TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

Details of the chair's design elements from local folklore are clarified at the Neatorama via.  I presume the colorful discs by the cha...

Let's start with a definition:  A babydoll is a short, sleeveless, loose-fitting nightgown or negligee , intended as nightwear for wome...

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The painting is Street Musicians at the Doorway of a House , by Jacob Ochtervelt (1665).  The pattern on the floor is an example of ...

It just absolutely fascinates me that each of these hexagonal tiles has the same pattern , but that the resultant overall result can be so v...

I've been doing my own grocery shopping for the past 58 years.  I open the egg carton to peek inside and check the bottom for wet spots....

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Regular readers here may remember that World Central Kitchen is far and away my favorite charity.  I believe my last report on their work i...

China has also publicly announced that they are lightening their reserves of U.S. treasuries.   Here is a table of foreign holders of U.S. t...

... but I have heard that parts of it are true, and if most or all of it is true, it's tremendously interesting and important.

Santa Marta, Colombia.  An activist demonstrating during a conference aimed at transitioning away from fossil fuels.  Photograph: Iván Vale...

This interesting image was in a Guardian article describing and illustrating several of the most ancient pathways in England.  Shown above ...

Holly Baxter of The Independent reported today that in the midst of all the chaos—including his war on Iran and rising fuel and food prices...

I was delighted to discover what it is and was impressed to note how well-designed and constructed it is.  Read all about it at the whatisth...