Wednesday, March 05, 2025

Miss Cellania's Links

The story behind the internet’s most viral (and misunderstood) political meme. It went so viral that I first saw it today.

In Defense of Turkish Delight. This traditional sweet is actually pretty delightful, and you can make it at home.

Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed journey to the South Pole captivated the world. But hidden within the legend was a story that has never been told—a love affair between two of the crew who survived. (via Metafilter)

5 Towns Who Lived Out Real-Life Horror Movies.

Serpents and Spirits: Inside America’s Enduring Snake-Handling Churches.

What we knew more than eight years ago is coming back to bite us

When you microwave an ice cube... 



3 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Tom the Dancing Bug, brilliant as always. And that ice cube, wow! Also, kudos to your bro for today's post meme!

WilliamRocket said...

Turkish Delight !
Yum ... I would make some, but the recipe says to heat the sugar and water to some Fº, and we only have Cº, here in the lands outside the USA.
Thwarted ... no ... TRUMPED, by America's weird decisions again.

Oh, the little high flying circle on the Fº and Cº means degrees, thats those graduations on a thermo-meter. Thermometer, not to be confused with a thermo-metre, which is a hot thousand millimetres.

gwdMaine said...

Who are you trying to kid? Assuming they even sell 8x8 or quarter-sheet pans on that side of the world, you'd never get past the Cups, Tablespoons, and Teaspoons part.