The second was culled from Bimbo’s Initiation (1931).
[Found here, here and here.]
Category: Odd
Check Engine
That’s a first-generation Pontiac Vibe (2003–2008). In its basic version, the 2007 Vibe was the most fuel-efficient model of General Motors in North America. [Found here.]
Harvest House
Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich suspended the model house, called Pulled by the Roots, above the construction site for a new underground tram system in the southern German city of Karlsruhe. “In the modern era, we are tempted to see human innovation as inorganic and divorced from the natural world,” said Erlich. “The speed of technology and the increasingly virtual dimension in which many of us we live only encourages this tendency to separate our inventions from the earth that sustains us.”
In other words, human activity is part of nature.
Sesquiplicated Hot Links
Real Wild Child (Wild One), Iggy Pop (1986)
Iggy Pop’s cover of Australian Johnny O’Keefe‘s 1957 recording of The Wild One. After touring Australia in 1958, The Crickets recorded their version, and so did Jerry Lee Lewis. Almost everyone else did too.
The Bloop was discovered here.
Tower pooping [via Everlasting Blört].
Calculating the sit [via Memo Of The Air].
Lots of cars in 1970s San Diego [via Thompson, blog].
[Top image: Unknown Bingo Night diva found here; uncolorized photo found in here.]
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The .Gif Friday Post No. 969 – Treadmill Class, Nostrilus Aquarius & The Ritual
What a nice fence.
[Found here.]
Shozy’s Murals
Born in Moscow in 1989, Danila Shmelev, better known as Shozy, began painting graffiti in the early 2000s. He studied graphic design at the Moscow Art and Industrial Institute and trained in classical drawing and painting before moving from three-dimensional letterforms to large-scale anamorphic murals.
The “openings” match the color of the sky – he uses reflective paint.
Click for larger images.
[Found here; more photos with descriptions of Shozy’s work here.]
Raccoon Sitter?
“A Texas man stepped outside at dawn and found his recently rescued raccoon beside one of his kangaroos—with her newborn baby. The raccoon had given birth just days earlier and seemed overwhelmed, repeatedly trying to place her baby near the kangaroo’s pouch as if she wanted another mother to take over. The owner quickly recorded the strange scene before safely retrieving the baby. Both animals were fine, but the kangaroo looked completely confused by the unexpected responsibility. The owner joked, ‘I guess motherhood was stressing her out, and she picked the first mom she trusted.’”
There’s no confirmation of the story in any new outlet to date despite the photo and story going viral on social media. No specific location or name of the “Texas man” was found by Grok. On the other hand, the photos were confirmed genuine by HIVE, a reliable (but not infallible) AI detection tool.
BTW, that’s not a “newborn” and I have trouble believing that a raccoon would trust another species to babysit for her little one. The “wtf” gesture of the kangaroo is also suspect. If anyone has a link to an MSM story, let me know. Meanwhile I’m calling it fake.
Mary Had A Little Zydrach
Fabric panel of a Zydrach Tergiant embroidered by Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots circa 1570, based on Nomenclator Aquatilium Animantium.
Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) embroidered these panels with Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (Bess of Hardwick) and ladies of the household, during her imprisonment. Mary may have intended the large central panel as a cushion for Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel (1557-1595), an English Catholic courtier imprisoned in London by Elizabeth I.
Nephelognostic Hot Links
Danny’s All-Star Joint, Rickie Lee Jones (1979) Rickie Lee Jones, aka The Duchess of Coolsville, “released her self-titled debut album in 1979 to critical and commercial success. It peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and spawned the hit single Chuck E.’s in Love, which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album went platinum later that year, and earned Jones four Grammy Award nominations in 1980. […] The album included guest appearances by Dr. John, Randy Newman, and Michael McDonald.” [Wiki]
Note: Malwarebytes detected riskware at her official website.
Glowfish [via Memo Of The Air].
Demolisity [via Everlasting Blört].
Johanna Van Parijs’ wood mosaics.
1956 Pontiac Star Chief Ambulance.
Hotel Dramatica [via Thompson, blog].
Gabriel’s 300th post on Vankleek Hill Photos.
WMCA-AM (New York) broadcast February 1965.
[Top image: Paranoia panda balloon found here.
“Johnny Panda” was photographed during the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in the UK, 08 August 2026.]
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Tacky Raccoons 