on covfefe day no less: a meme roundup on Trump’s felony conviction
canine rainbow: dogs’ visual spectrum and how they see perceive the world
love exposure: the acclaimed, sprawling 2008 comedy-drama by Sion Sono
the scary ham: proper late rites for an aged cut of pork
leftovers: five thin volumes on post-apocalypse Briton
nondescript fern: researchers find the largest genome (fifty times the genetic material of humans) in a small plant on an Australian island
why be dragons: the origins of the universal mythological creatures
evening standard: venerable London newspaper to suspend daily publication after almost two hundred years—see previously
today is my birthday, please like me: a Twitter feed of some the revolting, disturbing but morbidly compelling AI-generated slop inundating Facebook—via Web Curios
one year ago: Crazy Frog (2005) plus Adobe’s Generative Fill
two years ago: Scotch whisky (1495) plus the Stresa Convention on Cheeses (1951)
three years ago: your daily demon: Eligos, The Ship of Fools (1497), more on monopolies and monopsonies plus a Simon and Garfunkel classic
four years ago: seasonal dormancy, more King Ubu, St Rรณnรกn plus elections matter
five years ago: re-creating TV living rooms with IKEA furnishings, Japan’s first folklore museum, the Lennon-Ono Honeymoon Suite plus a robot job interviewer
