Arab Baths of Girona in Girona, Spain
A historic structure inspired by Roman, Muslim, and Jewish bath houses.#medieval #bathhouse #section-Atlas
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The Burramys parvus or Mountain Pygmy Possum, or burramys for short, inhabits Australia, in places such as Victoria and the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales. These nocturnal marsupials were discovered by British-South African medical doctor and paleontologist Robert Broom back in 1896. Australia’s only mammal restricted to alpine habitats—is one of the smallest possums, at lengths of 11 centimeters or 4.3 inches, with 14-centimeter or 5.5-inch tails, and weighs 45 grams or 1.6 ounces.
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When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest & Came in 20th Place
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When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest & Came in 20th Place
Charlie Chaplin started appearing in his first films in 1914---40 films, to be precise---and, by 1915, the United States had a major case of 'Chaplinitis.OC (Openculture.com)
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What Would Happen If Extinct Creatures Survived and Kept Evolving Through Modern Day laughingsquid.com/what-if-exti…
What Would Happen If Extinct Creatures Survived and Kept Evolving Through Modern Day
What If? pondered what might happen if insects, reptiles, sharks , and dinosaurs rendered extinct by natural disasters, kept evolving.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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Poughkeepsie Cast Iron Building (and Its Lego Model) in Poughkeepsie, New York
A building made mostly of cast iron features a 1:45 scale lego model of its self.#architecture #legos #section-Atlas
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The Ectophylla alba or Honduran White Bat, also referred to as the Caribbean White Tent-Making Bat, is native to Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and West Panama. They were described by American physician, anatomist, and Civil War veteran, Harrison Allen in 1892. These adorable animals, which strategically make tents out of leaves, are the smallest bats in Central America, reaching lengths of just 3.8 to 4.8 centimeters or 1.5 to 1.9 inches, and weigh 5 to 6 grams or 0.18 to 0.21 ounces.
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Be very careful with Barefoot Pink Moscato. It is beyond delicious but very powerful. I never drink more than a glass of anything (except on my birthday, Christmas, and New Year, when I have two), and I always eat enough before doing so, but I am quite happily drunk at the moment! Do I want to listen to opera, switch to my beloved operetta, or listen to IvorNovello himself in a radio performance? Sometimes, life gives me delightful quandaries! Maybe, I'll do a little of everything. I also still need to update my Dreamwidth entries. Oops.
hahaha My mother has a contralto voice, as do I. But hers is deeper. Alli (our Shih Tzu) can very easily compete with (and beat) Gigli in dramatics and power. So when he starts barking, he doesn't shut up, and Mom just yelled at him. So if you felt the Earth move, that was just her. Carry on.
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🏃♀️ Exercise does increase calorie burn – but probably not as much as you might hope
#exercise #health #fitness #weightloss
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Exercise does increase calorie burn – but probably not as much as you might hope
Some experts have theorised our total daily calorie burn is limited – but research shows us otherwise.The Conversation
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Baby sea otter taking a nap on its mother's belly. I took this photo a few years ago off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
#TimelineCleanser #photography #wildlife #nature #WildlifePhotography #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #SeaOtter #SeaOtterPup #BabyAnimals
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Here is another video with all sorts of light and lyric tenors. None are modern, so they all sing beautifully. Sadly, they are not named, so I don't know who is who, but I do think I caught Schipa and have said recording separately.
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And another, again with no names.
Scientists find that things really do seem better in the morning theguardian.com/society/2025/f… #UCL(UniversityCollegeLondon) #Health&wellbeing #Highereducation #Mentalhealth #Lifeandstyle #Education #Research #Society #Science #Health #Sleep
Scientists find that things really do seem better in the morning
UCL study into mental health and wellbeing finds that people generally feel worse at night and on SundaysAndrew Gregory (The Guardian)
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Exploring the Cutting-Edge Research from NeurIPS 2024: A Deep Dive into AI Innovations
The NeurIPS 2024 conference has unveiled groundbreaking research papers that are set to redefine the landscape of artificial intelligence. From advancements in sequence-to-sequence learning to innovat...
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Biologist currently studying #WolfSpiders, #PocketGophers, #BumbleBees #Shrews, the wildflower genus Anemone, and #CrawfishFrogs--mostly using population genetic techniques.
#Biodiversity
#PopulationGenetics
#Hybridization
#ConservationGenetics
#TarletonState
#EcoEvo
#Evolution
#iNaturalist
#Genetics
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#MacroPhotography #Macro
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The cost of preventing extinction of Australia’s priority species
"It would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia’s priority species. The cost to reverse the decline of priority species and undo damage done by habitat loss, disease and other threats was estimated at $103.7 billion annually, while getting them off the threatened list entirely would require $157.7 billion per year.”
"Biodiversity loss and ecosystems collapse is ranked by the World Economic Forum as the second most significant global risk over the next decade, with 50 per cent of the global economy dependent on nature. " >>
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Australians spent over $33 billion on their pets last year.
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#biodiversity #ecosystems #extinction #risks #wildlife #SettlerSociety #pets #Australia #NaturePositive #values
13 Surprising Australian Pet Spending Statistics to Know in 2025 – Dogster
The cost of owning any type of pet can add up to reach a surprisingly high amount, which is why we've gathered some fascinating facts about pet spending in Australia.Nicole Cosgrove (Dogster)
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My family’s bakery has been making our Sourdough since the late ’50s. Here’s the entire process, it may be a little different than what you may be used to. diningandcooking.com/1877027/m… #Bread #Sourdough #SourdoughBread
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Meet Your Merchant: a new collection showcasing local businesses!
Meet Treatery! With a touching and inspiring backstory, it's no surprise these treats are handmade with love.
#treatery #bakery #meetyourmerchant #smallbusiness #showcase #nevadacounty #baking #heartwarming #inspiring #treats #cakes #cupcakes #cookies #homekitchen
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#OnThisDay Astronauts landed on the moon in the #Apollo 14 mission (1971) - the third to land on the Moon.
Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced the creation of #Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic (1909).
Happy Birthday Cristiano #Ronaldo (1985) and #Neymar (1992).
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🤯 Scientists create comprehensive map of protein locations within human cells
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Scientists create comprehensive map of protein locations within human cells
Like workers at a factory or office, proteins in a cell must be in the right department to do their jobs.Wynne Parry (Phys.org)
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I'm going to have so much fun tomorrow! I found more names of early opera singers, including some English and Welsh ones, as well as a few who worked with the great Italians. Right now, my collection consists of the following. Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli, John McCormack, Louis Graveure, Richard Tauber, and Tito Schipa. I'm looking for their contemporaries. But I also think that I will relax and listen to some more operettas, as I miss them. It's just that finding them in English and performed with dialogue is extremely difficult. It's the same with opera, of course, but in that case, I'm mostly enjoying the voices.
You are missing the great Chaliapin!
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… and Boris Christoff
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Perhaps also Tito Gobi, Mirella Freni, … I am sure you have Callas in your list.
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@Georg Tuparev I sincerely thank you for this! I mostly focus on tenors, as a matter of personal taste, but I certainly will learn about baritones and basses as well, so I will start with Chaliapin, Christoff, and Gobi. Barring contraltos who are difficult to find, my focus has almost exclusively been on men, though I have listened to a few suppranos to briefly compare modern and older styles. That said, Freni is too young for me to add to my list, as I try to stay with those who either started in acoustic recordings and moved to electric or who died before it was invented. The exception to this is Simoneau. I think the modern changes began in the 1950's, though I could be wrong, being very new to all of this.
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@tuparev Got several Chaliapin CDs in Moscow, excellent quality. Includes The Flea, Dark Eyes, Volga Boatmen Ey ukhnem in Russian meaning Hey call, out for want of a better translation. The term has at least 7 meanings. Any suggestions?
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#PostOfTheWeek (season 3):
Italian opera singer Mirella Freni has died at age 84. Freni’s manager said the famed soprano who enthralled audiences for half a century died Sunday at her home in Modena, Italy, from a degenerative muscular disease and a series of strokes. Freni was the last in a line of Italian sopranos who prompted ovations with their entrances alone.
I couldn't find a local seed library, but I did find this:
freeheirloomseeds.org/#gardening
Free Seeds from FreeHeirloomSeeds.org
FreeHeirloomSeeds.org is a community resource connecting people with the means to produce our own food.www.freeheirloomseeds.org
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"As Google results grow cluttered and AI runs rampant on the web, Kagi is winning over disillusioned searchers with an engine that puts them first."
Great write up of Kagi on @FastCompany today!
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'even Apple oracle John Gruber, who recently declared Kagi “the best search engine in the world.” '
oh dang.
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Sometimes I favourite posts with photos that have excellent alt text, and are probably also great photos. I always wonder whether the favourite would count as 3 favourites to the poster if they knew I was blind. Liking photos in any form is a very new hobby for us, a child of Mastodon as far as I'm concerned. It's restful for me to read alt text about nature or ice formations or an interesting animal or a cute cat, so I'm grateful.
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@HyL You're totally on the right track. I can't even think of an improvement because you seem to be focussing well on what's important in the image.
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How Wearing Ridiculously Long Pointed Shoes Became a Medieval Fashion Trend
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How Wearing Ridiculously Long Pointed Shoes Became a Medieval Fashion Trend
We can all remember seeing images of medieval Europeans wearing pointy shoes, but most of us have paid scant attention to the shoes themselves.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
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Subway Cave in Old Station, California
A large lava tube that can be walked through with no special equipment.#underground #naturalwonders #caves #section-Atlas
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Meadow Pipit
Fairly common to common in open grassy habitats, from moorland and bogs to rough grassland and pastures. Mostly inconspicuous, small streaky brown bird. When flushed, note slightly bounding flight and white sides to tail. All pipits look rather similar and are best identified to species by combination of habitat and voice: Meadow Pipit call a high, slightly lisping "sip" and "sip-it" (or "pip-it").
Link: ebird.org/species/meapip1
Photo Location: United Kingdom
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A Cute Animated Music Video About Bugs In Your House laughingsquid.com/im-a-bug-son…
A Cute Animated Music Video About Bugs In Your House
"I'm a Bug" is a cute animated music video by Piemations Cartoons about insects taking over your house, your body and your grave.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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🎶 Music experiment shows how a concert can draw you into a community
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Music experiment shows how a concert can draw you into a community
The audience holds their breath in unison, and when the music turns emotional, everyone sits perfectly still together. These are the initial findings from the world's largest music experiment.Lisbet Jære (Phys.org)
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Congrats "THE WAYBACK MACHINE" by Diego Diaz & Can Sark (57s clip)
Honorable Mention of the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest.
Diaz and Sark’s film is an audacious and yes, dopey exploration of the essential greatness of Internet Archive and the dread near-infinity of copyright.
Explore all the winners: archive.org/details/2025-publi…
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Speedcuber Sets Guinness World Record For the Most Rotating Cube Puzzles Solved Underwater laughingsquid.com/most-rotatin…
Speedcuber Sets Guinness World Record For the Most Rotating Cube Puzzles Solved Underwater
Daryl Tan Hong An of Singapore set the Guinness World Record for the Most 3x3x3 Rotating Puzzle Cubes Solved Underwater.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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Are you using Mastodon on a computer? If so, you might want to try out Mastodon's "Advanced Web Interface". It has a multicolumn layout similar to TweetDeck, and is built into all Mastodon servers:
➡️ fedi.tips/how-to-activate-mast…
This guide tells you how to activate and use it, as well as answers to lots of common questions about it.
Some people find multicolumn mode essential, while others find it overwhelming. You can use whichever interface you prefer 🙂
How to use Mastodon’s Tweetdeck-style Advanced Web Interface | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
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No thx and yes I use the computer version of mastodon! It's extremely accessible and so I'll use it until it naturally breaks!
🐜 Small antibody offers broad protection against influenza
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Small antibody offers broad protection against influenza
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in collaboration with colleagues in China, have discovered an antibody-like molecule that can protect mice from various influenza viruses.University of Gothenburg (Medical Xpress)
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Smart Glasses For the Deaf and Hard of Hearing That Transcribe Speech to Text in Real-Time Onto the Lenses laughingsquid.com/hearview-spe…
Smart Glasses For the Deaf and Hard of Hearing That Transcribe Speech to Text in Real-Time Onto the Lenses
Hearview makes smart glasses that transcribe speech to text in real-time letting deaf and hard of hearing people participate in conversations.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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I woke this morning and thought "I want to listen to Richard Tauber". I've been listening to Tito Schipa lately, so I thought that would be a nice change. I still haven't listen to the Tauber/Lehar concert, so that is something to look forward to. Then, I made my coffee, sat down, and started singing Gilbert and Sullivan! I thought "hmm. I have this song from Walter Passmore. I should listen to it." There is definitely something wrong with me. I have no idea where my mind will take me later. Maybe, I'll read some Sherridan!
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End of Term Web Archive
The End of Term Web Archive is a collaborative initiative that collects, preserves, and makes accessible United States Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.End of Term Web Archive
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Radio Tave in Houston, Texas
Tune into an alternate universe at this immersive art installation.#interactive #installations #art #section-Atlas
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Phoenix Man Reunited With His Beloved Dog After Losing Him Eight Years Ago in Oklahoma City
While moving to Arizona in 2017, Paul Guilbeault lost his beloved mini-pinscher Damian in Oklahoma City and found him again eight years later.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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🌼 Planning for spring’s garden? Bees like variety and don’t care about your neighbors’ yards
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Planning for spring’s garden? Bees like variety and don’t care about your neighbors’ yards
A biologist explains what to focus on if you’re designing a garden with pollinators in mind − and what you don’t need to worry about.The Conversation
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#QuizOfTheDay: In physics, #Cryogenics is the production and behaviour of materials at very _____________.
A. Low temperature
B. High temperature
C. High pressure
D. Low pressure
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Futuro House no. 001 in Espoo, Finland
Visit Finnish architect Matti Suuronen's first UFO-shaped home.#homes #architecture #section-Atlas
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