Sunday, March 17, 2024

Sunday Links


A sweater knitted 217 years ago in the Faroe Islands and still in pristine condition has been discovered in a package that was seized and impounded by the British Navy in 1807. (via perfect for roquefort cheese)


Silicon Valley tried to mass produce fancy marshmallows. These weren't the pot-bellied, chemical-laden puffballs that Americans roast on sticks and slap on s'mores. It got messy, fast.


Explore a medieval farm in virtual reality: HavrÃ¥ is a traditional Norwegian cluster farm in Western Norway. There are 36 medieval buildings in this traditional community settlement where multiple individual farms and their houses were built close together.


The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: A grisly theory and a renewed debate

Chris Arnade Walks Phoenix By noon I wasn’t chuckling anymore. The walk, although in a different direction, was just as depressing. Long empty stretches on mile-long blocks, with just me and the distraught. It became another day-long lesson in the zoology of American dysfunction.


Hey there, you odious pail of malign wolfhound spew. Here’s an insult Passphrase Generator for you (refresh the page for new insults). Via



The 10,000 women and girls who were forcibly sent to reside in Ireland’s ten Magdalene Laundries between 1922 and 1996, when the last institution closed, washed the community’s clothes and sheets ten hours a day, six days a week, without pay.


InspiroBot shows what happens when you let AI generate motivational quotes.




The White Castle system of eating houses This podcast tells the story of theAmerican regional hamburger restaurant that has a cult following. 

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:09 pm

    I want square marshmallows and Moose Cheese.
    xoxoxoBruce

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    1. I’m not sure about the moose cheese…

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