Sunday Links

A Banksy mural after being partially removed from a wall of the Royal Courts of Justice on September 11, 2025 in London (photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

From public murals to museum walls: 10 Artworks That Spoke Truth to Power in 2025 (Image above)

 What’s that popping sound? In the Sami region of northern Finland there are auroras 150 nights per year.

How to move a tree.

The world's snowiest place is a village that gets 415 inches (1,054 cm) of snow a year.

This is a true and extremely disturbing story of medical malpractice: A popular Montana doctor left a trail of harm and suspicious deaths 

Tupperware erotica

If I were building a house to meet our current needs this one checks all the boxes. I like the outdoor living space.

Fancy a slice of Paris (and who doesn’t?) London’s oldest family-run French restaurant is selling off some of its French decor at reasonable prices.

My long-time blogger friend Hanan sent me this heartwarming story about a man who was invited for Christmas and stayed for forty-five years.

The New York Times recreated Trump’s gilded office in 3-D, using hundreds of photos taken in October.

Your Favorite Albums of 2025 : All Songs Considered : NPR  Some good ones.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you: “Oh God, I don’t feel good. Look, my thumbs have gone weird! My heart’s beating like a fucked clock! I feel dreadful, I feel really dreadful,” to which Withnail responds, “So do I, so does everybody. Look at my tongue; it’s wearing a yellow sock.” The 10 best Fictional hangovers (a repost from 2010 but still relevant for some)

This is what happens when you treat guns like toys: Oklahoma woman fatally shot while holding a child on Christmas by a man doing target practice in his yard blocks away.  (Fark)

The story behind The I Hate to Cook Book

This house in Slovenia is surrounded on three sides by Italy.

Brendan Costello’s family was bracing for goodbyes. But he had one last wish. A touching story about a death interrupted and how life goes on.

Can’t find the Christmas tree pickup schedule in your meighbourhood?  Just eat it for goodness sake (Tacky Raccoons)

What does the bunny say?

I wish Santa had brought me one of these for Christmas.

A list of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic particles (Via Memo Of The Air)

Printing the Sacramento History Museum holiday card 2025 (Via everlasting blort)

And the last Sunday Link of the year is …… Dave Barry’s Year in Review