Sunday Links

 The Valencia Building Age Map (image above) Individual buildings are coloured according to the decade of their construction. It looks like a stained glass window.

Earlier this week I posted the incredible updated video of Prince's 2004 performance of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'. I wondered what happened to his guitar after he threw it off the stage.

List of Captain Haddock's Curses From the simple ("dogs!" and "rats!") to the scientific ("pithecanthropuses!") to the sublime ("vegetarian!") Via Memo Of The Air

Joni Mitchell's jsolated vocals on Court and Spark

Aerial Footage of Chicago from a Dirigible (1914) Both the original and AI enhanced versions.

Quiz: Are You Rich? 

'Who wants to torment Americans with English place name pronunciations?' 

I seek a kind person: In 1938, there was a surge of classified ads in the Guardian newspaper as parents scrambled to get their children out of the Reich. What became of the families? 

"It was a new level of unhinged."

You may have heard of the 15-minute city where people's needs can be met within a quarter-hour walk. Sweden is going one better with The One-Minute City 

For my US followers: Are Your Neighbors Mostly Democrats or Republicans? 

How 20 famous artists might design a home Via 

Sure, velociraptor repellent is 95% effective against velociraptor attacks, but do we really need to wear it to visit Jurassic Park? Link

The World's Most Beautiful Gas Stations

Any balletomanes out there? Here is a beautiful new film directed by Sofia Coppola. (starts at 5:50)

A roundup of sites that spark joy: The Whimsical Web

Akiyoshi's illusion pages Via Things Magazine

Cupids, fireplaces and stained glass windows: Houses of Saint-Petersburg

Hat/comb: The wearer may comb his hair while removing the hat without rendering himself conspicuous.

England's 20th Century coastal communities seen from above Via Things Magazine

The heartwarming story of 11 year old Emerson's relationship with her mail carrier.

The rest of the world is baffled. What Does U.S. Health Care Look Like From Abroad?

Did you know there was a London Underground whisky?

My cat Carmen loved this video of lynxes arguing  and suggested that I add it to my Sunday lynx. 

This week's house envy is a former hunting lodge set on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. 

Expenses: The Massachusetts Archives holds a 1775 bill from Paul Revere for “self and horse.”

He did it his way

Eleven Madison Park, the Manhattan restaurant that has been called the best in the world, will no longer serve meat or seafood when it reopens.