I already posted this yesterday but it is an extraordinary picture that I need to reshare. Tony Yap, a Caltech grad student, is showing Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 16 astronaut, a sample that he (Tony) is currently measuring zinc isotopes on. The sample was collected by Harrison Schmitt. From the moon.
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How to Make Strudel Like Magda Goebbels
“There is no yeast in strudel. You’re not trying to facilitate the rise of anything. Say this on record.”
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Leo Enright@ollopa11.bsky.social · 2d agoI am saddened by the tone of commentary in this place about my former BBC colleague. The level of vitriol seems more suited to the other place. I worked with Rod at the Today programme. He took no prisoners, but he was witty and personally capable of genuine warmth. My sympathy to his family.
GIRL SNAKE CATCHER. she makes a snug little income by securing reptiles for traveling shows SHE JUST GRABS THEM (The Washington Bee, Washington DC, November 8, 1902)
For her fifth birthday my niece asked for clothes for her dolly, so I googled and it turns out you can get teeny tiny dinosaur onesies??
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Running a corner shop or driving a lorry. Or being a housewife and doing 100% of the childcare for five kids. Or being a housewife and doing 100% of the childcare for nine kids. (I mean at times I hate my job but fuck me, it could be worse.)
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · last wk.Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.
This video clip of a swan landing on a lake is best enjoyed with AUDIO ON. Mute swans (Cygnus olor) are among the heaviest flying birds & require a long runway, which means we get the majestic approach, a few furious moments of webbed feet slapping on water, then the majestic splashdown.
this summer's cultural cross over we've all been waiting for jimothy x bayeux
Re the Emily Wilson discourse - her Dad (A N Wilson) was the king of literary feuds. A good family tradition. Best one was his feud with Bevis Hillier who hoaxed him into including a fake letter in his biography of Bejteman where the first letter of each sentence spelt "AN Wilson is a shit".
Good thread on how ludicrous the current system for adult social care is You have no idea if you or loved ones will need it, and it costs an absolute fortune More people are going to need care as we live longer, and we have to face up to that - and pay for it
Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social · last wk.I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:
need to start using the dutch word for "party animal"
Ha, bollocks, I did the rewatch too soon. princecharlescinema.com/film/9128/hu...
Hunt For The Wilderpeople - 10th Anniversary Film Times and Tickets | The Prince Charles Cinema
Browse film times and buy tickets for Hunt For The Wilderpeople - 10th Anniversary at The Prince Charles Cinema
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The ages of some “old” Scrooges: Albert Finney (Scrooge, 1970): 36 Alastair Sim (Scrooge, aka A Christmas Carol, 1951): 51 Michael Caine (The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992): 59 Patrick Stewart (A Christmas Carol, 1999): 59 Johnny Depp, playing “young” Scrooge: 63.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w agoFirst poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”
I however am tragically heterosexual and just really want to know where to buy the shoes
𝕴𝖓𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖝 𝕾𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖎𝖆@infernatrixsophia.bsky.social · 2w agoA Chinese shoe manufacturer made this video to show how indestructible their shoes are and y'all I'm much too gay for this 🥵
King Charles III is about to welcome the fourth Prime Minister of his reign, which is not yet four years old.
