Sunday Links

Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados built a birdcage-like house off a forested cliffside near the sea in Chile,

Wife in Reverse by Stephen Dixon A story told from end to beginning.

In 1979 Auberon Waugh was working as a columnist at Private Eye when his editor offered him a trip to Senegal to help celebrate the anniversary of the magazine’s sister publication. “All I would have to give in exchange was a short discourse in the French language on the subject of breast feeding.” Read more: Futility Closet

Exit A Japanese company will quit your job so you don’t have to.

Night Owl Reclusive millionaire Howard Hughes had the financial clout to deal with his insomnia in his own unique and audacious fashion.

Road trip anyone? Here are some very good road hotels across the US that evoke bygone travel.

Learn to tie knots with these Animated Knots by Grog  via Things Magazine

I am totally in love with this Hollywood producer’s West Coast Vernacular home. (NYT gift link)

The OmnesViae route planner helps you navigate the Roman Empire (via everlasting blort)

Asteroid 2024 RW1 exploded over Luzon Island in the Philippines on Sept. 5. Why that is a good thing.

The Stanley Tumbler Accessories Trend Is Out of Control I do not want a 40oz water bottle or its deranged array of accessories.

Because the internet was created for cats there is an online museum dedicated to the internet's famous felines. (via Boing Boing)

Mexican Hot Dogs Recipe (NYT gift link) I don’t often eat hot dogs but if had a hankering for one this is what I’d make.

Test your skibidi knowledge of the latest tween slang.

Spain’s pineapple mayhem A new craze encouraging single people to seek partners in supermarkets by using a fruit-based code has led to the police being called to restore order.

Purrfect Moments: A glimpse into Tehran’s street cats

Nobody Reads Ads unless they’re written in a way that feels new and relatable. via Things Magazine

There’s “nothing more exhilarating than posing a multiple-choice problem on which 50,000 people do substantially worse than random chance.” Quanta Magazine