Friday, March 31, 2023
106-year-old tattoo artist is Vogue's new cover model
Françoise Hardy - Tous les garçons et les filles
Early 20th Century Autochromes
Portrait de Jean in Paris, 1907 © Collection AN |
Edo, the Ancient Green City of Japan
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Diary Of A Snakebite Death
Nalujuit Night
RIP Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Howdy!
This octopus was captured on camera waving back to his keeper at London's Sea Life Aquarium in March 2019. The wave was captured on camera behind the scenes at the Sea Life centre, during one of the octopus' twice-daily "playtimes"
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) March 28, 2023
[full story: https://t.co/InIUUympMn] pic.twitter.com/lWOUFasmn1
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
One Second = One Hour
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Magic
I demonstrate the 10 types of magic ✨ pic.twitter.com/Wl8MPzZRpF
— Kevin Parry (@kevinbparry) March 20, 2023
My Mulholland
Every Documentary About Edinburgh's History
Monday, March 27, 2023
Just Look At These Kids!
"Wow, the power of violin is truly amazing and can bring so much joy through music!" pic.twitter.com/f7452dlMai
— Tansu YEĞEN (@TansuYegen) March 26, 2023
The Coat Before The Storm
The discussion we have every year at this time.
The coat before the storm. 🌨️ pic.twitter.com/pWprIPUW2M
— 22Minutes (@22_Minutes) March 22, 2023
Colour Illustrations From Marvels Of The Universe - c. 1911
Bee-witching
Photograph: John Walters/Silverback Films/BBC/PA |
When Do Cherry Trees Bloom in Japan?
Mom asked, "I wonder when cherries bloom in Japan?" So I found 1200 years of data online and made her a plot. pic.twitter.com/89ln6oftMh
— Robin Rohwer (@RobinRohwer) March 24, 2023
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Sally Ride's Makeup Kit
Sunday Links
Yesterday marked the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in NYC. 146 people, mostly immigrant women were killed, many of whom jumped to the ground below in their desperate attempt to flee. In October of that year New York passed a law requiring factory owners to install sprinkler systems, established the New York City Fire Prevention Bureau, and expanded the powers of the fire commissioner. Read an eyewitness account of the disaster (disturbing)
Saturday, March 25, 2023
70 Million by Hold Your Horses !
A Painting Provided Inspiration For Award Winning Film
Foretoken (2008) by Manabu Ikeda |
Manabu’s painting] became a guiding light two years into the writing process when I was feeling overwhelmed by the script, feeling worthless and stupid for trying to tackle something so big. - Daniel Kwan
Best Movie Closing Shots
How an 18th Century Sailing Battleship Works
The Prisoner Renault 21 Commercial
Friday, March 24, 2023
Cat Royale: Day One
Via Web Curios
Stairway Shootout
Blind Kittens Can Always Find Each Other
The Everlasting Storm
Architecture for the Anthropocene
Thursday, March 23, 2023
A Cup of Jupiter
I asked Midjourney AI to make me a cup of Jupiter pic.twitter.com/cGTGB4Jqg1
— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) August 8, 2022
Remembering Sudan - trailer
via PetaPixel
Harmonium In California (full documentary)
Chunky
This compilation of vintage dance movies by YouTuber Trampsta is excellent. I have two left feet but it made me want to dance.
Via Memo Of The Air
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Hyperrealistic art of the day
Tweet Of The Day
Quite the photo https://t.co/V5RFt5BGiI
— madamjujujive (@madamjujujive) March 19, 2023
Image Of The Day
Marshall Islands stick chart, Meddo type via Wikimedia Commons |
Radioman (documentary)
Read more: NYT article
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
The Horse Has a Voice
Artwork Of The Day
You encounter the idealized framing of a fishing stage that is actually an elaborate rig for a weather station. First seeing it on top of a headland as something that is potential rather than final. Something that reveals information about its own construction and is not permanent in appearance.
A Variability Quantifier installed 6 October 2022, Fogo Island (Newfoundland and Labrador), by Liam Gillick |
Rollerman
'Myth of Sisyphus' Wooden Automaton
Monday, March 20, 2023
The Future Of Package Delivery?
Hiroshi Kondo's Multiverse
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Amelie - The Real Story
Sunday Links
(Photograph courtesy of Saunders Architecture) |
Labrador's striking new cultural centre Newfoundland-born Todd Saunders, who is the architect behind Newfoundland’s Fogo Island Inn, took inspiration from Inuit sod house shelters on nearby Rose Island (image above)
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Stop Making Sense - Rerelease
Reconfigurable cabin in Dutch park
Image: Caspar Schols |
Mister Rogers Theme Song as 'House of the Rising Sun'
Concrete kicking, fist bumping, longest canine conga line and more…
Happy Caturday
Cats working out pic.twitter.com/6RGG5JnKED
— UOldGuy🇨🇦 (@UOldguy) February 28, 2023
Friday, March 17, 2023
Bound To Lose
Wheel
Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
The Roots Of Rap
Woodcut Of The Day
Blanche Lazzell, "Provincetown Back Yards" (1926) |
Can a "boneless chicken wing" truly be called a wing?
Buffalo Wild Wings responds to a lawsuit:
It’s true.
— Buffalo Wild Wings (@BWWings) March 13, 2023
Our boneless wings are all white meat chicken.
Our hamburgers contain no ham.
Our buffalo wings are 0% buffalo.
Read more: NPR
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Fireflies At Dusk
Shoebill Stork
The unexpected sound of a Shoebill storkpic.twitter.com/jGgqHMXK2w
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) February 23, 2023
How People Used To Imagine The World
The World's Oldest Hotel
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined A Generation (full documentary)
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Alfie is 90
Rinse The Blood Off My Toga
This Ides of March video starring Canadian icons, Wayne and Shuster, is a repost from 2021.