Wednesday, June 07, 2023

Miss Cellania's Links

Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons. The legendary medieval beast's weapon was explosive diarrhea. (via Everlasting Blort)

The breathtaking cars of Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2023. (via Nag on the Lake)

The 72-Year-Old Who Lied About His Age to Fight in World War I.

5 Statues That Somehow Got Treated Like Living People.

What Is Going On With Hannah Gadsby's New Controversial Show It's Pablo-matic? We (Try To) Explain.

When the Neighbors Don’t Share Your Vision (and That Vision Involves Transformers Statues). (via Metafilter

Thousands of Unusual Road Signs Across Japan. (via Nag on the Lake)

12 Ridiculous-Sounding Scientific Names That Are 100% Real.

How Do You Buy a Home in L.A. for $250K? But a place like this.

3 comments:

  1. When the Neighbors Don’t Share Your Vision

    I wonder if the neighbors would be OK, or at least silent, about this vision?:

    https://www.artbasel.com/rooms/specialsector/28415/A-sculpture-for-Trans-Women-A-sculpture-for-the-Non-Binary-Femmes-A-sculpture-for-Two-Spirit-People-I-am-a-woman-I-don-t-care-what-you-think?lang=en

    FWIW, I am OK with either of them. Or neither of them.

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  2. Villa d'Este was built for the son of Lucrezia Borgia, and grandson of Pope Alexander VI.
    I didn’t know popes had grandsons.

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  3. Priests weren't required to be celibate until there was a crisis about them leaving church property to their heirs. It's about the money, not the sex.

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