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Fascinating world of ancient #glass: an amazing #Roman glass jug with a smaller glass jug inside – a so-called joke-jar that shows the skill of the glassmaker. Presumably made in workshop in Cologne, found in a grave in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland, 4th c. AD. 🧵1/2

This is a FANTASTIC example of a specific type of lie/liar The one who thinks it's okay that it's not true, because the POINT it's making is true And that justification leads to a tremendous amount of evil. What is TRUE is what matters. Also it's immoral and unethical to keep beluga whales.

The altNoaa account is posting AI slop and justifying it, then stopping replies and quotes. They’re probably an overseas slop farm

Iris Agate: the layers of quartz do some kind of dispersion or refraction to cause a rainbow effect

If you haven’t read “The Privatization of Everything” there’s a chapter on Chicago’s parking meter situation including enraging details like “the company that owned the meters sued the city to stop them from increasing buses bc it might decrease the use of the meters”

Bluesky's algorithm: How's about some furries? Me: no thanks, not my thing Bluesky: How's about we fill your feed with BBW furries! Me: why are you doing this to me???

David Paulides is gonna have a field day

A super fine rose quartz with asterism (star) in my collection

Where Watkins Glen State Park (NY) reminds me of Rivendell.

So jealous of the lawyer who had this walk into their office..

I've been hearing that the Albertans who want to secede still expect to be able to keep their Canadian citizenship, pension, and other benefits??? 🙃

My British friend told me a lot of Brexit voters just wanted to prove a point. Like the dog that caught the car. They weren't expecting to actually win.

Am I being over-sensitive here or does the term “side effects” have an inherent negative connotation and therefore this headline is sci-comm malpractice? The “side effects” are reduced risk of serious cardiac complications and reduced risk of all-cause cardiac events. Benefits. That’s the word.

Re: Spore If you made it to the endgame by going into the Galactic Core and meeting Steve: raise your hands. If you played Spore but didn’t know that was a thing: reply with “huh?”

Can we talk about the himbofication of Pyramid Head?

My friend used to babysit for a family in NYC who never ate cherries before. You have two adults in their 40's looking at a cherry and being like "What is this???"

Whenever I hear someone claiming that USAID was evil from a leftist perspective, I hear someone saying “yes, millions ARE dying because Musk and Trump killed USAID, but at least they’ll die free of American imperialism.” Notably it is never the people saying this who are dying.

Let's play a game: What is the current bid for this table?

Blocking all the Caitlin Clark hating accounts that come my way. Yes this is very niche

Just sharing this again at a time of what's happening in Australia. In Event Horizon Sam Neill requested that the Australian flag on his character's uniform remove the Union Flag from the corner & for it to be replaced with the Aboriginal flag, the way he thought it should look in 2047

Not pictured: the two dozen mosquitos I inhaled on the hike to get here.

As small time gig voice actor who tends to get roles that play villains, soldiers or anyone who needs a deep gravely voice. Tony Jay was such a huge inspiration to me

Saw a flyover by some Frenchies #america250

I feel if I’m booking a plumber on task rabbit for X amount per hour, they shouldn’t additionally be like “oh and it’ll be another $400 to actually fix your problem”

And Keir Starmer buys me coffee today

Surfing auctions: for my nuclear friends, the prop nuke from True Lies (1994) is up for auction at Julien's. Current bid $1250 @funranium.bsky.social @nuclearanthro.bsky.social

Learned a new pseuchoarcheology theory: that during the Bronze age, the civilizations used to get their copper from what is now Michigan. This is to explain the large amount of copper the bronze age used and the Old Copper Culture that mined in Michigan and stopped.

I hate that they let this guy mirror on to here. Those are Ocean Jaspers. That's a commercial name for jasper. They are not FROM the ocean.

A lot of this stuff comes from publications where they test in vitro or in lab animals and then someone will read it and hype it for humans

Saw someone post a recipe on IG and the top reply was “hey can we normalize putting calorie count on recipe posts?”

Why does the US men’s soccer coach look like Russell Crowe filmed a deleted scene for the Shawshank Redemption

"Paleontologists Stumble Across 15-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossils That Are So Well Preserved, Their Last Meals Are Intact" They stumbled across these? Or had a pretty good idea where to look for these, got funding for it, went out to the spot they intended to look for them and then found them?

Feeling the need to vent? Why not let a volcano with soothing diffuser oils do it for you. Here’s a few Crater Lake and Lassen diffuser tops. These accurate scale models blow a great vapor ring and replace the POS top that comes with the separately purchased diffusers. phaneritic.etsy.com

Shout out to the Scots showing the lovely Americans what alcohol, travel insurance, and socialised health care waiting at home can achieve. "Big historical horsecunt was pure beggin' for a conin'", noted one onlooker.

I’m at my neighborhood yard sale and I have a bin of tumbled rocks, fill a baggie for $1 but so far only one taker

Me: its time to open up this pit! Construction Contractor: please, no

It took it 3 months, but The Monster is finally here

well THAT'S a first this gizmodo page has a "captcha" that's actually malware aimed at mac users!

Clearing out some fun pieces: Amber from the Dominican Republic with an enhydro (water bubble) that has an air bubble moving in it. Yes ancient water. There’s also a spider dangling on some webbing. $65 with free US shipping

I took one look at that man’s hair and decided to trust everything he had to say about pool and pool related products

I've seen people wearing t-shirts with "dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians" in the early 2000's

The EU should grant me citizenship as thanks to how many European tourists I’ve saved from attempting the Grand Canyon rim to rim trail in July.

Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19

Garnet from the Red Ember mine of Massachusetts, in a graphite matrix. Backlit.

Amateurish? This was 1991, to be able to do this in front of a green screen almost LIVE was advanced tech

today in "things i've only seen in Chemical Safety Board animations"

Oh god no.