Gotta do this. Otherwise the links accumulate and multiply like coathangers in the closet.
Video of massive numbers of mullets (fish, not hairdos) becoming prey during their annual migration.
An introduction to the Paraguayan "Archives of Terror," which "listed 50,000 people murdered, 30,000 people disappeared and 400,000 people imprisoned."
In the United States, this year was "a record year for costume-buying, with more Americans than ever shelling out for children’s costumes ($1.1 billion), adult costumes ($1.4 billion) and costumes for pets ($350 million)."
Halloween pranks by television weathermen. See what happens when you stand in front of a green screen wearing a green-background skeleton costume, or if you just wrap a green cloth around your head.
Time-lapse video of the night sky captures the explosion of a bolide.
Apparently it's a thing now to create tattoos on horses by gluing glitter on the haunches.
Bergli Books (Switzerland) will publish a book exposing the "Asian Timber Mafia" that is devastating the rainforests of Borneo.
How to make the perfect grilled cheese sandwich.
Scary dashcam video - this one in the United States, not Russia. A man driving at night encounters traffic cones set up as a roadblock. Not done by the police...
Why you can't outrun a grizzly bear. This video taken from a vehicle on level ground, but I've seen other videos documenting their incredible speed while running up a steep mountainside.
A massive resource for anyone interested in clothing of the Elizabethan era. Links for everything from underwear to hats. Worth bookmarking.
An interesting commentary on Vladimir Putin's recent speech at the Russian equivalent of the west's Davos summit. "A Russian commentator named Dmitry Orlov... said of Putin’s contribution, “This is probably the most important political speech since Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech of March 5, 1946.”" "This is the speech not of some kind of nostalgic empire builder — Putin dismisses the charge persuasively — but of a man genuinely afraid that the planet is close to tipping into some version of primitive disorder. Absent less adversarial international relations, we reach a moment of immense peril."
Scientists offer a biologic/physiologic basis for people's perceptions of the existence of "ghosts."
"A dying grandmother was granted a final wish of seeing her favourite horse one last time - after the animal was brought to visit her in her hospital bed."
Ethnic plastic surgery - "procedures outsiders generally view as deracinating processes, sharpening the stereotypically flat noses of Asians, blacks, and Latinos while flattening the stereotypically sharp noses of Arabs and Jews."
Hacks for air travelers.
An informed Reddit thread discussing whether (or to what extent) the recent Rosetta mission has changed our understanding of comets.
"After becoming frustrated with the
superficial standards his female co-workers were held to in regards to
the way they dress, Karl embarked on an experiment to test these
standards on himself. He wore the same blue suit every day. First for a
week, then for a month, then for a year... no one has noticed; no one gives a shit.”
A website offers links to 73,000 private webcams whose owners have not secured them with passwords. You can peek at the warehouse floor. Or the baby's crib.
A mother decries the names of some modern cosmetics: "More than once I’ve been in the gruesome position of having to discuss with my daughter the benefits of 'Orgasm' over 'Super Orgasm', or deliberating over palettes labelled F Bomb, Bang and Spunk. Having to ask the shop assistant for one of them takes the conversation to another level altogether."
The lady in this photo -
- does not know what the internet is, but she does understand what a "get well" wish is, and would like to thank everyone ("Who ARE all these people???") for their kind comments.
Top photo found at Reddit/imgur; sadly, today the cheese will stand alone, because the Vikings as a team are in no shape to compete with them.
Thumbnail embeds via an entertaining collection of business signs at 22 Words.
She looks good. Stay strong, Minnesotastan.
ReplyDeleteDitto.
DeleteYour mom must be one tough cookie. I'm glad to see she's obviously doing better and hope you are, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links. I'm off to explore the interwebs.
I hope that you and your mom are both doing well :)
ReplyDeletehappy and healthy beams to all!
ReplyDeleteI-)
The lady in that photo is even more adorbs than I had imagined. More get well wishes to your mom and peace to you from this part of the internet.
ReplyDeleteThat lady in the picture doesn't need to know what the internet is, but it sure can't hurt to tell her more well-wishes.
ReplyDeleteHorse tattoo by "gluing glitter on the haunches".. Sure, why not? In the end a horse is used to carry people, maybe it will end up like here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_art_in_Pakistan#mediaviewer/File:El_Gouna_Bus_R01.jpg And of course it may be useful to have some audio system too :)
ReplyDeleteVan harte beterschap voor je moeder en sterkte gewenst voor jou! (<- My well wishes to you both in Dutch.)
ReplyDeleteI would like to add one to the list. Thanks for all the work you've put into this blog over the years, I have been following it every week. Best to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your weekend linkdump. I follow you weekly and was sorry to hear about your mom. I didn't think you'd be posting again soon but thought I'd check in. Your mother looks good and she's lucky to have you. I too have an elderly mother - 91 and like many other families we do what we need to do and look for the moments of joy and happiness where we can. Keep it up and I wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season.
ReplyDeleteKate from Chicago