Sunday Links

The Feather Heist A flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars’ worth of dead birds. A good podcast. Via

Need help coming up with new terms for white nationalism? Boing Boing's  journalistic euphemism generator will lend a hand with that.

The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop using each artist’s first 35,000 lyrics.

A wonderful mosaic project: The Hounds Of Hackney Downs 

Can you believe your eyes? 11 optical illusions that will blow your mind

How to Cipher Like a Soviet Spy

Travel into the heart of a forest fire

The extinct tech you forgot existed: A recent study has revealed which kinds of tech have stood the test of time – in terms of recognition, if not use. Would your children recognise these? (And would you?)

Not Your Grandmother’s Quilt: Cleveland’s African American Quilt and Doll Guild 

Infographic: Why The Media Isn’t The ‘Enemy’ How reporters around the world risk their lives for the truth

Stickeen: The Story of a Dog: An adventure on an Alaskan glacier with a new best friend. Via

Man in hole

Pretty In Pink: French artist Andria Darius Pancrazi takes photographs of pink buildings – a common sight in his home town of Bastia, a city on the island of Corsica.

The Self-Portrait Jorge Luis Borges Drew After Going Blind

Live map of London Underground trains by Matthew Somerville Via

Kaspar the Savoy cat 

Free at last: Animals Crackers change design after pressure from Peta

13 Secrets of Crime Scene Cleaners

The rare 18th century Ice Bell: So what is an Ice Bell and what does it (or doesn’t it) have to do with ice cream?

Real Life Settings of Famous Paintings You Can Actually Visit Today

Last Days Of George Michael