Something optimistic, and an incredible view from a fighter jet.

• I've grumbled about low-effort voiceover-and-animation videos before, so I'm happy to link to the exact opposite: Simon Clark asks "how much progress have we made on climate change" and demonstrates not with graphics, but with an actual physical miniature model. Warhammer 40K skills being put to good use, here. And it's lovely to see a video that falls under "factual optimism".
   
• A waka found on the beach could be the most important discovery in New Zealand archaeology. There's still a lot of mysteries here, and the presentation is the typical slower TV style, but this is worth a watch as both a human story and a historical one. Perhaps in a decade or two, there'll be a museum somewhere on Rēkohu that can tell the full tale.
   
• Skijoring: towing a skier behind a galloping horse like they're on waterskis. "The skillset is missing a few brain cells, and making some calculated decisions, and definitely accepting the risk."

• Volkswagen is reintroducing physical controls for vital functions, and it's about time. "We will never, ever make this mistake any more ... It's not a phone: it's a car." Hopefully the rest of the auto industry will follow.
   
• Thanks to Noah for sending over WindowSwap, "the calmest place on the internet", where your screen becomes a view from someone else's window. These aren't live videos, but curated, with a button to swap out the view. Which sounds like one of those lovely little calm web projects... and then I clicked on an option button, was asked to upgrade for $5/month, and I realised that this is actually a very, very niche streaming service!
   
• "And so, last week, Breese got to use his chicken vacuum for the first time."
   

And finally, on TikTok: a French fighter pilot races an Ariane rocket launch.

All the best,

— Tom