Sunday Links

Photograph Collection of a 19th-Century Sexologist Via Everlasting Blort

One hundred news stories that gripped the world in the 2010s 

I can't think of a fucking thing to tell you, except that I'm always in the market for fine mescalin. An Xmas Letter From Hunter S. Thompson

Listen to Brian Eno's mournful cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire"

Definitely an espace atypique: Former cooperative cellar with a Brutalist architectural style 

Sensible Hairstyles for Women Over 50: Chop off your shoulder-length hair, wrap it around your decommissioned womb, and return it to the heavens inside a paper lantern.

What Lies Beneath The Painted Hallways at SF Art Institute?

'Dude With Sign' holds up signs that capture what people are thinking.

Gary Larson’s Sketchbook - TheFarSide.com

Meet the artist who designed a hotel room that’s difficult to stay in. By making life difficult for visitors, Christopher Samuel wants to give them a taste of the access problems faced by disabled people. Via

Before and After: See the Amazing Results of the Restored Ghent Altarpiece

How To Unroll a Fragile 2,000-Year-Old Buddhist Scroll: First, construct a humidified chamber.

A brief history of the BBC Christmas Tapes 

Siberian hermit, 75, who ‘lives in 18th century’: Agafya Lykova is the last of a family that settled on the Bolshoi Abakan River in the 1930s and lived in isolation until a geologist search party stumbled on them in 1978.

According to every Christmas movie I’ve ever watched, Christmas spirit is in great peril every year. That’s why we need overpriced fondue pots more than ever. The 2019 Hater’s Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog

Photographs of refugees living in the decaying health spas of the Soviet Union 

Vegan roast roadtest: The vegan ham, once cooked, is vibrantly orange. Offensively so, according to my mother, who has left her slice uneaten on the side of her plate. My father has, miraculously, gone back for seconds. He will regret this later.

Copycat Ikea Swedish Meatballs 

"I always said that when my time came I’d want to go fast. But where’s the fun in that?" The Art of Dying

A new study shows an animal's lifespan is written in the DNA: Humans have a “natural” lifespan of around 38 years, according to a new method we have developed for estimating the lifespans of different species by analysing their DNA. Thanks Bruce!

If the Niagara Frontier is bombed : what to do in case an atomic attack. Now I feel prepared. Via FB friend Hal

A Personal Act of Reparation  The long aftermath of a North Carolina man’s decision to deed a plot of land to his former slaves Via

Icebound - The climate-change secrets of 19th century ship's logbooks