Cable cars, adorable mice, and the most vicious Wordle variant yet.

• I feel like I should have heard of the ridiculous sport of Hornussen before: it's the Swiss national sport, and somehow combines golf, baseball, and giant paddles. (Thanks to Karol for sending this over!)
   
• Why Kyoto prohibits bright colours is exactly the sort of video I would have done if I'd have found out about it first. Detailed breakdowns of signage rules and colours is exactly in my wheelhouse!
   
• Bartenders Guess Who's Under 21 (strong language) is a guessing game that's really-well produced and edited: the reveals are at just the right time to keep viewers watching.
   
• George Mouse is a video and photography project by Simon Dell, who has built a fabulously detailed, tiny-scale diorama for the mice that live in his garden, pointed cameras at it, and produced footage that looks almost fictional. Photos of the mice have had a lot of publicity, but the YouTube project is new: perhaps start with the village pub.

• I really, really thought I was done with linking to Wordle variants, but there's one more: the basic game is just such a good canvas for new inventions. Presenting Lirdle: it's Wordle, but it lies to you once per line.
   
• I didn't realise quite how bad the "fake product safety labels on Amazon and eBay" problem was, but it turns out: it's really bad. Maybe buy your heaters from a more reputable source.
   
• Cistercian numerals are really clever.
   
• The Other D-Day is a fascinating long-read about Britain's switch to decimal currency: until 1971, Britain had a system where a pound was made up of 20 shillings, each of which was worth 12 pence. The story of the switchover is well worth reading.

And finally, hello, I'm Julia Morris.

That's it for this week! As ever: thank you for reading the newsletter; it's great to be able to reach people away from the filter bubbles of social media. By the time you read this, I'll be long gone from New Zealand, and on to other shores...

All the best,

— Tom