Friday, January 16, 2026

Motorists try to reverse away as massive waves swamp a road in Italy

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@apnews Motorists were forced to reverse as powerful waves flooded a coastal road in Scilla, Italy, on Jan. 10. Video shows waves blockin...

Cutaway diorama showing that Amsterdam is built on wooden piles (art roundup)

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@miniatuurmuseumamsterdam Amsterdam looks solid. It isn’t. Millions of wooden piles are holding this city up. Hashtags: #Amsterdam #Hidd...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

"When Daidai realised her father was too old to slaughter two pigs for a traditional community feast in the run-up to Chinese New Year, she turned to social media"

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Stephen McDonell for the BBC: "Can anyone help me?" she asked on Douyin, China's version of Tiktok, at the end of last week. ...

Fabulous dunk photo

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🎨 [image or embed] — CJ Fogler ( @cjzero.bsky.social ) January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM The high res shot 📸 Tony Huynh/Orlando Magic [imag...

The new Warhammer fantasy board game with 49 miniatures is up for preorder

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Sticker shock of course , but the miniatures look nice. (A cooperative board game featuring seven disparate hero miniatures pitted against t...

Today's news and jokes

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Japanese copywriting still reigns supreme [image or embed] — georgia-lux ( @georgialux.bsky.social ) January 4, 2026 at 6:54 AM

Butterfly cardigan and clip-on collars

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Paloma 🌸 crochet & crafts (@hot.stash) View this post on...