Shop sign in Connaught Place, New Delhi, India. I love this sign because a) it is painted and b) it has on one side a hookah and on the other an iPhone. I love the contrast between traditional and modern.
"The best part of it all is that the cathedral actually had #cats on the payroll throughout the 14th and 15th centuries — 13 pence a quarter, according to written records. It’s unclear how the cats received their wages, but the idea of a feline friend being sent off with a sack of pennies for its services is a darling vision for the mind’s eye."
400 years of slavery. Made me recollect a convo with a friend. I asked her why do u think India still needs rules favouring lower caste. She wisely said many generations of suppression cannot be made right just by one generation of opportunities.
Neat post from @nessita on avoiding (maybe for your use-case) unwanted migrations when a #django model field's choices change. A good tool to have in the box 🔨
Most of my meditation clients are virtual. I cannot tell you how many interesting things have happened behind a client as I guided them through meditation, unbeknownst to the client. 😆
@dancinyogi Haha! I'm sure #interesting things go on behind everyone's back! To be otherwise would require each of us to be the center of the universe. I would find that an extreme burden.
To those who don't know: Each logged in user is allowed to place one pixel on the canvas per minute (or 30 secs? don't remember exactly) and a lot of users took part in creation of this!
How Disney's Magical Trash Tubes Ended Up In New York City
At Disney World, the Magic Kingdom uses a system of pneumatic tubes to keep trash out of sight for park visitors. While this was supposed to be the future of waste disposal, only one other place in the US uses something like it on a similar scale: Roosevelt Island in New York City.
"The inch-long larva is generously coated in long, luxuriant hair-like setae, making it resemble a tiny Persian cat, the characteristic that presumably gave it the name "puss". It is variable in color, from downy grayish white to golden brown to dark charcoal gray. It often has a streak of bright orange running longitudinally....
To the people complaining that there aren't enough artists here: are you following any art hashtags? Actually, same question to people who say mastodon doesn't have enough of whatever! Just follow some hashtags! Trust me if you do soon enough your feed will be absolutely drowning in your interest unless it's super niche
And then you can follow people who pop up on there, and maybe even eventually unfollow the hashtag
@eniko I love how this whole conversation about the importance of #hashtags for using #mastodon is almost completely devoid of any hashtags, especially about #art, #photography etc.
Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl, Written By Herself - Harriet Jacobs - Audiobook (amys-room.blogspot.com)
https://amys-room.blogspot.com/2023/05/incidents-in-life-of-slave-girl-written.html
Cutting a hammer in half with a waterjet. Now imagine your balls. (v.redd.it)
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TIL about the Puss Caterpillar, it may look harmless with its soft and furry appearance, but it conceals venomous spines that can cause excruciating pain upon contact that even morphine struggles to quell. (en.wikipedia.org)
"The inch-long larva is generously coated in long, luxuriant hair-like setae, making it resemble a tiny Persian cat, the characteristic that presumably gave it the name "puss". It is variable in color, from downy grayish white to golden brown to dark charcoal gray. It often has a streak of bright orange running longitudinally....
OC Pothole mosaics — a somewhat common form of city art, where the artist fills small cracks with colourful tiles. Photo from Marseille
Ranking the Pain of Stinging Insects, From ‘Spicy’ to ‘Shockingly Electric' (www.atlasobscura.com)
Remembering one passionate entomologist who poetically described and classified more than 70 species' painful stings.
OC Trippy Video Generated by AI (Spectrophobic) (www.youtube.com)
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There is an 'immortal jellyfish' called Turritopsis dohrnii. Instead of dying it shrinks, absorbs its tentacles, settles on the seafloor as a blob-like cyst, becomes a polyp (the jellyfish's previous life stage) and once mature, adult jellyfish bud off. (www.nhm.ac.uk)
Wombats poop cubes. Bare-nosed wombats may poop up to 100 cubes a day. The furry critter collects the two centimeter-sized cubes and places them around their territory, possibly to communicate with other wombats or attract mates. (www.smithsonianmag.com)
The world's largest flower is the Rafflesia arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! It is a parasitic plant, with no visible leaves, roots, or stem. (www.loc.gov)