Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Ambitions


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From 1909. (via Undine)

Easter Hat Parade



Get ready for that song to play in your head... "In my Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it..." This newsreel is from 1955. (via Weird Universe)

Butcher



This was a real place, but I don't think it exists anymore. (via Give Me a Sign)

About Diet Coke



Since I avoid sweet drinks, carbonated drinks, and cold drinks, one soda pop seems the same as all the others to me. People who drink soda pop would consider that sacrilege, since everyone has their favorite. Apparently, Diet Coke is particularly popular. Weird History Food explains why by going through the entire history of soda, especially diet sodas. The upshot is that a product's name is more crucial than what's in it.

Stickers



(Thanks, WTM!)

Miss Cellania's Links

Silicon Valley tried to mass produce fancy marshmallows. It got messy, fast. (via Nag on the Lake)

St. Patrick Opened a Portal to Purgatory on This Little-Known Irish Island.

The Lost Pilot of Vietnam: What Happened to Charles Shelton? (via Strange Company)

Wildlife Rehabilitation Sometimes Involves Dress-Up.

'Drinking bird' toys upgraded to generate clean energy from water. I knew those things had to be good for something. (via Damn Interesting)

Moai in Video Games. 954 of them so far. (via Metafilter)

Salty foods are making people sick − in part by poisoning their microbiomes. (via Geeks are Sexy)

What’s the most expensive piece of glassware you ever broke? Chemists share their stories. (via Real Clear Science)

Can witches fly? A historian unpacks the medieval invention − and skepticism − of the witch on a broomstick.  (via Strange Company)

Cat Sign Language

(via Fark)

I'm A Little Teapot



Drummer Joey Muha demonstrates how the genre doesn’t matter when you’ve got musical talent. Every song needs a beat, and he’s perfectly fine with giving a rock rhythm to a classic children’s song. (via Neatorama)

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Murder by Death



If you liked Clue even a little bit, or even if you didn't, you'll enjoy Murder by Death. It's a 1976 parody of whodunnits, written by Neil Simon and starring Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, and Maggie Smith. We know the butler didn't do it, because he's the murder victim. But who killed him? Not that it matters, because this is a comedy, and getting there is all the fun.

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And sometimes you need a teacher to notice the sign. (via Give Me a Sign)

The Arctic Is Drowning in Plastic



Garbage is garbage, and we need to find something to do with it that's better than just letting it sit in the environment. We thought making plastic biodegradable would be a good start, but degraded plastic just turns to microplastics, with is tiny bits of plastic that can go completely unnoticed as they poison the environment and the creatures that depend on that environment. What's surprising is how many microplastics that end up in the Arctic, far from cities or industrial facilities. SciShow brings us up to speed on this problem, and what we might be able to do about it.  



Wearing Green



Snif & Snüf



Two characters, Snif & Snüf, we assume, encounter a circle and a square -which eventually becomes a "wreck-tangle." The story involves one-upmanship and learning to share. But it's not the story that's the most remarkable thing about the cartoon. Snif & Snüf is a new animation by Michael Ruocco, but it evokes the early days of the medium, when the whole point of animation was to illustrate things that cannot be done by live actors. The retro look is delightful. Another thing that's particularly impressive is the musical score- the music emphasizes every movement perfectly, which is rarely seen in modern animation. (via Metafilter)

The Party was Last Night



(via Fark)

2084



Set 100 years after George Orwell’s 1984, this dystopian scenario is, once again, about Big Brother and the state bending people into obedient sheep. But when you try to take away everyone’s free will with the power of fear, you’ll occasionally run into someone who’s not even smart enough to be afraid. Before this is over, you might even feel a little compassion for Big Brother. Taz Goldstein produced this sci-fi comedy short all by himself, except for the three actors. (via Geeks Are Sexy)

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