Sunday links

Illustrations from Lorenz Oken’s Atlas of Living Things, 1833-1834

Lorenz Oken (August 1, 1779 – August 11, 1851) was a leading light of the nature philosopher (Naturphilosophie) movement, who speculated about the significance of life, which they believed to be derived from a vital force that could not be understood totally through scientific means. (read more)

Javascript Kaleidoscope turns a link to any image on the internet into a kaleidoscope.

(via Kraftfuttermischwerk)

Researchers have deciphered a nearly 2,000-year-old true crime papyrus. Read more: Smithsonian

Elon Musk’s Directive on How to Change a Light Bulb in a Federal Building

Essential Vermeer An excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn more about this artist’s life and work.

What do Britons call a knock and run?

They inherited billions from their parents. Unlike most rich clients, who seek out financial advisors in the hope of getting even richer, the 18- to 35-year-olds at the Making Money Make Change conference in Nashville are here to do the opposite.

Are beds overrated? (via everlasting blort)

A woman with motor neuron disease made her AI voice clone say arse and got banned. People with this devastating disease should be allowed to say whatever they want, including “arse” and “knickers.” (via the new shelton wet/dry)

Either you aggregate or perish, For the first time hummingbirds have been found living in a hive.

A typewriter for illiterates

From TYWKIWDBI: Great horned owls find their voice while they are still doubled over in the dark of their moon-shaped egg.

Words of Note Some lovely ones her

Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain. Yuck!

More: ArsTechnica

Woke Beans, a funny story “Beans in chili are woke, the original conservative Texans who made chili only used meat and chili. San Francisco liberals started adding beans to chili in the 60's because so many hippies were vegetarian.”

Following Flaco the Owl “If we are very lucky, we find that the thing we have picked up is hitched to everything else in the universe.”

It’s almost time to think about landscaping. Trees for all seasons is a good resource  by landscape architect Mikkel Eye. (via Web Curios)

Apéro: a profile of pastis and the French daily custom of the cocktail hour. via perfect for roquefort cheese