Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.
If you have a "go-to person" at your workplace: don't undervalue them.
If you have someone that solves problems, unblocks others, answers questions outside their official responsibilities, and often gets pulled into discussions that aren't even part of their work responsibilities: make sure you recognize their worth. Ideally formally.
Far too many organizations wake up one day to a letter of resignation from that person because they did not.
“I meant,” said Ipslore bitterly, “what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?”
Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
(Sourcery)
“News” in a nutshell
Many people now use "acoustic bikes" to label bicycles without electric motor.
In that same line of thinking: should we start applying the same label to coffee without milk?
Acoustic coffee:
For those who find cycling races confusing and want to understand #LeTour better..
Former rider and commentator/talking head on all things cycling Dan Lloyd can help
Edit: just discovered we do actually have a phone we can use for this, so never mind!
If you wanted to wake a child up with an alarm clock that played your choice of music.. how would you do that, if you didn't have a spare smartphone lying around? Would you DIY something along the raspberry pi line? Do you know of an off the shelf alarm clock that would work?
Bonus points for either very cheap, or not so cheap but like ... Ethical in an open source kinda way?
I wouldn’t say that coprolite is my top favourite fossil, but it’s certainly a solid number two.
I just read an article about the aerodynamics of soccer balls that contained the term "drag crisis" which would be the absolute funniest thing to happen during a World Cup match.
Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better. The car traffic got BETTER.
Male and Female Red-necked Wallabies down my street this afternoon. No need to guess which is which. ;-)
#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #RedNeckedWallaby #macropod #marsupial
RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/116865321642719697
Barking geckos are cool and definitely need protection.
The slider is just .. odd (but also appears to be quite rare)
Dear fedi, please keep fedi weird and unmonetisable 😊
30 years ago today we cloned a sheep. I was 12 years old at the time and remember being absolutely fascinated by the whole thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)
if you had to estimate ... how many bridges have you burned?
Meta Glasses are Cybertrucks for the face.