Sunday, October 05, 2025

Sunday Links

Photo: Jesse Zuefle

NOLA RAIN:Twenty years on from Hurricane Katrina, Jesse Zuefle tells the full story of the Banksy’s mysterious visit. (photo above)

“Please hold,” the caller said, “while I transfer you to my supervisor.” Would a scammer have a supervisor?  Read more DuckSoup

The Life and Death of the Suburban Novel Why isn’t there a twenty-first-century Cheever?

 Dial-A-Poem Via Web Curios

Broken Eardrums 40 Miles Away, The Loudest Sound in History On August 27, 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa erupted, producing the loudest sound ever recorded by humans.

How did I miss this?

How to turn down an invitation 

Funeral For A Postponed Death: Nearly 50 years ago tens of thousands of people were seized off the streets without a trace by Argentina’s right wing dictatorship. The search for justice never stopped. In 2011 Marta Dillon was finally able to lay the body of her mother to rest. 

Precise measurement

The Woman Who Photocopied Her Bottom and became front page news.

Who Will Win The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025? The bookies weigh in.

Maria Branyas Morera, then the world’s oldest living person, died at age 117. She followed a Mediterranean diet, did not smoke or drink, and walked an hour a day until the early 2000s. Read more: NYT Gift Link

Are you more likely to die on your birthday? Apparently you are. 

Signs the crows may be up to something

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