Sunday Links

Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Have Been Rescued From the River Thames

I was surprised to learn that magnolias are one of the oldest flowers on the planet.

So sweet: Orphaned baby joeys in their pillowcase pouches

Sara Pascoe reads an hilarious letter asking for clarity on God's Law

Canada's First Blue Park is a stunning showcase of marine stewardship.

 Obroni wawu: Dead White Men’s Clothes (via everlasting blort)

Eye tattooing involves making a cut in the cornea using a laser or needle. Would you risk blindness to change your eye colour?  

Most common passwords visualized. (via Kraftfuttermischwerk)

Apparently demon face syndrome is a real thing.

Palace swans ring a bell when they want food

The Architect Who Mastered Low-Rise, High-Density Housing Cities looking to boost density and affordability should look to the work of architect Louis Sauer, who designed stylish modernist housing in the 1960s and ’70s.

Now I want a cockatoo 

Smallpox Illustration, Japanese Manuscript, ca. 1720

Toddler has hearing restored in world first gene therapy trial After receiving an infusion containing a working copy of a gene during surgery that took just 16 minutes, the 18-month-old can hear almost perfectly

40 Forgotten Places Photographed By Urban Explorers (via)

Japanese gardeners and landscapers compete to create the most unique landscape within their truck beds.

Thinking of Eva Cassidy who died on this day 25 years ago. She was only 33.

Mystery solved! A geologist says she has tracked down the background landscape where Mona Lisa was painted.

Welcome to your new gardening zone

Frank Bruni, one of my favourite writers, wrote this excellent essay on the fading Italian tradition of “il pranzo della domenica,” the Italian Sunday Lunch.

Eighteen different design takes on walking sticks and canes 

The millenium camera is taking a 1,000-year-long exposure photo of Tucson's desert landscape