The Baranton Sisters

Régina and Yvonne Baranton were foot jugglers. Watch them display their talents on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969. You have to wonder how and why they ever decided they were going to juggle tables with their feet. It's not the kind of thing that everyone wanted to do. It turns out they came by their act naturally -from the family. A French circus family. You can see the Baranton Trio performing on French TV in 1958. And the tradition lives on. Another family member, Eliane Baranton, performs in this video labeled 2009. (via TYWKIWDBI)

Squirrels

From 1943. (via Newspapers.com)

Yesterday

The 2019 film Yesterday is a fantasy and a musical, but is a romantic comedy at its heart. Struggling musician Jack Malik finds himself in an alternate universe in which The Beatles never existed, and only he remembers them. He plays Beatles songs and becomes world famous. But easy fame and fortune come between Jack and the love of his life, and that's what it's really about. Yesterday was made on a budget of $26 million, ten of which was used to license all those Beatles songs, and made back several times that. Yet the studio insists they lost money on the movie.    

Mikey

In case you are wondering (and you are), Mikey is a dog at a restaurant. (via reddit) 

The African Unicorn

When European colonizers settled in Africa, they heard tales of an animal in the Congo that was made out of parts of other animals. That matched a lot of medieval fantasy, in which many creatures were described to be pastiches of more familiar animals. They didn't see this animal themselves, and the story just seemed so fantastic they called it the "African Unicorn," and dismissed it as a myth. You know, "pics or it didn't happen." The myth grew and spread to Europe long before the okapi was ever observed by white men and therefore deemed to be "real." Locals knew better all along, but they weren't seen as credible.

Dr. Emily Zarka tells us the tale of the African Unicorn, and goes into detail on the history of mythical animals, real animals, and the weird paths taken in studying unfamiliar creatures not native to one's own region. The same disbelief occurred for the platypus, the giant squid, and gorillas. Some of these zoological "discoveries" are pretty recent, so who knows how many other legendary mythical animals may be yet found and studied.

Scratch

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Why Facts Don't Change Minds

Some people don't accept facts if those facts conflict with their worldview. That's because, even if they don't realize it, their worldview is more important to them. There are quite a few underlying reasons, which are explained here with geese. (via Laughing Squid) 

The Dog's Hand

(via She Who Seeks)

Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)

The hit by Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers has been posted here before, but this version is from a Dutch TV show in 1970. She was much more popular in the Netherlands than she ever was in the U.S. The young folk singer tells how impressed she was that the Gospel choir consented to collaborate with her. (via Strange Company) 

Greetings

Mushroom and I wish you a great week!

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— Pareidolia (@pareidolia.bsky.social) September 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM

(via Everlasting Blort) 

Genius Idea

From 1899. (via Undine)

Slow Down

(via Bits and Pieces)

Mouse and Coraline Are a Special Feline Pair

Mouse was the runt of the litter, so small that she wasn't expected to survive. But she did, and later turned out to be a lifeline for Coraline, the cat with no eyes. You can keep up with them, and Erin's other foster cats, at Instagram. 

First They Came

You already know the poem by Martin Niemöller. Here is a much longer version just for 2025.



First they came for the undocumented immigrants, and I said nothing, because I am not an immigrant.

Then they came for the career civil servants, but I said nothing because I am not a civil servant. 

They came for the scientists, and I said nothing because I am not a scientist.

Then they came for the lawyers and the universities, and I said nothing because that doesn't affect me personally.

Then they came for the White House press corps, and I said nothing because I am not a journalist. 

Then they came for the legal immigrants, and I said nothing, because I am a citizen.

Then they came for Medicaid and SNAP recipients, and I said nothing, because I am not a recipient.

Then they came for the farmers, manufacturers, and small businessmen, and I said nothing because my livelihood is not threatened by tariffs.  

Then they came for school children, and I said nothing, because I already have those vaccinations. 

Then they came for the comedians, and I said nothing, because I am not a comedian. 

Then they came for the protesters, and I said nothing, because I hadn't said anything all this time. 

Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me. 



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Mood

(via Pleated-Jeans)

Back to the Future: Unhinged Version

Landon’s Animation Wheelhouse remade Back to the Future with computer animation. In this story, Doc drives like a maniac, so the Delorean's flux capacitor becomes damaged. They've lost the ability to pinpoint what date they are going to! Doc thinks he can fix it if he can get the part he needs, and long the way, they change history in ways that will make you laugh. The Delorean loses most of its exterior, but it continues to perform, unlike the real-life version of the automobile. Don't think too much about it- it's just a cartoon. (via Geeks Are Sexy) 

Miss Cellania's Links

Drunk Bats and Pizza-eating Lizards: The 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners. 

What Little Richard thought of Pat Boone's cover of "Tutti Fruiti." (via Everlasting Blort) 

Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence. The article is incomplete because it doesn't mention lynchings. 

Robert Redford’s Death Shocks Fans Who Thought He Was Zach Galifianakis In That One Meme. Does it mean I'm old that I don't know who Zach Galifianakis is?  

School Shooter Kills Conservative Child Pundit. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug. 

I'm Not a Robot, the game of increasingly ridiculous CAPTCHAs. (via kottke) 

The Wrightsville Fire of 1959: How 21 Black Boys Were Burnt To Death In An Arkansas Reform School.

Trump’s Anti-Immigration Campaign Has Made Cocaine Cheaper. Well, he said he'd bring prices down. 

Different ways to make bridges using Legos. (via Everlasting Blort) 

Reality Versus the Perception of Reality

The universe is so big and complicated that mere humans can only perceive a small part of it, and understand even less of it. Sure, our relative intelligence and ability to grasp abstract concepts is what separates is from other animals, but that doesn't mean we understand the nature of what we call reality. What if everything we know is just a simulation constructed by someone else? The possibility was once considered ridiculous, but we're at the point now where we can see how it would happen. 

Kurzgesagt outlines this paradox by explaining how close we are to creating simulated universes and intelligence ourselves. What could possibly go wrong? I am reminded of that one night we watched a colony of ants and talked about how they were totally unaware of the intelligent beings watching them. So we turned around, looked up in the sky, and waved to the super-intelligent beings watching us. It's a concept that puts us somewhere between Genesis, Oculus Rift, and The Matrix. Vsauce3 looks into the question even further. 



The upshot is that our reality is what we perceive, and we don't know how much we don't know. And we never will. (via Laughing Squid)

The World

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

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— E. Rosalie (@erosalie.infoepi.com) September 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM

(via Everlasting Blort) 

Golf

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