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The secret to a stone wall that lasts is "one over two, two over one." Never line up vertical joints, because that's where walls split. Dry stone masonry is now UNESCO heritage.

Geen broadbill 17cm Southeast Asia Diet: frugivore Figs, soft small fruits and berries.Occasionally small insects Female weaves a teardrop-shaped, pendulous bag suspended from a thin tree branch Female incubates 18 days Both parents feeding the hatchlings 23 days plus 3 weeks after fledging

Solid metaphor for the entire administration, honestly

A technician demonstrates a restored 1939 Zenith 12-S-370 radio. IG: @nocotuberadioelectronicsrepair

Vintage Irish travel poster, very little info, but still worth a share. 😊

No place to Go-by Maynard Dixon(1935)

Great book and good movie adaptation

I believe that 👇

Red sprites are giant electrical flashes that burst 50 to 90 km up, far above thunderstorm clouds, and last only milliseconds. Nicolas Escurat caught them on video.

@satyas_inverts captures a box crab (Calappa calappa) shooting out water to keep its gills moist: #AGoodPlace

Insomnia by Vincenzo Lamolinara

“Morning, Lake O’Hara from Wapta Trail” (1929) by Group of Seven member JEH MacDonald.

One of modern civilisation’s great moments. THE SWEDISH CHEF RAPPER'S DELIGHT

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. (1793-1865) View to Mödling, 1848. oil on canvas.

One of those rare photos that makes you stop in your tracks and whisper, "Wow..." "Lochaber at Night" - wintery scene of Loch Linnhe, Caol Shore and Ben Nevis, taken from Corpach Pier by Mark Gillies.

🚨BREAKING: Thousands of North Carolina midterm ballots are set to be rejected over minor technical issues after a federal court upheld strict new Republican-backed rules for mail voters, according to data shared exclusively with Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Maybe one of the most unforgettable surfing moments was captured by David Tereva. [🏄‍♂️ terevadavid] Original post

So she's either a hopelessly gullible rube or a liar. Take your pick. bsky.app/profile/atru...

In his first term Trump blocked congressionally mandated aid to Ukraine in an attempt to coerce them to investigate Biden. Many of the same Republicans who opposed his impeachment for that are now complaining that he’s doing it again - and now people are dying because of it.

Never leave a turtle behind: #AGoodPlace Source: We Love Animals

Trump has a new scheme to bribe farmers in swing states with welfare checks of taxpayer money because fuel has gone up so much because of his war. But only money for them, not for anyone else in the country. No, we have to keep paying higher prices AND we pay Trump’s voters.

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President Donald Trump has no legitimate grounds to order the seizure of ballots or voting machines during this year’s midterm elections. But the dismal reality is he may try anyway. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Taj Mahal flashes a peace sign at his Topanga Canyon home, 1968 Photograph by Baron Wolman

I love foley art.

Yep. All 20.

Horse galloping through a sea cave on a New Zealand beach, where dark volcanic sand and low tide make for the perfect racetrack

A 1967 studio rehearsal of "I Say A Little Prayer" with DIONNE WARWICK, HAL DAVID and BURT BACHARACH.

Holy crap. An actual video of me at work this week. I am the Crane. Be the Crane.

The perfect Friday song has been written! #Musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knrf...

Danfoss refrigeration incidents: We are sharing exposed instances for a long time in our Device ID reporting, daily. For Danfoss AK-SM800A we still see at least 365 unique instances daily (drop from over 550 last few days) exposed. These need to be taken off the public Internet!

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT engineers develop a breath test that detects pneumonia in minutes no X-rays, no lab wait. Just a single breath Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes.

Tactile globe.

This made my day

New paper out today shows that ICE and National Guard presence in DC led to a pretty sizable drop in pediatric ER visits among Spanish-speaking and Hispanic patients. If sick kids can't go to the emergency room, immigration justice has to be a public health issue. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This song says it all. In every way. #musicsky #careerending www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOW5...

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Look! Its my career! Seriously here is what I learned going back to an old job for more $ - if you like what you are doing with the people you are doing it with and they tell you that you are killing it. DO. NOT. LEAVE. THAT. JOB. #theend #ohwell #iamscrewed www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9M...

The Common Tailorbird 10-14cm Across South and Southeast Asia Diet Insects & Invertebrates, Nectar and Fruit Female sews the nest, incubates the eggs 12 days while the male feeds and protects her They feed the chicks as a team for 14 days in the nest, and 2 more weeks after they fledge.

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Flordali 1, 1981. #Lithograph

Zooooooom! A blue jay on the go. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

The day in 1979 The Muppets invaded the set of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’. #FrankOz #JimHenson #MarkHamill

"Rolling Thunder II," 2026 Artist Bruce Cascia (American, b.1953) Oil on canvas

Go with the flow.

GEORGE LUCAS surrounded by ‘Return Of The Jedi’ props in 1983.

The perfect moment when a hummingbird shares a water fountain with four bees on a hot California summer day. [📸 Toshiyasu Morita] Original post