kicking the tyres

So don’t give up hope. Do not despair. That is what they want, and we shall not give them that satisfaction. In Japanese, there is a word my mother used to say to me. “Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5

Never used this word. Have you?

We should all get merit badges for everyday successes

Cursive Letters xkcd.com/2912

No-one has ever been able to replicate Gregor Mendel's observations of pea plants. They're a little "too perfect", lacking even random statistical noise that would have been expected from small sample sizes. The big question: was it scientific fraud? (Art: Harald Ritsch)

Black winglike mobile. Calder perhaps. #art

Mobile closeup. Looks like solid feathers #art

Calder mobile installation at Washington DC national gallery of art #museum #mobile #art #calder

Composite mobile of detail sections from my previous two posts #art

Subtractive circle. Mobile detail #art

Mobile detail #art

Calder stabile in the wild #outdoors #art

Calder stabile #art

Calder stabile #art

Love mobiles #art

New word: cuteopia When you’re surrounded by #cute people you love 💕

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 27,1950

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 28,1945

Turtle 🐢

IS THAT THE WEEKEND KNOCKING?

"#Marriage is like a deck of cards. In the beginning, all you need is two hearts and a diamond. But in the end, you wish you had a club and a spade." - Robin Williams #humor #jokes #quote #funny (I asked AI to tell me some of his jokes!)

It was really smart of them to land on a full moon because a sliver #moon would've been a much harder landing 🤔

You’re only as good as your last phone charge 🔋🪫🥁

Ancient Egyptian god Ra-men

Why isn’t AI doing the tedious shit for creative people instead of doing the creative shit for tedious people

Omg my kids are on blue sky lol

Hostages now over four months in captivity. Uncertain fate and trapped in dark dirty tunnels haven’t seen daylight or fresh air for all this time. I worry about them daily. It’s so painful.

Caterpillar 🐛

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 14,1964

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 15,1950

Class

The Pink Dancers, Before the Ballet, 1884 #degas #edgardegas

Sphere Tastiness xkcd.com/2893

Always a win when younger kid finds a brand new kids meal toy the older one long ago aged out of

Does anyone else find it so much #cringe the pomp and ceremony over #nfl #coinflip

Fast cat. Colored pencils, A4, some 20 hours. #art

Omg i just got followed back by #Nancy @nancycomics.bsky.social

we went from "stop eating avocados" to "stop eating"

#2510 Strawbarry

Corals

Daily bunny no.2396 has the best seats

A cartoon about libraries for the Guardian.

Greenhouse Effect xkcd.com/2889