When a UFO Came to Japan in 1803: The Legend of Utsuro-bune (image above)
The Forgotten History of Hong Kong's Tigers: A new book argues big cats were once far more common in the city than previously assumed. (via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)
I Found It: The Worst Art Job Listing Ever Created Serving the needs of a family of art monsters.
To mark the one year anniversary of Russia's illegal war on Ukraine The Undeniable Truth on Street View has been launched.
A catalogue of granitic tiles. Threlkeld Granite Co,1898
I grew up in the middle of the last century and the modernist architecture did not appeal to me at the time. Now I find myself drawn to its simplicity, accessibility and spaciousness. I could live in this 1950s split-level home in Austin.
Turn your powder room into a goth castle with these skull-shaped bath accessories: The Cranium Collection
That time when Larry David and the Dodgers saved a man's life
Beer poking: The beer equivalent of s'mores.
In 1972 Steely Dan wrote a song calling out the "dangerous insensitivity" of John Lennon's "Imagine"
Take It Down is one step you can take to help remove online nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos taken before you were 18. (via Web Curios)
The Kung Fu nuns, part of an 800-year-old Buddhist sect called Drukpa, the Tibetan word for dragon, mix meditation with martial arts. (via NYT)
ZlideOn is a brilliant solution to most zipper malfunctions.
After a holiday in the Azores with too much good food and drink I may have gained a few pounds. I need this Select-A-Size Mirror. (via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)
What it's like to give birth to the world's 8 billionth baby (via Miss Cellania)
A radioactive legacy What the dogs of Chernobyl can teach us about radiation exposure.
Cosmos: Fashion designer Rahul Mishra's Spring/Summer 2023 Collection is a spellbinding work of art.
It was once surrounded by houses, sadly destroyed by bombing during World War II. London's "Leaning Tower Of Rotherhithe" heads to auction
Kuchisabishii: The Japanese word for when you are not hungry but you eat because your mouth is lonely.
Sterner Stuff: How everyday people in Ottawa stood up for themselves against the truckers’ convoy bullies.
He sang “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues” on the Ed Sullivan show. How Bob Dylan Became a Counterculture Icon
A diverse (and long) collection of links today, kudos and thank you.
ReplyDeleteI need a select-a-size mirror. Kuchisabishii is all too familiar but I can’t use it in conversation since I can’t pronounce it.
xoxoxoBruce
Coo - cheesa - bish - ee.
DeleteThere you go, zo zo zo Bruce
(in case you are having trouble with your own name)
Thanks William.
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