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Taking a pause on lantern bugs. Not sure what's next so here's a pleasing fungus beetle (why pleasing?) from the Peruvian Amazon. It's blue, so enjoy it!

Probably Cypherotylus debauvei, previously under the genus Gibbifer.

Repeatable process > H1B

Jewish people have a repeatable process and produce talent organically. Why can't the United States mimic this?

Percentage: Around 20% of Nobel Prize winners are Jewish.

Population Proportion: Jews represent only 0.2% of the global population.

A gentle reminder that new year resolutions don’t have to be about positive changes. You can commit to be more petty, seek revenge, and disrespect your enemies.

I'm on the loo watching the cats fight over the tap

Good Morning SKIES of BLUE

I was one of these beautiful children

VACCINES WORK...
SCIENCE WORKS...

PLEASE inudate your SENATORS
DO NOT CONFIRM RFKJR

Totally Unfit to be in charge
Our children deserve better

I find it so funny when people are like, “I like Lin-Manuel Miranda, I just wish he weren’t so corny.” Like, what do you think the #1 requirement for a composer of musical theatre is.

pretty much every place that plays music in public needs to decrease the volume by half

Just learned that Harvey Weinstein tried to force Peter Jackson to make The Lord of the Rings as one single two-hour movie, prompting the production team to ditch Miramax and switch to New Line Cinema.

So not only is he a serial rapist, but he was shit at vision for cinema? Mediocre rapists go far.

The Dawn of a New Era for Supernova 1987a
Credit:Nasa,Hubble

I’m thankful for the top ten scientific developments that improve health:

Vaccines
Antibiotics & antimicrobials
Clean water, sanitation, & hygiene
Food safety & fortification innovations
Modern agriculture methods
Public health education campaigns

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This trip I have asked 3 people playing movies/news/talking on the phone without headphones to wear headphones. Each one seemed genuinely shocked that their noise was disturbing someone. Each one turned their volume off or put on headphones. Small victories in civility.

Just imagine, particles that have been around since the Big Bang is part of who you are. 🖖

Today would have been Chadwick Boseman’s 48th birthday.

When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. www.news-medical.net/news/2024052...