The highest-ranking penguin in the world, Sir Nils Olav III, has been promoted to Major General by the Norwegian King's Guard ~life Link 41 votes
“The Famous F40” vector illustration by David Rumfelt ~design Article 681 words, published Jul 15 2023 9 votes
Fifty years on, Swedish psychiatrists are now calling the infamous Stockholm Syndrome a 'constructed concept' used to explain away the failures of the State ~health.mental Article 575 words 27 votes
Learning how to garden a forest - discussion of methods to prevent wildfire ~enviro Article 5524 words, published Aug 17 2023 12 votes
One win, 17,000 defeats - life as a Washington General ~sports.basketball Article 2867 words 14 votes
Exposed: Slum photography was at the heart of progressive campaigns against urban poverty. And it was a weapon against poor people. ~design urban planning Article 4202 words 5 votes
On this day nineteen years ago, Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' was stolen in broad daylight from an Oslo museum ~arts art painting Article 844 words 14 votes
The last campfire in Swedish society – Sommar i P1, the radio show that unifies a nation ~life Article 1352 words 11 votes
Antonov’s curse: The crash of Sepahan Airlines flight 5915 and the story of the An-140 ~transport Article 7100 words 8 votes
Political warfare comes home to the US - the founder of the Nixon presidential library comments on the history of US disputes over presidential succession and the Trump indictments ~misc politics Article 1592 words 14 votes
More than thirty years after its publication, picture book Daddy's Roommate has once again found itself the target of censorship ~books Article 1337 words 13 votes
The logistics of moving wounded World War II soldiers across the US by rail were staggeringly complex ~transport Article 2431 words 16 votes
Fifteen years ago, Tom Cruise revived his career with an uncredited role in Tropic Thunder ~movies Article 11 votes
Thousands of Yiddish pulp fiction stories finally seeing the light of day ~books fiction.pulp Article 367 words 15 votes
The history of the Minnesota Vikings | Part one: 1960s ~sports.american_football Video 1:02:05 23 votes
‘His name was Bélizaire’: Rare portrait of enslaved child arrives at the Met ~arts art painting Article 1607 words 21 votes
The biggest bank heist in history (and why you've never heard of it) ~finance Video 18:17, published Jul 28 2023 7 votes
Man of the people: The history and context of Aleksandr Afanasev’s collection of obscene Russian folktales ~books Article 2959 words 4 votes
Making Doom and building the FPS industry at 100 miles per hour | John Romero interview ~games Article 7671 words 12 votes
The Summer Book (1972) – Tove Jansson's novel about love, family and nature, will make you nostalgic for your own childhood ~books fiction Article 911 words 5 votes
Complacency kills: The crash of Continental Airlines flight 1713 ~transport Article 3465 words 19 votes
Obituary - Evelyn Boyd Granville, mathematician and programmer, space-flight trailblazer (1924—2023) ~space Article 1017 words 15 votes
Switchel - The farmer's Gatorade of the 19th century ~food recipes drinks history Video 16:21 11 votes
Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s FLIP vessel decommissioned after sixty years ~science Link 10 votes
Critical conversations: The crash of Eastern Airlines flight 212 ~transport Article 5642 words 30 votes
IBM, Red Hat and Free Software: An old maddog's view ~comp open source linux.red hat Article 7883 words 36 votes
Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag from the tiny Faroe Islands have been causing a stir across Europe this summer, and things are about to get even better ~sports.football Article 1052 words 4 votes
Volvo estate owners reminisce about Swedish workhorse before its withdrawal from UK market ~transport Article 896 words 20 votes
Historian finds evidence for use of y'all in London from 1600s ~humanities.languages Article 875 words, published Nov 29 2022 69 votes
Charles Henry Turner’s insights into animal behavior were a century ahead of their time ~science Article 1976 words 4 votes
Waging war on the Jamaican patty: Canada’s bizarre beef with the delicious snack | Patty vs Patty ~food meat history Video 18:23, published Feb 17 2022 6 votes