Sunday, November 15, 2026

Sunday Links

Image: Drone photographer Tyler Lekki

Three Decades of Dreaming  Colin Haley did the first solo winter ascent of Cerro Torre in Patagonia. His story is awesome. The image above shows how infinitesimally small we are in the scale of nature. He looks like an ant.

Have you ever used any of these insults? I guess my semi-regular use of cad, rascal, scamp, scoundrel and skinflint date me.

War mittens

Sunshine Atlas tells you how sunny the world’s cities are. I don’t know about you but I’m already sick of waking up in darkness and not knowing if it’s 1am and I need to go back to sleep or 6am and time to feed the cat. I’m craving daylight and it’s only November 13. Via Web Curios

Solving the Feynman restaurant problem, i.e. how many dishes should you sample at a restaurant to find your favourite one?

Localpedia Landmarks for things a half hour from you.

Vote George Wallace For Alabama Governor - A pro segregation comic book from 1960.

This collapsible chessboard requires 325 individual precision crafted parts to keep it from jamming.

Salmon Creek Farm's founder, the architecture-trained artist Fritz Haeg, opens the doors to his cultural commune. Via Memo Of The Air

The Berluti knot: a shoelace knot that stays tied

Trailer: Set in the feline-run underbelly of Venice, Italy, Gatto releases exclusively in theaters March 5, 2027.

NASA’ s CHAPEA Mars crew emerges after more than a year in isolation preparing humans for the Moon and Mars.

Is your girlfriend a spy?

My friend wrote this story: The Harm Reduction Centre Ladies Auxiliary 

A visit to the local bathhouse Via Web Curios

100 scientists were asked about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back provocations. NYT gift link

Just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should.

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