Sunday Links

Image: Atlantis Sanya/PADI

People in China are becoming mermaids (photo above) (Via)

River Runner allows you to drop a raindrop anywhere in the contiguous United States and watch where it ends up. (Via MeFi)

Tintin like you've never seen him, a Hergé - Hopper mashup. (Via Memo Of The Air)

What is Brutal Wine? I react to sulfites so I'd definitely give these a try, even though the label features an image of the Grim Reaper. (Via TMN)

The Ayas' Home: A London refuge for South Asian nannies who were abandoned far from home. 

Do you want to read something scary? A Thread from @RobertGReeve (Thanks Bruce)

How Does a New Yawker Tawk? 

The DEVO short-sleeve button-up shirt collection. Via

Medieval MEME generator (Via Webcurios)

Patented: 1,000 Design Patents for a range of products, including the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile, the Porta Potty, the iPhone to the Mars Rover.

A Brilliant Collection of Behind the Scenes Photos of Alfred Hitchcock Movies

 The Mill House Via Things Magazine

Tbilisi's Brutalist Reality: unique Soviet-era structures in the Georgian capital. (Via PfRC)

She performed at Harry Dean Stanton’s deathbed, and is a member of John C Reilly’s roller-skating club: Molly Lewis, professional whistler  (Make sure you watch the video. It's awesome.)

NYC Sitcom Map 

The holy grail of card tricks is a mystery that can't be taught. 

How some people tried to buy happiness during the pandemic I bought myself Wolverine-like clawed garden gloves and a Japanese omelette pan (still unused a year later) that I might not have bought otherwise. (Thanks Bruce)

Firefighter catches child thrown from building 

This article is hilarious: A handheld grater will make guests want to have sex with you.

Did you know that solar housing is actually retro? I didn't.

Jarcuterie is a thing, a very good thing.

The Snob a 1958 educational short.

Rules for Plato's Retreat in NYC in the 1970s.

In May 1971, Chris Searle, a young English teacher was sacked by the governors of Sir John Cass Foundation School in Stepney for publishing Stepney Words, a collection of his students’ poems. Read about The Stepney School Strike

Parisian Islands That Disappeared

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