Sunday Links

A detail from JR’s The Chronicles of New York City, 2018
on view through October 26 at Perrotin New York.

Faces in the Crowd (above)

Quick way to compare Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. Like it? 

This week's house lust: Historic Home for Sale In New Hampshire 

Metropolis Remix Dubbed and colourized.

The Radium Wedding

The Nigerian remake of ‘Purple Rain’ is cinematic magic It really is!

The Guardian traced the munition from its manufacture in Milan, Tenn., to north Yemen, where it ended a child’s life.

Zoo Asks For Woman’s Help In Repairing Butterfly’s Wings, She Gives It A Transplant 

Where Theory Meets Chalk, Dust Flies  Jessica Wynne has been photographing mathematicians’ blackboards, finding art in the swirling gangs of symbols sketched in the heat of imagination, argument and speculation.

Oktoberfest socks 

A Self-Made Man : Norah Vincent has lived as a man. She lived among men -- as a man -- for 18 months to see what life was like on the other side of the gender divide. Thanks Bruce!

What If is an interesting YouTube channel that explores hypothetical scenarios.

It can happen to anyone: How a sommelier fell victim to the homelessness crisis in California

An aging McDonald’s hamburger at the edge of the Arctic Read more

The Ukrainian Orphan Who Is Actually Maybe an Adult Has Been Found in Indiana: “Depending on whom you believe, the bubbly, baby-faced ‘youngster’ is either a 16-year-old girl—or a 30-year-old ‘sociopath’ masquerading as a child.”

An Early IMAX  In 1827 surveyor Thomas Hornor built a colosseum housing the largest painting in the world.

Things Chefs Do That You Should Not Do: Just say no to lemon zest, “ripping hot” pans, and the ice bath. Via

@airstream_dreams is an Instagram account that features vintage Airstreams and the people renovating them. Via Blort

Auto-brewery syndrome

What Does It Feel Like to Die? It's not like tv. Via

The Heroic Life Of Sergeant Reckless, America's Greatest War Horse 

The lost dress of Elizabeth I – Revealed

The Man Who Went to War With Canada: For centuries, the United States and Canada’s only remaining land border dispute has been kept alive by a single family.

"To be wealthy and demand more is an abomination to a god.": A list of Sumerian proverbs.