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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: cool, health

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: cool, economics, education

Friday Fun Link – See The Seaweed Situation At The Live Cam Nearest Your Resort

Sargassum seaweed has been a huge (and growing) issue for the past fifteen years or so along the coast of Mexico from Cancun south to Tulum. This site lists the various hotels that have livecams pointed at their beaches so you can have a (rough) idea of how bad it might be when you arrive […]

¶ Posted 16 January 2026 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday

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

¶ Posted 04 January 2026 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: cool, education

Friday Fun Link – The Day Charlie Kirk Decided To Only Debate College Kids?

The day Charlie Kirk decided he was just going to debate college kids going forward. pic.twitter.com/lBlZPNhMQi — Boston Smalls (@smalls2672) January 2, 2026

¶ Posted 02 January 2026 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, language

Secular Sunday – When Ted Turner Asked Carl Sagan If He Was A “Socialist”

“Socialist” being used as a slur isn’t a recent phenomenon… When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave an answer that redefines what it means to be a civilized society. It isn't about politics or ideology. It is about how we treat the most vulnerable among us. pic.twitter.com/s52TLO42fB — Saganism […]

¶ Posted 28 December 2025 § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, economics, education, language

Going Down The Broth vs. Stock Rabbit Hole

if you enjoy food or cooking, rabbit holes, conspiracies, and have 10 minutes to spare, please watch the best tiktok i’ve seen in a good minute pic.twitter.com/IlPkgNtnJ1 — soggy broccoli (@soggybrocoli) December 7, 2025