Sunday, February 23, 2025

Sunday Links

Image: Rural Indexing Project

Rural communities exist across the American landscape. The buildings and streetscapes in these places are a repository for visual trends—historical, architectural, and social—that relate to aspects of commercial, municipal, and private life. Rural Indexing Project (RIP) documents these trends as they exist in the built environment.  (via everlasting blort)


Jōhatsu refers to the people in Japan who purposely vanish from their established lives without a trace. Via Things Magazine


David Tennant performs 500 Miles by The Proclaimers with the help of a few famous faces.

I made this One-Pan Salmon Nicoise With Orzo last night because I had all the ingredients and everything is cooked in one frying pan. I will definitely make it again.  (NYT gift link)



The Mitchell Library in Glasgow is famed for the impressive carpets which were laid in the 1960s after a fire. You can download and colour them

My Life in Weeks  Gina Trapani has made a map of her life, where each week she has been alive is a little box. via Web Curios

You can get an inexpensive and authentic meal near a famous tourist spot simply by walking at least five blocks away from the epicenter.  50 Years of Travel Tips


How hard is it to take a picture of a mirror? Apparently, very.  (NYT Gift article)

She pulled out a cracked plastic bin filled with charred pots and pans and a random bag of marshmallows from the early aughts. Another bin contained just tank tops. “Why did I think I needed that many tank tops?” she laughed. Tired of Losing is a story about hoarding.

Finally, my tax dollars are being used to uncover publicly available government information. (McSweeney’s)


Like father, like son? Here's a cover of "Old Man Trump", Woody Guthrie’s song about Fred Trump, Donald Trump's father, being racist, by Ani DiFranco, Tom Morello and Ryan Harvey. via Metafilter




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