The Letter C of the Alphabet https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-lear/the-letter-c-of-the-alphabet-1880

Proposing by having a waiter hide the engagement ring in the dessert is for cowards. Put the ring on the conveyor belt in a sushi restaurant and let the Gods determine your bride.

The existence of porpoise and tortoise implies the existence of 24 more animals with the [x]or[x]oise naming convention.

It's 1086, & you're a fisherman in the English town of Wisbech. Every Lent you have to pay rent to your various monastic landlords. And they want eels.

Each year you & your friends owe:

15,500 eels --> Ely
5,000 --> Bury St. Edmunds
5,260 --> Ramsey
4,000 --> Crowland
and more!
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THREAD: Research we should be thankful for.

The chances that we and everyone we know and love would be here today, alive, healthy and thriving without the advances of science and technology are basically zero.

Today we look through the research and scientists to whom we owe everything.

1/19

".. He has said the mission of Tesla, which is the largest maker of electric cars in the U.S., is to 'protect life on Earth.' Yet across his business empire, Musk’s companies show a pattern of breaking environmental rules again and again .."

@wsj.com $TSLA
www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Here is my Starter Cats pack! It's a collection of real people (non-bot, non-image scraper) accounts that post mostly cat content. I just updated it to put the requirements in the description so you can check before nominating someone. 🥰 go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN

Did you know incoming attorney general Pam Bondi was part of the infamous Four Seasons Total Landscaping presser, which, apart from being hilarious, was to declare the PA election rigged and stolen? I did not.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/pam-...

The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th”

When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn

Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️

The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!

Sigh.

Today's #Nudivember species is Cadlinella subornatissima, a relatively uncommon nudibranch found in Japan, South Korea and southeast Asia. It's rarely found, despite being bright white and yellow.

www.seaslugforum.net/find/cadlsubo

This painting of a slug by 18th century Japanese painter Nagasawa Rosetsu is my very favorite thing today

If you're seeing "Invalid Handle" on your profile, this should resolve on its own — thanks for your patience!! 🦋

Check it out! @catsashimi.bsky.social has put together a Quaker starter pack. If you're looking for Friends online, it'll be a good place to start.

I will normally post on the #AncientBlueSky or #Archaeology 🏺 or science 🧪 time lines

Also expect some pictures of Tavros, our archaeology rescue kitty from the site of Knossos

Come say hi! 👋