via Miss Cellania

How many colours can you name? Colour Counter via Metafilter

He has a sharp knife and he knows how to use it.

Could you be a police sketch artist? Apparently I could not…

Music For Sunday Morning

This is beautifully melodic

Phoebe Bridgers - The Governor's Waltz

The Starr Sisters

Flamboyant septuagenarian sisters Patte and Randa Starr live together in an apartment full of bright lights, colourful trinkets and candy. After traumatic early years they are finally having the happy childhood they missed out on. (WARNING: disturbing scenes)

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Heknitt's Frogs

 Who wouldn’t want a collection of frogs in cunning wee outfits made by Eliott, a self-taught French knitter? There are also adorable tiny froggy accessories and patterns available! They are not inexpensive ($$$!) but shipping is free.

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“Restoring Van Gogh's Ear & Mending His Broken Heart”

 

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The Oddersey

Can a filmmaker in a spare bedroom outgun a Hollywood studio? Will Norman shot The Oddersey on the webcam of a 2009 iMac he bought off eBay for £15 and it got 14m views. It’s on YouTube and Will has asked people to view it on an iMac, if they can, and share a photo on Instagram Stories, tagging @willnormanfilms

Read more: Creative Boom

Trailer for YOU GOT GOLD — A Celebration of John Prine

This new documentary captures a tribute to the legendary songwriter, filmed in October 2022 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. (It’s a love thing, everybody)

 

If Cats Did Social Media

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Via Rusty’s Electric Dreams 

A Tour Of New York’s Gaudiest Neighbour With A Marxist Geographer

In this short documentary, David Harvey, introduces the viewer to radical geography and invites us to rethink the modern city where houses have gone from a use value to an exchange value, where urban design is increasingly shaped by financial interests rather than the wellbeing of communities.

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The Far Sound

This film examines how technologies invented at Bell Laboratories and developed by the Bell System contributed to making direct-dial, long-distance telephone service possible.

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