I have been in St. John’s, Newfoundland this week and have not had time to gather links. Here are a few photos to fill the space.
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Artwork of the Day
The Earth, Our Mother
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| Billy Gauthier - 2023 - Carved fin whale skull bone Collection of The Rooms St. John’s, Newfoundland |
Friday, May 09, 2025
The Last Beothuk
I saw this today in a display at The Rooms in St. John's and it made me terribly sad. It would be horrible to know you were the last of your kind.
The Standing Boy of Nagasaki
This heartbreaking historic photograph was taken in Nagasaki, Japan, in October of 1945, shortly after the atomic bombing of that city on August 9, 1945. The photograph is of a boy of about 10 with his dead baby brother strapped to his back, waiting for his turn at the crematorium. Read more
The Arctic World Archive
The Arctic World Archive houses proprietary software from tech companies, documents from the Vatican Museum, and even the original hamburger recipe for McDonalds in an underground cave on the Arctic island of Svalbard, Norway. Their goal is to preserve fragile digital data for future generations. The constant sub-zero temperatures and permafrost act as natural data refrigeration, ensuring that information remains intact for centuries to come.
Thursday, May 08, 2025
Subway Chef
An unofficial, onboard restaurant on a Berlin S-Bahn. Perhaps not quite as efficient during rush hour?
Wednesday, May 07, 2025
Interiors
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| “Australian Synchrotron Particle Accelerator.” Image © Charles Brooks |
Charles Brooks photographs the small but vast interiors of musical and scientific instruments.
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| Larilee Elkhart Oboe |
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