Sunday Links

Frank Auerbach; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

Euston Steps
  Adam Scovell tracks down the scene of a 1980 painting by Frank Auerbach.

 'Ghost Quitters' 

The Story Behind the Sloth Family Portrait Via my very funny friend.

Identifying phishing can be harder than you think. Take this Phishing Quiz Via

Everything you need to know about Magnet Fingers Via

 How to Bathe in January, c. 7th century Advice from Hierophilus the Sophist. Thanks Bruce!

So you think you can load dishes? The ‘right’ way to put stuff in the dishwasher is a highly fraught topic.

The 1959 Project: A snapshot of jazz 60 years ago, every day. It was a very good year. Via

How to Boot Users from Your Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Accounts

Your Dry January Is Obliterating Our Parent Friend Group Don't fret, the month is nearly over.

 Makoto Funatsu’s scenic paintings induce “peace, nostalgia sorrow and joy”

In 1979 two families sought to escape East Germany in a hot-air balloon

The heroes of the Thai cave rescue Great story!

To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet 

Inverted Grand Canyon 

 Images of the Afterlife  For the mediums of the Lily Dale spiritualist community, the frontier between the living and the dead is easily entered. The only difference is how they open the door.

Why Do We Forget? This post explains why Mr. Nag can never find his car keys.

Why Your Cat Thinks You're a Huge, Unpredictable Ape How to listen to your feline friend. Thanks Bruce!

The Tragic Tale of Cherokee Singer Karen Dalton

A first-ever find in Egypt: 4,000-year-old funerary garden at tomb entrance 

Cooking with FOIA: The Soviet Army's 1948 borscht recipe 

Contemporary Renovation Of A 200-Year-Old House  From the outside ‘Casa D’Estate’ looks almost as it did in the 19th century—inside is a different story.

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