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Friday Fun Link – Richard Feynman Explains Magnetism in a Very Thorough Way

I mean, this is both cool but also some strong “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” energy here too… In 1983, a BBC interviewer asked Richard Feynman why two magnets push each other apart — and he refused to answer it. What he did instead is the best seven minutes on thinking ever filmed. Bookmark & […]

¶ Posted 07 August 2026 § FridayFunLink § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, language, science

Friday Fun Link – Stay in an AirBnB, Run a Bookstore!

The “Open Book” is a combination AirB&B and bookstore in Scotland where guests can spend their visit running the bookstore below the apartment! @chrislawlor The Open Book in Scotland ? Library Poets – Lysander

¶ Posted 19 June 2026 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Library § Photo § PopCulture § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, economics, holiday

Friday Fun Link – How Well Can You Remember Colours?

You probably think you know and recognize colours. But in terms of actually remembering them, turns out humans aren’t really great at it. This site lets you test your ability to remember a specific shade of a random colour by flashing a certain colour for a brief time then asking you to pinpoint it on […]

¶ Posted 04 April 2026 § Family § FridayFunLink § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health, science

Friday Fun Link – A $2.5 Billion Robot, Designed To Function on Mars For Two Years, Is Still Working 13 Years Later!

A $2.5 billion robot has been alone on another planet for 13 years and is still doing science. The scale of that sentence gets worse the longer you think about it. Curiosity landed in August 2012. Obama was president. Instagram had 80 million users. The iPhone 5 hadn’t shipped… https://t.co/AzXQenKDnH — Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) March […]

¶ Posted 27 March 2026 § FridayFunLink § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, science

Secular Sunday – New Extremely Detailed Photo of the Milky Way’s Central Zone

Yay science! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-26/alma-telescope-milky-way-photo/106380644

¶ Posted 15 March 2026 § SecularSunday § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: science

Alex Honnold’s Best Moments From #SkyscraperLive

I watched this after it was initially broadcast so I’d heard he makes it to the top of the building successfully. I still nearly shit myself watching – vertigo, worrying about a man falling to his death but also stunned at what human beings are capable of.

¶ Posted 27 January 2026 § Jobs § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, television

Saturday Snap – Sashie Rotten?

Separated at birth? Johnny Rotten Sashie Rotten

¶ Posted 17 January 2026 § Humour § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Secular Sunday – Carl Sagan on The Earth From Space

30 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took an image of our home planet from 6.4 billion kilometers away. Carl Sagan eloquently described what that image meant for humanity. pic.twitter.com/N1WRuuoTPr — Prof. Carl Sagan (@ProfCarlSagan) December 29, 2025