Sunday Links

Carl Holsøe (Danish, 1863-1935), The Sunlit Room, 1922.

The beautiful interiors of Danish painter Carl Holsøe

 I Guess I Just Expected A Little More From This Country by Andrew Singleton

141 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena h/t Memo of The Air

Breaking the boundaries of human flight: World's first electrified wingsuit reaches 186 mph on first manned flight

 How Much Do Our Houseplants Move in a Day? 

The images in Crystal McBrayer's Where Mountains Once Were come from endless hours of watching nature documentaries.

Car park fail

What's Wrong With Jeb's Brain? BASE-jumping pioneer Jeb Corliss  has  survived multiple crash landings in a sport that rarely allows second chances. Now, at 44, with a self-diagnosed psychological disorder, he's embarking on his most fraught journey yet: into the depths of his own mind. Thanks Bruce!

Celtic Knots Via Memo Of The Air

It's like deep fried grilled cheese! I put on a pound or two just reading this but it looks delish.

A dated and credited photographic record of Vintage Las Vegas Via Everlasting Blort

Meet Olivia The COVID-19-Era American Girl Doll

Who's in the Crossword? Do the people in crossword clues and answers represent the people who could be solving them? (with some playable puzzles)

I'm bookmarking this: Footways is a network of quiet and interesting streets for walking in central London.

Chuck Ramirez, Heartfelt Trash Photographer Via Perfect For Roquefort Cheese

Watch an AI-recolorized version of the 50s sci-fi classic "Teenagers From Outer Space"

This week's house envy is Woolland House. It is a magnificent property set on 17 idyllic acres in Dorset.

Learn to cook from Jacques Pépin's videos on Facebook

Welcome to the Cloud Zoo!

Robbie Fulks Dives Headfirst into the Strangely Messy World of Gordon Lightfoot And 236 songs later, our writer nearly drowns. An interesting read via Metafilter

How Japanese People Stay Fit for Life, Without Ever Visiting a Gym 

BBC Motion Graphics Archive  is a showcase of the history and development of motion graphics across the BBC and includes examples of opening titles, promotion trailers, stings, idents and programme content sequences.

The pizza rat is out and about again in NYC.

Harmony Square is a "game about fake news." You are the town's Chief Disinformation Officer, and it's your job to sow dissent and stoke the tensions in town through the use of social media, troll bot farms, and deceptive news sources. Read more at BoingBoing

100-year-old carrier pigeon message found in France 

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. Aphorisms and witticisms collected by TYWKIWDBI

Why the Most Promising Covid-19 Vaccines Require Super-Cold Storage 

Alfred Wertheimer's Photos of Elvis On The Cusp Of Greatness  “He permitted closeness. Without that I wouldn’t have gotten my intimate photographs."

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