Monday, June 01, 2026

Miss Cellania's Links

One of Rome's Biggest Victories Was Won By… the Backpack. (via Strange Company

90 Years Ago, Florida Converted A Railroad Into One Of America’s Greatest Highways, And It Spanned 113 Miles And 42 Bridges Across An Ocean. 

‘I don’t have anybody’: Adoptive teen son of a KY governor talks about life on his own. After rescue from abusive facility, Jonah Bevin wants accountability. (via Fark

Please Use AI. A lovely poem by a real-life poet. (via Metafilter

This Javelin Thrower Looks Like He is Impaling Himself in Crazy Optical Illusion Photo. (via Damn Interesting

The rise in plastic surgeons asked to create ‘AI face.’ It's expensive, dangerous, unnecessary, and often impossible. (via Nag on the Lake

This Girl with a Pearl Earring Miffy Toy Is Officially an Internet Celebrity. (via Everlasting Blort) 

One Weather Forecast Changed the Course of WWII. Here’s the Real Story Behind Pressure, a Drama About the Meteorologist Who Convinced the Allies to Delay D-Day.  (via Strange Company

A Blast from the Past (2013): Who flew before the Wright Brothers? 

4 comments:

DWVR said...

Former KY governor Beshear, a Repub, is avoiding orders to show up in court and answer for his actions, abandoning this guy and dumping him. https://nkytribune.com/2026/06/former-governor-matt-bevin-again-faces-jail-or-fines-for-failure-to-show-up-in-court/

Miss Cellania said...

You mean former governor Bevin. Beshear is the Democratic incumbent.

gwdMaine said...

Do you think the Wright Brothers knew how much their invention was going to take off?

Anonymous said...

They were up in the air about it. 🤷‍♀️