Sunday Links

Photo © Manuel Bougot

E-1027, designer and architect Eileen Gray’s world-famous first architectural work on France’s Côte d’Azur has been returned to its modernist glory. (image above)

Congratulations to Max on receiving a “Doctor of Litter-ature” from Vermont State University.

 Dawn Chorus morning birdsongs from all over the world. (via everlasting blort)

The nostalgia level is set on high today and this favourite of mine from decades ago has been a bit of an earworm:  Misunderstanding by Ottawa musician and poet William Hawkins (May 20, 1940 - July 4, 2016).  Sneezy Waters, another Ottawa guy, does a good version on the tribute album.

This image of a woman in a wheelchair wearing army fatigues feels like an acute exhibit of the ways AI spammers are transforming Facebook into a parody of itself. 

Scottish wildcats bred in captivity and then released into the Cairngorms National Park have had kittens. The births are a first for the Saving Wildcats project led by Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS).

Google uses your searches to generate a data profile of you to sell on open bidding markets. This website creates a bubble for each search to remind us of all the data collected . (Thx Bruce)

"Dressing pretty" is over They are sick of late-stage capitalist fashion. Sauce stains, bleached eyebrows, combat shorts and stomper boots are finally getting a moment.

 Dirt's 2024 Overrated List What’s hot, what’s not.

American Tune · John Boutté & Paul Sanchez - (via everlasting blort)

Buckle up - Cancel culture has officially come for emojis.

The Science Of Cutting from prehistoric stone tools to modern computer-controlled machine tools. (YouTubeLink)

“There is nature as a cathedral of the earth, an exquisite, never-ending wonder that transcends time and death and reminds its viewers that they are part of something larger and perfect. Or there is a loved one at the bottom of a ravine, a piece of root skewering their body like a hors d’oeuvre. There are final breaths and desperate sounds of waning life that no one will ever hear.” Read more: Longreads

All I can say about this is gesundheit! 

Goodnight, Philip A short story by Jordan Gisselbrecht

The Indian Residential Schools Interactive Map allows users to visualize the location of the 140 former residential school sites recognized in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement as well as provide information on the current status and historical context of the site. (Some will find it disturbing)