Sunday, November 12, 2023

Sunday Links


Did you know that there is a Red Telephone Box Graveyard  on the outskirts of London? (image above)

Cats are Evolutionarily Perfect Cat lovers know that cats are perfect creatures. Now there’s scientific evidence to back it up.

This is how to brush your hair You’re welcome.

Good penguin, naughty penguin: For over a decade, Penguin Cove in the National Aquarium of New Zealand has been home to more twists, backstabbing and heartbreak than a Love Island producer could ever dream of.

I Left My Couch in Tatamagouche - A poem by James Tate

Web shoppers accidentally order minuscule household items described in vague terms on retail sites that are ‘literally the size of my thumb’ (WSJ)

The Six-Week Cure As the US entered the Great Depression business leaders in Reno, Nevada were desperate to hold tight to the one industry that remained in steady demand: Divorce Tourism.

'Shut Her Up, Shut It Down': Citizens of a small Saskatchewan town tell the QAnon cult leader who set up shop in their abandoned school to get the hell out.

This is heartrending: RealtimeGaza (via)

My Brain Doesn’t Picture Things Can someone function as a human being without the ability to imagine pictures and sounds? A story about living with aphantasia. (via)


No Grab ’n Go meatball subs for the Neelemans. “They live on a 328-acre ranch in Kamas, Utah, with their seven children. The milk used to make the mozzarella came from one of their dairy cows, the ground beef from their herd of Angus cattle, the eggs from their chicken coop, and the basil from their garden. Hannah milks the cows, and Daniel raises the animals, while their sons and daughters help out with farm chores and collect the eggs every morning. Daniel butchers the meat, and Hannah cooks it.” They want you to know that you too can live like this. No thanks, just reading this story exhausted me.  (Read more about tradwifery: Duck Soup)

Photographs of Swiss landscapes in summer vs winter (Via)

Delicata Squash Farro Salad is a bowl of autumn. 

A technique to fall asleep in ten minutes This meditative technique was used by US Army pilots in World War II. Let us know if it works for you.

People are happier in a walkable neighborhood A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it.

The Public Domain Review has added 54 new prints to their online shop with free shipping, and discounts on multiple orders. (I wasn’t paid to post this. I just love the prints.)

Limn The Oil Palm Kernel and the Tinned Can A good story about how palm oil was used in the manufacture of soap and candles, in textile trades, and as a lubricant for railroads and industrial machinery. But its most interesting use was as an ingredient in tinning. (Thanks Bruce!)

Rest of World analyzed 3,000 AI images to illustrate how image generators reduce the world to stereotypes  (Via)

The culture of entitlement was already in full swing in 1974. Day out ruined by sea rescue

The Reluctant Levitator The raptures and levitations of Teresa d’Avila.

As part of their 100th birthday celebrations the BBC has ranked their greatest pop music performances beginning in the 1960s. There are some good ones here but the rankings might rankle. (with YouTube links!)

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:14 am

    The people who cannot see pictures in their mind's eye are a bit of a challenge for those of us doing hypnosis - so many people claim they cannot be hypnotized for this reason...however, we do have a work around for it! However, if you are convinced you can NEVER be hypnotized, that will be true because you make it true! - Fellow Worker

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  2. Juanita and I had been together for decades before she told me she can't imagine visuals, can't call up pictures in her head. I thought she was kidding. It explains how frustrated we got with each other whenever I tried to explain something by how the different parts fit together and worked, and how everything moved. But she's an artist and she does beautiful work. She's got a far better memory than I have. I've read all the explanations and pop science about it, and we've talked about it, but I don't understand how it's possible to live without being able to imagine how something looks. I've asked her, "What happens when you dream?" Here's the weird thing: I don't remember how she answered. She's at work far away right now. I'll call her tomorrow and try again.

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