Sunday Links

Stories on a Handkerchief, the embroidered art of the Chamba Rumal (image above). (Memo Of The  Air)

Spectacular photos of a Canary Wharf skyscraper being completed have been rediscovered more than 30 years after they were taken.

The United States incarcerates a larger share of its population than in any other nation on earth. American Prison Writing Archive replaces myths with a sense of the true human costs of the current legal order. (webcurios)

It is the last day of National Poetry Month so here is link to  "A World Not of This World" that pictures poems on maps. (Perfect For Roquefort Cheese)

Powerful Poetry: Andrea Thompson / A Selected History of Soul Speak

Don't waste money on expensive dentists. Apparently Jesus has better rates.

An assessment of the viability of heritage crafts in the UK (cricket ball making, gold beating, lacrosse stick making and mould and deckle making are all extinct.) Thanks Bruce!

I'm not a fan of Pyrex but this guy is.

Can Cats Be Vegan?

A is for Anarchist, a counter-culture abecedarium, was written by New York–based rapper billy woods and illustrated by painter and comics artist m. musgrove in response to Covid. (Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)

A Delta stewardess shares details of a 24 hour layover in the Big Apple in 1964.(NYT link)

Flamingo Lettres Art Nouveau - 1901  (everlasting blort)

Charles Hindley's Cries Of London  (Strange Company)

I settled on simple capital letters, like Scrabble squares: “It stands for ‘F*ck This Shit.’” Abigail Thomas on getting a tattoo at 80.

Feed the Koi (It's very relaxing)

Britain’s mapping agency has its roots in military strategy: mapping the Scottish Highlands following rebellion in 1745. An interactive history of the Ordnance Survey

This Army Man will hold your wine. 

Random Airports  via Web Curios

Gun Violence Is Worse In Red States It’s the southern swath of the country — in cities and rural areas alike — where the rate of deadly gun violence is most acute, regions where Republicans have dominated state governments for decades.

Canopic Studio's seriously creepy pottery inspired by nature and anatomy. (Boing Boing)

Built in the Clouds: Villages frozen in time.

The Meanest Cats in Literature  (everlasting blort)

The King Of Sting: "A ritual gone wrong, satanic. The gas lamp in the old church explodes in your face when you light it."

Yucky! Food Disgust Test via Memo Of The Air