Thursday, August 30, 2018

Miss Cellania's Links

The Arctic Explorer Who Pushed an All-Meat Diet. Vilhjalmur Stefansson ate nothing but meat for an entire year to show it could be done.

The U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question. The passports they will need to cast a vote in November. 

Soil Life in Action: Bioturbation With and Without Soil Fauna. Three time-lapse videos show us how organic material becomes compost.

The True Story of Operation Finale. For director Chris Weitz, the movie about the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was a way to connect with his family history.

A twitter thread in which I drag every single US president in order.

The Story of Your Grandma's Weird Couch. In the 1970s, everyone had the same earth-tone sofa, and the decor that went with it.

War of the Pizzas: A Bracket to Determine the Best Pizza-Related Moment in History. The author justifies each matchup down to the champion.

Here’s How Much Time You’ll Waste Commuting in Your Lifetime (by City). An interactive map that that will make you long for a telecommuting opportunity. (via Digg)

Body-cam vid shows Denver cops arresting newspaper editor for taking pictures of an incident. No, HIPAA doesn't apply to journalists, and it does not superseded the First Amendment. (via Boing Boing)

A blast from the past (2014): The Shark Whisperer and Other Animal Whisperers.

1 comment:

gwdMaine said...

The tweeter Presidential Drag is a riot. Small issue with
Zachary Taylor though (the one I laughed the loudest at).

Can't really argue about it because it's True­.

And she really didn't drag JQA or Lincoln - much too kind.