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A modern athlete

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Published: September 6, 2024 20:58

One of the "Photos of the week" from a gallery at The Atlantic, where there are several other pix of athletes in the paralympics.  Image credit Umit Bektas / Reuters.

(Title pending)

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Published: September 6, 2024 20:47

People having fun in the Netherlands.  Enjoyable to watch, but I had no idea what title to use on this post.  Suggestions welcome.

The "sustained two-shot" technique explained

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Published: September 6, 2024 20:35

Via Neatorama.

Anti-vaccine mom's duplicity exposed on Facebook

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Published: September 6, 2024 20:30

I found and bookmarked this years ago, but just ran across it while searching for something else and decided to put it up.  The discussion thread at the MurderedByWords subreddit has some droll humor about boxed wine.

Jaws

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Published: September 5, 2024 21:41

Gray wolf on the left.  Spotted hyena on the right.  The top comment at the NatureIsFuckingLit subreddit is worth quoting in toto:On the surface, it’s tempting to look at the robust, bone-crushing jaws of the spotted hyena and the longer, more slender jaws…

The world is full of fake crystal and fossil specimens - updated

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Published: September 5, 2024 21:34

Image cropped from the original posted in the whatsthisrock subreddit.  I suppose in all fairness one could refer to such a thing as an objet d'art, but they are typically marketed as an exotic and valuable mineral oddity to deceive the buyer.Addendum: …

"Wide-based gait" demonstrated

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Published: September 5, 2024 14:39

Everyone who studies medicine learns that a wide-based gait (or broad-based gait) is a characteristic feature of cerebellar disease.  Other pathological gaits are demonstrated in this Stanford medical school instructional video.  Cat video via Miss…

Pawn = Queen chess puzzle

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Published: September 3, 2024 16:11

This may be an old puzzle, but it's the first time I've seen it.  At the start there is a pawn in the LR corner, which needs to be moved to the far rank to get promoted to a queen; then the queen needs to be moved to the LL corner.  Good luck.  Feel free…

"A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm"

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Published: September 3, 2024 02:18

Herewith some excerpts from Edwin Way Teale's classic 1974 book.  I've just finished what I think is my third reading of the book, and I wanted to save some miscellaneous thoughts and anecdotes here in the blog.  Page citations are approximate depending on…

What a wonderful attitude

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Published: September 1, 2024 16:00

"Among all those we have heard about and known, among all the past and present dwellers in the village I think the most remarkable was the blind naturalist, Annie Edmond.  Even when she was past ninety, by feel and smell, she would identify wildflowers…