nicht abgeholtes gepรคck: the main station in Freiburg has a mystery vending machine where one can buy unclaimed items left in delivery lockers—see previously
the ahramat branch: a long ago dried up arm of the Nile may explain some of the mystery behind the building of the Pyramids of Giza
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endless shrimp: the American seafood chain was private-equitied into bankruptcy and not by dent of its generous promotions—more here
first draft: in a since deleted post, Trump advocates for a “united Reich” in a video featuring hypothetical newspaper headlines following his reelection
on the town: the story behind the ten-year-old who in 1947 spent a week in San Francisco with twenty dollars
we call it maize: an interesting hypothesis that ancient Incan stonework and other architectural elements may be an homage to corn kernels
out-of-order: broken and unused vending machines from around Japan—via Cardhouse—see also
synchronoptica
one year ago: Croatia Diplomacy Day, a classic from David Bowie, an evergreen piece on American gun-violence plus assorted links worth revisiting
two years ago: Ok Computer, a rainbow fifty pence coin for Pride, more feathered friends plus Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic
three years ago: your daily demon: Beleth, Elton John in the Soviet Union plus trace a raindrop from river down to the sea
four years ago: vintage Las Vegas logos, an avant-garde art show (1951) plus The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
five years ago: the White Night Riots (1979), regional airline logos, OK Cola, African air-carriers, one hundred and twenty years of photography plus a camera on a sushi conveyor belt