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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
"You Can't Hurry Love"
The Supremes perform "You Can't Hurry Love" on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 25, 1966.
An Honest Trailer for Idiocracy
The movie is 20 years old, and predicted what would happen in 500 years. Yet much of it has already happened. You can't tell me you didn't think about the film when you saw the setup for a cage match at the White House.
How We Got Sumo Wrestling
How old is the sport of sumo wrestling? It's ancient, depending on your definition of "ancient." It also depends on your definition of "sumo." Of course, "wrestling" has been everywhere since the dawn of mankind, probably. Anyway, historical records of sumo wrestling first appeared in the 8th century, but you wouldn't recognize it as sumo wrestling from the perspective of today. What makes sumo wrestling different from other types of wrestling came a little at a time, and the impetus for most of those changes was money. There had to be things that distinguished professional sumo wrestlers from wannabes.
Therefore, many of the ancient traditions surrounding sumo were invented about 300 years ago. Sure, all traditions were "invented" at one time or another, and 300 years seems pretty ancient now. But these practices were called ancient traditions even when they were new. This TED-Ed lesson explains how and why sumo wrestling became what it is today. (via Laughing Squid)
Cucumber
My garden us growing well, and it won't be long til I can enjoy my regular summer meal of tomato and cucumber salad -sometimes with bacon. From the looks of the cucumber patch covered in blossoms, I will have bumper crop. If you are looking forward to a lot of fresh cucumbers, here's something that will get you in the right mood. Macka B sings the praises of the cucumber, from its refreshing taste to its many nutritional benefits. (via reddit)
Monday, June 29, 2026
Idiocracy Wasn't a Comedy, It Was a Prophecy!
Maybe not exactly prophesy, because the trends were already there in 2006. But 20 years later, Idiocracy seems to have already come true. It is too late to reverse?
Disaster in the Pantry
How would you handle this disaster? Redditor nerdy_J said a friend's kid did this to all the cans in the pantry.
They were lucky that the labels were still there at all. Do you know
what's in your cabinets well enough to figure out what's in the cans?
Tomato paste, tomato sauce, corned beef, and tuna are pretty easy. I
hope you store the cat food in a different place. Some folks at the post
shared what they did back when they got unlabeled canned food free.
When I was a kid we were really poor and would volunteer to take food from local grocery stores to the local food pantry. Legally, the food pantry could not accept cans without labels, so rather than throwing them out we would take them home. We all got pretty good at guessing what was in a can by how it sounded when you shook it. We would also make “mystery can soup”. Basically get a cheap chunk of roast and then start opening cans: vegetables went in the soup, fruit went into a bowl for fruit salad and cat/dog food/mystery meat would go to the cats.That plan gets a wrench thrown in when you open a can of tamales or chow mein, but those can be refrigerated for a while. I am reminded of a Girl Scout camp out where we all brought a can of our favorite soup and threw them all in a pot together. The real problem with your canned goods shelf is that you keep too much stuff around that you really don't want to eat. I once bought one can of French onion soup because I like it, but the hassle of preparing a couple of slices of French bread and melted cheese meant I never prepared it. Yesterday I checked and found the can expired four years ago!
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
When he was 13 years old, before his voice changed, Jacob Collier recorded himself singing "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." It's a simple yet angelic performance. Eighteen years later, professional musician Collier went back and changed into 16 different shirts to sing along with himself, providing a lovely background choir with harmonies. (via Nag on the Lake)
The Soviet Night Witches
The Night Witches was a name given to the World War II pilots of the Soviet Union's all-woman 588th Night Bomber Regiment. They flew multiple missions every night to bomb German units on the Eastern Front, in tiny obsolete planes that flew low and almost silently. The pilots were young (as young as 17), fearless, and patriotic, like the kamikazes Japan deployed in the Pacific. The difference is that the Night Witches often survived their dangerous raids, while understanding that the odds against them were serious.
Their story, as brought to us by Weird History, begins as if the Soviet Union only joined the war in 1941. The part they left out was that the USSR had a pact with Germany to divide the nations of Eastern Europe between them, and the Soviets invaded some of them themselves. Once Germany double-crossed them, the Soviets joined the Allies, and only afterward did women aviators lobby to serve.
The funniest part of this video is the machine-generated captions. The algorithm has no idea what to do with Russian names, and cannot cope at all with the airplanes called Po-2s.
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The wedding that inspired “Save the Last Dance for Me.” (via Metafilter)
Peruvians say they were promised jobs in Russia, but landed on the front lines in Ukraine. (via Damn Interesting)
Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself. (via Strange Company)
The U.S. Ghost Town That Periodically Rises Out of a Lake. The tale of a town that would not stay sunken.
The Operating Room Where Anesthesia Was First Demonstrated Is Now a Landmark. But for the Men Who Claimed Credit, There Was Much Misery.
Jump rope is hard enough, but this guy gives it style. (via Everlasting Blort)
In 1980, Eastern Airlines flight attendants began to sweat drops of red. Mysteriously, this only happened to the flight attendants. (via Nag on the Lake)
Trump’s Most Sinister Legacy: He’s Brought Out the Worst in America. (via Fark)
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy was created by Willis O'Brien in 1915, released by Edison Studios in 1917. The stop-motion animated tale concerns a courtship among prehistoric cave people, an ape-creature (the missing link), and a dinosaur. The real comedy comes in the intertitles, which would be quite at home in an Edwardian romantic comedy. I found this in an interesting article about the evolution of dinosaurs in movies at Vulture.
The Plot
I'm sick of these movies being so on the nose.
— GodlessPrimate (@godlessprimate.bsky.social) June 27, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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Sunday, June 28, 2026
Able Mabel
The first half of this 1966 ad is to promote a household robot that was expected to be available by 1976. She's not quite as smooth or as quick as Rosie from The Jetsons, but she seemed awesome for the time. The second half is a more honest assessment of how far the robot had to go at that time, hosted by a roboticist in great s]need of some Brylcreem. What really happened is that we made improvements for each task separately. A Roomba is much smaller. A Ring doorbell is tiny and stays in one place. And no one irons because we just improved fabric to not need it. (via Nag on the Lake)
Ferrets and the Plague
We once thought that black-footed ferrrets were extict, but when a few specimens were later found, the rush was on to bring them back from the brink, which included breeding them in captivity. Releasing these kitten snakes into the wild is dangerous, though, because they eat prairie dogs, which have fleas, which carry plague. The evolution of the plague bacteria went through some real changes in order to become as virulent as it is, involving flea anatomy, and then follows a disgusting chain of infection that can give us all bubonic plague. In this video, Ze Frank takes us from a Yersinia pestis bacterium named Patricia through a chain of critters that aren't named, up to a black-footed ferret named Kenny. There are ways that people are trying to protect the ferrets from the plague that may look silly, but are important. And we have adorable ferret footage to make it all seem less grim.
Calorie Sources and How They've Changed
Through most of civilization, people have been getting the majority of their calories from whatever carbohydrates were available: bread, potatoes, rice, or yams depending on location. But in the last couple hundred years, food technology and culture has upended that. This video from Data is Beautiful tracks the source of caloric intake among Americans aged 20-39 from 1930 to 2026. Keep in mind this does not take into account the total amount of food consumed; just a comparison of the calorie source. That's why fruits and vegetables stay so low- you can eat an awful lot of those and still get few calories.
Bread stays at the top during the Great Depression. Then when World War II vets came home, they continued to eat red meat every day like they did in the military, and their families did, too. Then the rise of fast food took over, and soda pop became an everyday drink. Late in the 20th century, red meat became less popular and more expensive. You'll spot more trends on a second watch that can be linked to prices, trends, and health concerns. (via Born in Space)
Never Bet Against a Raccoon
Think you're going to outsmart a hungry raccoon with your silly technology? Watch this trash panda foil a critter-proof bird feeder! You get the idea that it's not the first time he's seen this kind of setup. While the folks inside admit defeat, they are impressed with both the raccoon's intelligence and his dexterity. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Saturday, June 27, 2026
The Undying Monster
The Undying Monster is a 1942 horror mystery based on a 1922 novel. The residents of a family estate in England are being killed one by one, but is it a supernatural monster, or is one of them a killer? (Thanks, WTM!)
The Great Dismal Swamp
My family has spent vacations at the Outer Banks of North Carolina for at least four generations now. You let the kids think it is for fun in the sun, but they learn a lot of history, too. The Lost Colony. Blackbeard's pirate base, The Wright Brothers' first flight. And getting there, you pass through the Great Dismal Swamp, over engineered roads that weren't possible a couple hundred years ago. Full of mosquitos, snakes, choking vegetation, and unstable ground, the inhospitable swamp was a refuge for enslaved people who escaped and hid out for generations.
"The Power of Disco" by Huey Lewis and the Trammps
Listen to this super nostalgic mashup, new from Bill McClintock! It's a medley of disco hits from the 1970s, set to the tune of Huey Lewis and the News' 1985 song "The Power of Love." The first disco song is "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps. I was a little disappointed there, because it's my favorite disco song mainly because of its tune. But that's just the beginning- you'll also hear "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" by the Commodores, "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix, and "Serpentine Fire" by Earth, Wind & Fire.
The five songs are accompanied by a video that incorporates the music videos from each song, plus the movie Back to the Future, which is where we got "The Power of Love." You'll want to get up and dance, but keep in mind the disco hits are all a little slower to match the tempo of "The Power of Love." But that's okay, because if you recall all these songs, you probably dance a little slower than you used to.
Casually Explained: Moving Out
James from Casually Explained gives young people a honest and detailed rundown on what it's like to move out of their parents' home. You'll only want to share this with your kids if they've already moved out, because it's pretty discouraging. When Baby Boomers moved out on their own, it was for the purpose of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, which kids these days don't do so much of. Also, we could find a place to live where the rent was only a week's income or less, if you weren't picky. Now the rental units are owned by corporations or Boomers, and they demand exorbitant security deposits because they fear young tenants will act like they did at that age. (via Tastefully Offensive)
SNAP Rules
Did you know that low-income Americans are forbidden from purchasing hot food items like rotisserie chicken at their local deli with SNAP benefits? It’s true. There are all sorts of arbitrary rules like this for public assistance programs.
— Senator Chris Larson (@senchrislarson.bsky.social) June 25, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I can see how this happened. The government doesn't want to pay for restaurant meals, but in defining the terms, they run into the edge cases. Delis and grocery stores offer ready-made takeout meals like a restaurant. But here in the real world, rotisserie chicken from a grocery is often less expensive than buying a raw chicken. It's a great option for single working mothers. But it's an even greater option for people who don't have a kitchen. If you are living on the street, or in a motel shelter, or an SRO, a rotisserie chicken can be the difference between eating chips and eating protein.And yet, when rich people want free money in the form of business grants or tax exemptions, there are often very little strings attached - if any. It’s time to stop policing people’s food choices and start regulating the big businesses that fail to pay living wages instead.
— Senator Chris Larson (@senchrislarson.bsky.social) June 25, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Friday, June 26, 2026
Celebrate
Three Dog Night performing on the show Soundstage in 1975. The song itself, from their second album, was released in 1970.
Every Person With a Bird Feeder
Your first bird feeder seems like a nice gift, but it can lead to some serious lifestyle changes. Suddenly, you are obsessed with the birds that actually come visit. You're taking pictures of them, studying their favorite foods, and that leads to a serious obsession. There's nothing wrong with bird watching, and I'm sure the birds appreciate the food. But you may start to seem a little odd to the neighbors and any friends that visit.
Comedian Matt Lyons noticed this in his own neighborhood. He knows about as much about birds as you or I do- notice that the bird feeder in this video is empty, and no serious backyard birder would let that happen except to give it a good cleaning. You can also tell by the names of the birds, like the eastern bilirobin and the benihana boobies. He's glad to share knowledge with you, because it's all about that symbiotomy in the phylum, whatever that means. (via Laughing Squid)
The Genie's Outtakes and Bloopers from Aladdin
The usual way to make classic cartoons is to record the voices first, and then draw the animation to match. When Robin Williams recorded lines for the Genie in the 1992 film Aladdin, the crew knew that letting him loose with the script would produce magic. Williams recorded hours and hours of sound, playing around with each joke, adding his own ad libs, and doing them all over and over with different recognizable character voices. It had to be a real trip to witness.
Of course, they didn't use all those hours of voice recordings, but they were too funny to discard, so they added artwork to them anyway. In this video, two directors and the supervising animator from Aladdin remember Williams and bring us the Genie treasures we didn't get to see in the movie.
Miss Cellania's Links
The Seriously Dark Origins Behind Matching Bridesmaid Dresses.
Could You Pass Thomas Edison’s Job Application Test? Fewer than 5 percent of applicants could pass the inventor’s wide-ranging exam. (via Damn Interesting)
A reflecting pool cocktail. With recipe.
Elon Musk and His DOGE Pals, in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
Elvis Once Tested How Bullet-Resistant Cadillacs Are, Here's How It Went.
When you don't want the tattoo artist to see your nipples.
The Liver-eating Cannibal That Inspired Jeremiah Johnson.
I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later.
Cats and Fish
Cats and fish go together like ...well, the cats like it, the fish probably could do without cats. But the combination can be pretty funny! Click the "read more" button for a big collection of funny cats and fish.
Can Loneliness Kill You?
There's a big difference between being alone and being lonely. If you are alone because you enjoy solitude, that shouldn't be a problem. But if you feel alone and don't want to be, that is real loneliness. The feeling of loneliness and social isolation can do serious damage, but that doesn't mean you are doomed. For many people, feelings of loneliness come and go as life progresses, and smart folks learn how to change their life situation to meet their required spacial connections. AsapSCIENCE lets us in on the science of loneliness and its effects. (via Laughing Squid)
Prison
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) June 24, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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Thursday, June 25, 2026
Son Of A Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield performed "Son of a Preacher Man" on The Ed Sullivan Show on November 24, 1968.
Your Grandparents' Bathroom
I saw this comic and thought, "Uh-oh." But my bathroom has none of these things except for the bathtub with anti-slip everything. I don't want to slip and fall. And who has a shower AND a bathtub? This graphic is from Matt Shirley.
Adding the Soundtrack
Pianist Ten K (tenkpiano) has been adding soundtracks to viral animal videos. This is adorable. See a couple more of the best at Laughing Squid.
The Language of Smell
Can you describe a smell without referring to the possible source of that smell, or something that smells similar? There are such words, like fragrant, stinky, or musky and a few others, but compare that to the huge number of words we can use to describe something we see without referring the the exact object. Most of the time, we just rely on shared knowledge of smell sources, such as "this smells like (bananas, lilac, crap, etc)." In English, you can be on the phone, go outside, sniff, and say "someone's cooking out," and the person you're talking to will instantly know what you are smelling because of our shared experience. Imagine trying to describe that smell without referring to the probable source.
However, this only applies to Western languages. Some languages have a wide vocabulary to describe smells. What makes the difference is codability, or the tendency for all speakers of the language to agree on descriptive words. Dr. Erica Brozovsky explains the linguistics of smell across different languages.
The World's Cutest Cable Guys
Who ever heard of a ferret with a job? That's exactly what's happening here. James Mckay runs the National Ferret School in Chesterfield, England, where they train ferrets to lay cable. If you've ever seen a pet ferret run through a piece of flexipipe for fun, you know they'd be good at this. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Global Warming
A hundred years is just a blip on the geological calendar, but we're accelerating.Global warming is real .... just slow
— RandyLand (@randyland65.bsky.social) June 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Not slow.
— D’Haugeranville (@dhaugeranville1786.bsky.social) June 24, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Wednesday, June 24, 2026
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
Jackie Wilson recorded "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" in 1967, before music videos were a thing. But then MTV and VH1 came a long, and they made a video for the song in 1987, after Wilson died. It's pretty goofy, but the song is the original recording, so you'll enjoy both.
An Honest Trailer for Supergirl (No, Not That One)
The new Supergirl movie is set to open nationwide this weekend, so it's as good a time as any for Screen Junkies to go back and do an Honest Trailer for the 1984 film Supergirl. What? You didn't see the movie? You don't even remember it? There's a reason for that. Despite an all-star cast, Supergirl was a box office bomb, and did even worse with critics. The few who enjoyed it weren't quite sure whether they meant for it to turn out the way it did. The attempt to make a superhero adventure/comedy/teen movie with an incomprehensible plot just fell flat.
If you are looking forward to the new Supergirl this weekend, but are also apprehensive about possible disappointment, maybe you should go back and watch the 12984 version. It will only enhance what's to come with the 2026 Supergirl.
Miss Cellania's Links
Soccer fans were treated to a video performance from the New England Patriot cheerleaders before the Scotland-Haiti game. The Tartan Army was so gobsmacked that the bars had a minute or two to restock.
A Million Times Tribute is a grid of 288 analog clock faces that will display the time in digital numbers every minute, or whenever you reload it. But when it isn't displaying the time, it is a mesmerizing geometric artwork of rotating clocks. (via Everlasting Blort)
A short tutorial on making better pancakes. (via Nag on the Lake)
All the Star Wars movies have the wrong title.
Jonathan Pie summarizes the war in Iran in less than five minutes. NSFW language. (via Fark)
The Warrior-Witches of Ukraine’s Resistance. An underground intelligence network uses subterfuge and honey traps to direct drone strikes deep inside Russian-occupied territory. (via Metafilter)
28 Public Relations Nightmares That Went Down Behind The Scenes Of Great Movies And Shows.
A roundup of memes about the reflecting pool on the national mall.
Using GPS in Brazil
Warning: infectious laughter. These guys were trying to find their way around what I think might be the city of Fortaleza in Brazil. Commenters believe the trouble may be because they didn't switch the language of their app to Portuguese. They have stories of using map apps in languages that don't work well in the location they are driving through. At any rate, what came out was not only the road they should turn on, but all the other roads and shopping plazas it leads to. InappropriateSurname jotted them all down.
Turn left onto Avenida Almirante Barroso / Avenida Antonio Justa / Avenida da Abolição / Avenida Desembargador Moreira / Rua Frei Mansueto / Avenida Pessoa Anta / Rua Ana Bilhar / Rua Barbalha / Rua Barbosa de Freitas / Rua José Napoleão / Rua Juazeiro do Norte / Rua Júlio Ibiapina / Av. Senador Virgílio TávoraThe video was uploaded years ago. You have to wonder if they're still driving around, trying to find their destination. (via reddit)
Then turn right onto Rua José Napoleão
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Heartbeat, Its A Lovebeat
Tired of all the foreign musical culture on the broadcast airwaves, in 1972 Canada enacted the MAPL system that mandated a certain percentage of Canadian content on radio and TV. This opened the door for stardom for such talented acts as Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who, and the many acts that came after. That stardom was well-deserved, but it wasn't enough to fill the radio schedule. Since Canada has about 10% of the population of the US, there was a mad scramble in the early '70s to find enough Canadian content (also known as CanCon). That's how the DeFranco Family got their big chance. With automatic radio play, they filled the slot that the Jackson 5 and the Osmond Brothers held in the US, but it didn't last long. Read about them and others who got a chance thanks to CanCon regulations.
"Heartbeat, Its A Lovebeat" was never a favorite of mine, but it does bring back memories of 1973. (via Nag on the Lake)
Canadian English vs. American English
British immigrant Laurence Brown has spent years comparing and contrasting Britain and the US in his series Lost in the Pond. Many times he's pointed out the many differences in British English and American English. But somewhere along the way, he discovered that there is also Canadian English, which is another thing altogether. This reminds me of when some French relatives visited Montreal and were shocked to find out that Quebecois is very different from French, but still understandable if you give it a few seconds.
Americans and Canadians are used to each other's word usage and accents, but seeing if from the perspective of one who used to be an outsider is illuminating. We've all heard about Americans traveling to Europe and telling people they are from Canada to avoid American backlash, yet we've wondered how they got away with it. The differences in language are rather subtle, and often undetectable to anyone who speaks English as a second language, or even as a first language, as Brown does.
By the way, I've never heard any American refer to a knit cap as a beanie, but I live near the South, where they are only worn a couple of months out of the year. This video has a skippable ad from 4:58 to 6:01.
Eternia or Ikea?
Alamo Drafthouse presents a new quiz show that challenges your ability to recognize or guess names. They give you a name, and you have to decide whether it's from the fictional kingdom of Eternia from the TV show He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, or from the non-fictional kingdom of IKEA furniture. There is a certain demographic who should ace this quiz, since they grew up on He-Man and now buy IKEA furniture. For the rest of us, it's a toss up because each of these strange names can go either way.
As the game progresses, you can start to see how these kingdoms are somewhat alike. IKEA gives its furniture names instead of simply stock numbers to enable customers to share their favorites, creating free publicity. Eternia names its characters so you can keep up with them in a TV show- but that TV show was born to promote a line of toy products. It might help you to know that some He-Man characters are named for their unique features, while IKEA doesn't do that- or if they do, it's in Swedish. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
How the Geography of the US is Weirder Than You Think
We all know the United States is strange, but there are some geographic oddities in this video that you might not have already known. RealLifeLore picked out some interesting facts that just don't seem like they make any sense, unless you live in the area they're talking about. Or if you learned geography from a globe instead of a Mercator map -which is the way geography should be learned, but it doesn't happen much. (via Digg)
Monday, June 22, 2026
Princess Diana's Tragic Life
People under 40 or so only know two things about Lady Diana Spencer, later known as Princess Diana. She was married to Prince Charles, the future King of England, until they were divorced. Then she died in a traffic accident in 1997 at the age of 36. Older people will remember the big news of the royal wedding in 1981 right after she turned 20. The way she was selected to be Charles' bride seemed a bit skeevy to Americans, but the young preschool assistant seemed happy.
Yet underneath the royal trappings, Diana's life was no fairy tale. From the time she was born, her life was difficult, not financially, but psychologically. Still, she carried the weight of her family's expectations and then the world's expectations like a champ- until she couldn't. Then again, Diana's story contains elements of many stories we've heard before: the beautiful princess, absent parents, betrayal, a stiff upper lip, longing for love, and even a wicked stepmother. Maybe Princess Diana's life really was a fairy tale come true, just without the magic intervention and the "happily ever after" ending.
A Ghost Watches True Crime
Every once in a while, you think about what people will say about you after you're gone. Will your life have a lasting impact? And did you leave a good impression on the people you left behind? Mostly we picture that at our funeral, which could be the last time anyone talks about you at all. But if you happen to be the victim of a widely-publicized murder, you just might end up in a true crime story available to the entire world. And once you're gone, you cannot control the narrative in any way.
Sure, that's a sad scenario. But in the hands of Ryan George it becomes a comedy as a murder victim's ghost gets a glimpse into the aftermath of the murder, and how his friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances use their ten minutes of fame on a TV show about him.
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The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought. (via kottke)
How to make kebabs. (via Everlasting Blort)
Never lose your short friend in a crowd again. But don't pay too much. (Thanks, Ken!)
Behind the Kaleidoscope: The Women Busby Berkeley Used and the Deaths He Walked Away From.
None of The Countries That Bordered Romania Before World War 2, Border It Today. (via Nag on the Lake)
The Quiet Unraveling of America’s Food Safety Net. (via Fark)
17 Eerily Accurate Predictions Made By Pop Culture (And 12 Hilariously WRONG Ones).
Ukraine's Tunnel of Love: Nature's Romantic Railway.
Cat Freaks out After Owner Disappears
The disappearing trick blew this cat's mind. She's not going to give up until she figures out where that hooman went. Meanwhile, these dogs don't care at all. (via Digg)
Office Perks
It doesn't have to be a tech company, and the perk doesn't have to be ping pong. The general concept applies to every workplace. This comic is from Jeff Lovfers at Don't Hit Save.
Sunday, June 21, 2026
13 Billion Years
Eight years ago, John D. Boswell, known as Melodysheep brought us a timelapse of the entire universe, from the big bang to the present time. I posted it, but the video has been yanked because it has now been completely reworked in Boswell's own style and words. The earlier film was a pastiche of video from various sources with celebrity narration. This is the same idea, with upgraded visuals, music, and narration by EpicSpaceMan (Toby Lockerbie).
The story is ten minutes that represent 13 billion years of history. That means that every second covers 23 million years. Human beings don't show up at all until the last fraction of a second. But that doesn't mean there's no drama. A lot of things are happening while you try to wrap your head around the scope of time. I recommend watching in full screen mode. (via Memo of the Air)
Welcome Home, Daddy!
A compilation of tiny tots and their joy at seeing Daddy come home. Happy Father's Day.
Fathers Days
Telegraph cartoonist Bob Moran tells us about how he was introduced to fatherhood, and the changes he went through. (via Everlasting Blort)
A Family Man
StoryCorps presents its latest story to be animated by the Rauch Brothers. Samuel Black talks about his hardworking father who may remind you of your own. (Thanks, Krisi!)
Saturday, June 20, 2026
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