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See how thunderstorms create ghostly UV sparks on the tips of trees Thunderstorms can generate weak electrical discharges on the plants underneath, but until now, they had never been observed in nature

Thunderstorms can generate weak electrical discharges on the plants underneath, but until now, they had never been observed in nature

24.02.2026 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 995    ๐Ÿ” 248    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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I am ABSOLUTELY reading this as HARD PROOF that Romans farmed ichthyosaurs.

It is fact now. Sorry.

15.02.2026 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 955    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

No, you're the one sobbing over a mortgage commercial.

09.02.2026 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Close-up of the decorative detail of a Red-Figure kalpis, showing a dapper wee owl staring out at the viewer with wide eyes.

Close-up of the decorative detail of a Red-Figure kalpis, showing a dapper wee owl staring out at the viewer with wide eyes.

As it's #SuperbOwlSunday - let's enjoy this lovely Red-Figure Kalpis, attributed to the 'Group of the Floral Nolans' at Athens, ca. 480-470 BC.

Truly, a Superb Owl. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Image: J. Paul Getty Collection (86. AE.229). Link - getty.edu/art/collecti...

08.02.2026 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 160    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

iโ€™m creating a new conspiracy theory that the reason that thereโ€™s so much film discourse with people not understanding what they watch is because thereโ€™s two versions of every film and they show different theaters a different version at random

14.01.2026 01:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1721    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
A small vessel shaped like a hedgehog, with textured ridges on its body resembling quills. The object has earthy tones of green, brown, and beige, and features a flat, circular spout on top. It is displayed on a reflective surface in a museum setting

A small vessel shaped like a hedgehog, with textured ridges on its body resembling quills. The object has earthy tones of green, brown, and beige, and features a flat, circular spout on top. It is displayed on a reflective surface in a museum setting

A charming #Greek terracotta aryballos in the shape of a hedgehog ๐Ÿฆ”.
The vessel was used to hold oil. Dating 6th century BC.

On display at Antikensammlung Mรผnchen.

13.01.2026 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 290    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I'm going to have nightmares about that.

07.01.2026 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Otherโ„ข. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.

05.01.2026 00:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15585    ๐Ÿ” 2064    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 644    ๐Ÿ“Œ 254

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

30.12.2025 04:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39083    ๐Ÿ” 9134    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 393    ๐Ÿ“Œ 220

I'm a fraudulent medium!

30.12.2025 16:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic โ€œLunch atop a Skyscraperโ€ picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.

12.12.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6469    ๐Ÿ” 1848    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
My photo shows a small brown figurine of a mouse sitting on its haunches, on top of a smooth rectangular base. Cast from bronze, the mouse leans slightly forward. Between its front paws is a piece of bread which it is lifting up to its long pointed snout as if nibbling at the food.

My photo shows a small brown figurine of a mouse sitting on its haunches, on top of a smooth rectangular base. Cast from bronze, the mouse leans slightly forward. Between its front paws is a piece of bread which it is lifting up to its long pointed snout as if nibbling at the food.

Roman bronze figurine of a little mouse nibbling on bread!

Squeak squeak! ๐Ÿญโค๏ธ

Landesmuseum Wรผrttemberg, Stuttgart ๐Ÿ“ท by me

#Archaeology

09.12.2025 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 627    ๐Ÿ” 150    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Two scenes by Richard Scarry to
gladden the hearts of all introverts ๐Ÿ™‚

02.12.2025 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 675    ๐Ÿ” 120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

02.12.2025 10:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10953    ๐Ÿ” 3212    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 210    ๐Ÿ“Œ 256
the big hay goat from sweden or something looking very unburned and majestic with text from the old "you wouldn't download a car" but it reads "you wouldn't burn a goat"

the big hay goat from sweden or something looking very unburned and majestic with text from the old "you wouldn't download a car" but it reads "you wouldn't burn a goat"

it's advent you know what that means

01.12.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1338    ๐Ÿ” 600    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41

Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

23.11.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25737    ๐Ÿ” 3808    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1329    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1085
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Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.

a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:

Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerkโ€”but the office dragged its feet.

So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.

16.11.2025 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9668    ๐Ÿ” 2555    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 113    ๐Ÿ“Œ 208

Apropos of nothing in particular: SHOES

Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.

Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.

11.11.2025 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 252    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying โ€œdonโ€™t associate us with this racist!โ€

Thatโ€™s quite a legacy.

11.11.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 869    ๐Ÿ” 246    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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ADHD increases dementia risk, but the available epidemiological data suggests that stimulant medications may normalize risk. Totally fascinating

Thanks @hologramvin.bsky.social for this post! I did not know this so I hunted down the original paper:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

03.11.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Fine, I'll read the thread....

29.10.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image 28.10.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.

28.10.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7709    ๐Ÿ” 2495    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
an adorable baby bison with long legs, a chonky body and no neck

an adorable baby bison with long legs, a chonky body and no neck

you have been visited by Baby Bison and will now enjoy 48 hours of elevated serotonin

25.10.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2550    ๐Ÿ” 584    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
Comic. Two-column table. Column A lists planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Column B has checkmark boxes for whether the planets have rings: the outer planetsโ€™ boxes are checked, and Earth has a red check. [Earth with a ring with an array pf points around it. An arrow labeled โ€œGeostationary Satellite Belโ€t points to the ring.] [caption] Astronomy fact: A century ago, Earth didnโ€™t have rings, but we have one now! Itโ€™s where all the satellite dishes are pointed.

Comic. Two-column table. Column A lists planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Column B has checkmark boxes for whether the planets have rings: the outer planetsโ€™ boxes are checked, and Earth has a red check. [Earth with a ring with an array pf points around it. An arrow labeled โ€œGeostationary Satellite Belโ€t points to the ring.] [caption] Astronomy fact: A century ago, Earth didnโ€™t have rings, but we have one now! Itโ€™s where all the satellite dishes are pointed.

Planetary Rings

xkcd.com/3156/

20.10.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4067    ๐Ÿ” 707    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41

And give it to the next person?

17.10.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

08.10.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2076    ๐Ÿ” 782    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67
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Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

19.09.2025 09:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1959    ๐Ÿ” 468    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 61

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