hopeful seals: the Cinderella stamp art of Nina Dzulkska
rock, paper, scissors: the colour-coded courtship of male side-blotched lizards
unrest: the harp jazz of Brandee Younger
sessho-seki: a volcanic rock on Mount Nasu said to contain a malevolent spirit has split open
heardle: a Name That Tune style game—via Kottke’s Quick Links
ten times incalculable: The Atlantic correspondent Ed Yong speaks to our collective numbing to the news
potemkin stairs: the Odessa Opera in 1942 and today
