Wednesday, July 08, 2026

Miss Cellania's Links

Before He Was 007, Sean Connery Got Tangled Up in a Real Hollywood Mob Scandal. (via Damn Interesting

You might come to regret holding the door open for the person after you. 

Unpacking merchandise from the Chamberlain murder trial. The disturbing case of the baby who really was eaten by a dingo. (via Metafilter

Americans are not as well off as people in peer nations – US safety net’s shortfalls show up in global data. 

The Goat Head of Strumpshaw. The goat later named Old Capricorn did not appreciate being separated from his body. 

The Best Cosplay of Montreal Comiccon 2026. And a video of cosplayers doing the Safety Dance

Pablo Torre talks about Major League Baseball’s new challenge system, and how it’s been optimized for maximum drama. In podcast or transcribed in text.

Myopia
is booming. Can we stop the epidemic of short-sightedness? (via Real Clear Science

In my homeland, the eyes eat first. An immigrant poetically describes the experience of biscuits and gravy. 

5 comments:

WilliamRocket said...

Back in the 80s and 90s I was living in Australia.
I can attest right here that the court found that Lindy Chamberlain's baby was taken by a dingo from a campground at the foot of Ayer's Rock.

An unelected group of people known as the United Nations decreed that Australia should rename things with aborigine words, no consideration given to the fact that Australia's population is 97.4% non aborigine, hence, against the vast majority of Australian people's wishes, and at the insistence of the United Nations, Ayer's Rock was renamed uluru.

While I can't stand the bully boy attitude of your stupid orange president, I totally agree with the idea of getting rid of the United Nations.

Maybe before the make the USA change it's name to something Cherokee (not that I have anything against the Cherokee)

gwdMaine said...

Sounds like you need a strong minority of populists to rise up in anger and find a new leader that will Make Australia Great Again! We've already done the design work for hats and t-shirts; just need to add the flag.

Uduladi!

Anonymous said...

"strong minority of populists"?? I think the term you are looking for is inbred twillbillies

Anonymous said...

Yes how DARE they restore the name given by the original inhabitants who lived there for millennia instead of the name given to it by colonizers.

gwdMaine said...

Would a basket of deplorables from flyover country work? Oh, wait. . .