Sunday Links

The secret history of the manicule, the little hand that’s everywhere. I never knew it had a name. (image above)

“Glasgow is maybe the most bullshit-free place on earth. I think I call it "the antidote to the rest of the world." I saw these words on a large sign at the Barras Market and I heartily agree. Read more of Anthony Bourdain’s one-liners about Glasgow

How the largest fraud in Canadian history was busted, but not before its perpetrators “contacted—by phone, email and other means—every single adult. Read More

A Taiwanese woman sought treatment for what she thought was a simple infection. Instead she and her doctor were horrified to discover four bees living under her eyelids, feasting on her tears. (TYWKIWDBI)

What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday? 

Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the National Film Board of Canada via Metafilter

The Brazilian Cheese Bread Recipe on the back of the Bob’s Red Mill package is made in a blender and comes together in just 30 minutes. (This is for my American friends because many Canadians no longer buy American products) Read more at Eater.

Kristen Wiig is my spirit animal. via everlasting blort

The Iris Apfel Auction Sale was as wonderful as you would expect if you like eyeglasses.

Timezones, mapped to a greyscale gradient: Horizontal World Time Zones (via Web Curios)

Library In The Earth

The story of a daunting home renovation: Turning an old school in Indiana into a home

How to out-dumb an ignorant bigot via Memo Of The Air 

The full English with a twist.

TikTok embezzlers, outlaw leaders and a five year Scottish Canals dispute: welcome to the wild west of Glasgow’s waterways. via Metafilter

Torontonians’ reaction to Premier Doug Ford’s decision last year to close the Ontario Science Centre was swift and negative. Requiem For The Ontario Science Centre is an entire album about the beloved institution by Tony Price, a Toronto producer, engineer, and DJ. via Feuilleton

The five oldest businesses in the world are all Japanese

The $7M Gilded Age mansion Arm & Hammer built has been painstakingly restored to its original glory. Lovely photos.

In California every application for a vanity number plate has its approval or rejection made part of the public record: Rejected Vanity Plates via Web Curios

Data privacy lawyer by day. dinosaur by night. via everlasting blort

It is the fifth anniversary of the event that changed everything.  NYT gift link

At the Philadelphia Zoo animals now have an exploration trail experience on a network of see-through mesh trails that allows them to roam around and above Zoo grounds.