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The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

If anyone missed this little piece of my heart when it aired on Prime you can now watch it on Netflix. I've worked on a lot of shows, but The Tick remains my true favorite. It's the perfect combination of joy and weirdness. www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=8...

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Mild accountant Arthur alone suspects supervillain the Terror is still alive — until invincible hero the Tick crashes into his life and joins his cause.

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When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

“In this country, we have no ‘other people.’ We are American people, all of us.” This 1940s film warning against bigotry and fascism is more relevant now than ever.

NEW: What does a farmer in Iowa have in common with an Uber driver in New York City? Both are getting screwed by the same economic elites — and the government they've bought. @bedoyausa.bsky.social explains how talking to working people across America turned him into an economic populist.

The Case for Economic Populism (Ft. Alvaro Bedoya)

Donald Trump wants you to think that the least powerful people in this country are the most responsible for your problem

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If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid: $124 — school lunch & nutrition programs $49 — diplomacy to prevent wars $19 — USPS $19 — Federal Aviation Administration $18 — national parks and $4,049 — weapons and war. These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay

Flapjack octopuses (genus Opisthoteuthis) are an adorable genus of deep sea octopuses. They have gelatinous bodies that can make them look like a pancake when they sit on the sea floor Their fins are smaller than those of other cirrate octopuses, but it does mean they look like they have tiny ears

A flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis sp.) sitting on the seabed. It is adorable, small and squishy, like a mango ice cream scoop with itty bitty "ears" which are its fins. Its fins are tucked in and its arms are going in each direction but have their tips tuck away, so they just look like nubs.A Opisthoteuthis agassizii, a flapjack octopus species, swimming at a depth of 700 m. It looks like a cute blob, sort of like a scoop of ice cream. It is grey with a slight orange tinge. It has roundish, smallish fins that look like ears. Its arms are sticking extended, but they are pointing in different directions. It has black, round eyes. You can see the ground below it, which is white and on a slope.A flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis sp.) sitting on the seabed. It is adorable, small and squish octopus with small fins that look like tiny ears. It is a dark orange colour and it has a a few lines of lavender coloured dots that are on head. It is a sort of squished posture, and it sort of looks like it is closing its eyes and taking a nap. Its right ear is rucked down and its arms are tucked in so its hard to make out its limbs except two arms in front.
A flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis sp.) floating at Axial Seamount at a depth of 1745 m. You can see the rocky ground below, along with a cable. The octopus is a squish orange blob, with small fins that look like tiny ears. The head and mantle are a rough dome shape. It has its arms extending out with their tips curled in, and the webbing between the arms is all stretched out.

46 years ago on April 5, 1980, the band played their first show. Sandra-Lee Phipps took these photos that historic night in Athens at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Oconee Street.

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