Sunday, February 09, 2020

Sunday Links

Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE

Lester Gaba dines at the Marguery, a New York restaurant, with his mannequin Cynthia in 1937. Via Everlasting Blort

Dried Cats 

Snow Shovelling Diary Snow is pretty awesome at the beginning of December. After that, not so much.

Small talk: Penguin language obeys same rules as human speech

I Quit: 20 Stories of People Who Walked Away

Symmetrizoo: Dag Knudsen's wonderful animal portraits.

Channel Your Inner Architect With These Frank Lloyd Wright Building Kits

You really shouldn't laugh at this photo of people taunting cops

The "Un-Word": Every year since 1991, a panel of German linguists has identified a term that violates human rights or infringes democratic principles.

If you're looking for me I'll be in the Airlander 10 lounge

 How to get sticky liquids off your measuring spoons You're welcome.

The Oxford Professor Who Kept Tabs on His Student—Who Turned Out To Be a Conman Trevor-Roper believed the elaborate tale that Peters told him, until it began to collapse under the weight of contrary evidence.

This week's house envy is a Cotswold mill house complete with stream and swans.

Bake that cold away with Helmet Heat

Over 150,000 Botanical Illustrations Enter the Public Domain

The sartorial style of Tintin

The opulent Liverpool Philharmonic Dining Rooms, once praised by Bill Bryson for its ornate toilets, has been given the same listed status as Buckingham Palace and Chatsworth House.

Carl Sagan And Ann Druyan's Ultimate Mix Tape Of The Human Experience 

Ibuprofen: how do drugs like Advil and Motrin work?  Thanks Bruce!

Inside the 50-Year Disappearance of an Oscar Nominee: Fifty years ago, her supporting role in 'Last  Summer' led to critical acclaim and Academy recognition, but the actress soon disappeared from Hollywood, leaving her fans and showbiz admirers searching for answers.

In Focus, The Atlantic's long-running photo series, is focusing on US States this year. Via MetaFilter

Restaurant's tableware created using waste bones from its kitchen

A partial list of Rome: We travel to Rome in the dead days of the new year to see friends and to rinse our mouths with bitterness.

The Canterbury Tales is the first major literary work developed as an app Via everlasting blort

Heartwarming: Cats before and after adoption Via Miss C

The Culinary Legacy of Brooklyn's First Free Black Community 

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