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doktrock, 1 day ago to Michigan

Visit to the Adventure Mine, Keweenaw peninsula #Michigan, USA. 1.1 billion year old basalt flows that carry pure #copper. We experienced an underground blast from a safe distance around the corner! #geology #mining

Pure copper exposed in a mine wall underground. Several centimeters, hand for scale
A man holding a rod and pushing something into a horizontal hole

researchbuzz, 1 day ago to Japan

#tourism #Japan #recycling

'The hotel hit upon the idea when it started growing food using fallen leaves, egg shells, and used coffee grounds as compost. While searching for planters to use, the general manager’s eye fell upon the large collection of left-behind, busted-ass suitcases...

It now grows eggplant, tomato, and other veggies in the suitcases. Managers say the cases are light and, so long as the wheels aren’t broken, easy to move around.'

https://unseen-japan.com/japan-tourists-leaving-luggage/

eclectech, 1 day ago to NoStupidQuestions

Having established that dandelion seed heads are definitely NOT known as DANDELION CLOCKS by everyone I have a follow on question...

What DO you know them as?

Chatting to people already I have had FLUFFS (Lithuania) and WINDY PUFFS (Canada) both of which are SUPERB.

Are there any others? Will there be enough to make a World Map of Dandelion Names?! 😃

Places, names & any other trivia welcome!

Earlier thread here: https://things.uk/@eclectech/112458271354372250

#dandelion #question #askFedi

redcrew, 1 day ago to random

Cottonwood fluffies (seeds) are flying about.

MonotoneofBill, 1 day ago to random

In my still new-to-me Proton mail when reading newsletters, I'm getting "Image has not been loaded to protect your privacy." Anyone know to what that refers? TY.

NeadReport, 2 days ago to random

How would YOU convince a friend?
https://jorts.horse/@sluttymayo/112458515317624344

NeadReport, 2 days ago to random

Top drawing: Turtle
Bottom drawing: Road kill
https://botsin.space/@biodiversitypix/112458530978414657

sluttymayo, 2 days ago to random

we tried to peer pressure a friend into wearing a helmet on their new electric bicycle, didn't succeed :pensive_cowboy:

NeadReport, 2 days ago to random

Mrs. Alito trying to figure out how to attach these upside down...

NeadReport, 2 days ago to random

Truth.
https://beige.party/@RickiTarr/112457402126433096

ChrisMayLA6, 2 days ago to scifi

This week I've been mainly reading, no. 153.

Each of Emma Newman's Planetfall quartet explores a different aspect of the same overarching story of religious driven intergalactic migration. In Atlas Alone (2019), the fourth story centres on an elite gamer & their attempt to uncover & then take revenge for a crime against humanity. To say much more would ruin the plot for you, but as with the others, this is great, fascinating sci-fi, which has a great payoff at the end.

#scifi
@bookstodon

NeadReport, 2 days ago to jazz

Not sure if there are any Latin/Jazz music lovers out there; I'm plugging my good friend, former college roommate, and fellow musician, Jon Ball as he joins
"Gonzalo Grau & La Clave Secreta" at the Lincoln Center in NYC!
This ~ 2 hour event will be live-streamed on the Lincoln Center website as well as YouTube (link below).
La Clave Secreta has been together for 15 years and their eclectic blend is son cubano, jazz, rhumba, R&B, and funk... so tune-in an turn it up! 7:30p EST ⟶ there's a countdown timer on the YouTube site that should align with anyone's time zone)
⟶ If you know someone who might like some free, live music streamed tonight, boost it out! ⟵
https://lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/gonzalo-grau-andamp-la-clave-secreta

[#jazz #latin #lincolncenter

eclectech, 2 days ago to animation

It's Friday! Woo! It's been an unusual week and I nearly forgot 🤦‍♀️

Anyhow, week 50 of the dancers and, as ever, I hope you all have a fine weekend if you possibly can 😀

#FridaySparklyDancers #sillyScribbles #animation

Hand drawn animation loop. There are 50 simple figures each doing their own dance move. The main body of the screen is a red starburst sky, with a rainbow framing the top. 47 dancers are on the lines of the rainbow, doing their thing. The new dancer for this week is larger, and centre stage on a cloud at the bottom, with a dancer either side for company.

MinecraftWikiEN, 3 days ago to Minecraft

Did you know Minecraft is celebrating its 15th anniversary? This day 15 years ago a first public version of Minecraft got released - Java Edition Classic 0.0.11a 🎉 🎂

Before you get dumbstruck by how old this game is now, and how we all are getting older with it, you can read a wiki page on anniversary celebrations:
https://minecraft.wiki/w/15th_Anniversary

(it's also perfect time to buy Minecraft at 50% discounted price)

#Minecraft #15thAnniversary

NeadReport, 3 days ago to pizza

Team Trump arriving with fourteen (14) lunch break pizzas! #trumptrial #trumplunch #pizza
photo- Patrick McGeehan/The New York Times

NeadReport, 3 days ago to random

I was JUST wondering how many McD's cheeseburgers Trump was shoving in his pie hole during felony-court lunch break. None today! Instead...14 Pizzas for him, his lawyers, and his boot lickers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/nyregion/trump-trial-pizza-lunch.html?smid=url-share

NeadReport, 3 days ago to random

"The defense spent a whole day casting Cohen as a liar and elicited admissions that he had lied under oath during past cases, allowing them to cast some doubt on aspects of the story he’s told at this trial. But prosecutors will have three days to prepare for a crucial re-direct, in which they will seek to build Cohen back up and refocus the jurors on the most important elements of their case." - reporting from the courtroom, Jonah Bromwich, NYT
#trumptrial #trump #hushmoney

sundogplanets, 10 days ago to random

I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)