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Sneaky sneaky! When I had rats, one of them was fascinated with carpet and tried to dig under it. Maybe I should have gotten her a mat so that she could get it out of her system…

I can’t help but notice there is a tail sticking from under that doormat!

This, apparently

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That makes sense, I tend to use smaller notebooks which means multiple pages of writing. Maybe I should just change the format

Yeah that’s fair. I found it mostly causes issues when I write a lot and want to turn a page to continue immediately (eg morning pages)

I love uniball pens but the ink take some time to dry and smears. How do you deal with that?

One more thing to try: chocolate shake (I know, not the healthiest option, but worked when I really needed a rat to take an antibiotic she hated)

I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.

Whatever it is, I’m sure it has cucumbers in it

cover slide: Lore Harp & Vector Graphic: Forgotten history from Silicon Valley

Last month, I gave a talk at the Computer Conservation Society on Lore Harp. Founder of Vector, she was a key figure in early computing.

It's now online. I explore both her incredible story, and how sexism (then and now) has led to her being almost entirely forgotten www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMVc...

This heat wave is absolutely bone crushing. I'm so glad I installed central air two years ago.

But if you're without AC, or you're dealing with a heat wave for the first time because it's reaching areas that don't historically get this hot, here are a few tips from my years of poverty in a desert:

Nonono it is a vital accessory, listen man:

I have not shitposted
I am pure, I am pure
My social media account is the social media account of Thoth…

A key purpose of the 1824 Vagrancy Act was to punish magical practitioners; it originally criminalised 'every person pretending or professing to tell fortunes, or using any subtle craft, means, or device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive and impose' 🔮

Bridge to eQualia by blackle A security researcher/internet sleuth uses her unique set of skills to investigate a case of online vandalism.

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Maggie, a security researcher moonlighting as a internet sleuth, uses her unique set of skills to investigate a case of online vandalism.

Please share with a friend if you like it ^w^

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Wikipedia on Glagolitic script

> Glagolitic remained in use (...) later mainly for cryptographic purposes.

The temple of Eifuku-ji in the heart of Kyoto's Shinkyogoku.

Selection of rainy season sweets, with a gorgeous octopus shaped confection in the centre.

An abstract sweet made to mimic the suckers of an octopus.

'Nade-tako' - a small octopus statue intended to be rubbed by the faithful in the hope it will cure ailments and sickness. Typically you rub the area of the statue that corresponds to a problem you are having (the head for headaches etc...).

🐙📿THE OCTOPUS BUDDHA & OTHER CEPHALOPODS✨🦑

In the heart of Kyōto octopuses are celebrated at the small temple of Eifuku-ji (永福寺), known more familiarly as 'Tako Yakushi-dō' (蛸薬師堂 the 'Temple of the Octopus Medicine Buddha')🙏

#Kyoto #京都 #Eifukuji #永福寺 #Japan #蛸薬師堂

Traditionally #Beltane, an ancient celebration at the start of May, began when the Hawthorn, the May, blossomed and was associated with fertility. "May Blossom" by painter Alice Robertson #WomensArt #May1st

Wrote about this many years ago on Twitter, but your actual goal should be 5 trains/buses an hour - so a 12 minute interval.

This breaks a couple of important psychological barriers for people, based on research by TfL (London's transport operator). Will explain. 🧵 /1

This is good stuff - really nice breakdown of some of the fundamentals of code review and benefits

I can see this being super valuable for improving research code, but also it’s great as a software engineer to see the foundations laid out clearly and neatly

I love the answer to the question about public consultations. “You should have heard about it from the news”

It was in a drawer in a closet labelled “warning rabid leopard” etc

It’s just basically

A map showing the UK and most of Europe, with pins on locations where capybaras can be seen

In case of emergency: A map of every capybara in the UK and France

www.google.com/maps/@/data=...

Brush painting of frog, simple, funny eyes.

The Meditating Frog painted by monk Sengai Gibon (1750-1837).

Looks like he's got a little twitch in his left eye. I feel ya, buddy. I do.

Not all cherry blossoms are pink or white...there are also rarer pale yellow and light green varieties.

Green sakura blossoms at Ninna-ji.

Ninna-ji is famed for its orchard of 'stunted' cherry trees, but the grounds also have dozens of other varieties of sakura.

Pale yellow sakura blossoms.

🤍🌸NOT ALL PINK💚💛

Cherry blossoms are known for their delicate white and pink petals, but there are a handful of sakura trees that show off different colours at this time of year.

Ninna-ji (仁和寺) and Hirano-jinja (平野神社) are good places to see these unusual varieties.

#Japan #sakura #cherryblossoms

The case for hero paragraphs at the top of your CV - Kristian Glass - Do I Smell Burning? A lot of folks’s CVs open with a short paragraph of self-descriptive prose about them. I heard them called “hero paragraphs” somewhere (presumably ...

Some notes on the case for “hero paragraphs” at the top of your #CV blog.doismellburning.co.uk/the-case-for...

Box of light wood carved with mandala-like motifs, seen from three quarters

The same box and angle, now open to reveal a tray full of white and silver objects, and a geometric drawing inside the lid

Contents of the tray laid out: a tiny mortar-pestle, a lump of gum arabic, three vials of different white materials, two reed pens, a white feather, a round moonstone

With the tray removed, the bottom is revealed to be the second half of the geometric figure, with 12 circles gilded to look like phases of the Moon.

A redux thread of my planet-themed Treasure Boxes.

I make these as interactive art that engages all the senses, and invitation to experience a sense of wonder and mystery. Hence the contents isn't explained, but includes corresponding colour, art materials, objects, scents…

1/10 Box of Luna
#Moon

Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline

Part of a page of a medieval manuscript that had a hole cut into it. Underneath it is a restoration of a large decorated B, which would have been in this place, and which was restored by Eliza. The letter emulates the medieval style of script, but the image inside it is in a late 18th century style, showing a verdant tree standing against a green bucolic landscape.

In the 1790s a London woman named Eliza Denyer developed a modest reputation as a restorer of medieval manuscripts. She was forgotten by scholars and, in one case, her restorations were deliberately replaced by a man’s. I recovered her story & tracked all her known work here: tinyurl.com/2ktztx2e

HM are also one of the few brands who produce chairs for non-default-sized people, both tall/large and short

(I’m an adult woman, too short and light for a typical office chair, and I think surprisingly many women fall into this category)

Edwin Austin Abbe. “Galahad discovering the grail”. 1895.