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Chris Barncard
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Monkey see #footupfriday ...
Little boy with back to viewer leans on edge of tide pool display at the Seattle Aquarium. He's standing on one leg (the other extends back to viewer), mimicking the black oystercatcher standing on one leg to the boy's left on the display's rocks. Through a low, glass wall of the display on the left we can see underwater to other life, like anemones.
February 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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From a news story headlined "Back to Back Theatre co-chief to step down," which qualifies this for a prize known by many as the Nobel Prize of ~drama~.
An image clipped from a news story, which reads ... "Last year, it became the first Australian company to win the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre at the prestigious cultural festival, the Venice Biennale, and in 2022 was awarded the International Ibsen Award, an accolade considered by many to be the Nobel Prize of theatre."
January 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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They say those who can't Nobel ...
Image clipped from a news story that reads ... "Dubbed the “’Nobel Prize of the Teaching Profession, the Global Teacher Prize celebrates educators who have made significant contributions to education and society."
January 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Going round.
Brownish mourning dove perched on corner of snowy feeder, floofed up to nearly spherical shape
December 22, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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Motorola V70 still the coolest phone I ever owned. Shocking SAR, though.
A cell phone like a silver-and-black flip phone, but it's keyhole-shaped and half the body rotates to uncover the keypad (instead of flipping). Pictured open and shut.
December 10, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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If you see this, post something purple.
A real amazon dot com head-scratcher: A round, purple snow tube on white snow. At its center is depicted a seven-candle menorah, surrounded by the words "SNOW TUBE * DURABLE AND SAFE *," encircled by yellow astrological symbols, and finally an out ring of star maps of constellations (which might be entirely made up -- I am at a loss here)
October 28, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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Aw, come on algorithm. Be nice.
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[screencap of clickbait] Science Mental Floss Why Do Older People Grunt or Moan While Sitting Down or Standing Up? At a certain age, getting up from the sofa can be a physical challenge.
October 25, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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It seems I've summoned a dark breakfast once again. This time with high-fiber cereal and ... some evil tortilla chips and wicked crunchy seasoned peas.
Breakfast 666 calories
October 18, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Got out of hand.
2007. Gray house with a tidy little lawn. Gray house featuring a postage-stamp-sized rain garden full of fox sedge, mountain mint, boneset, iris and wild strawberries and a slightly larger former lawn gone feral with black-eyed Susan, spiderwort, New Jersey tea, purple coneflower, milkweed, shooting star, Jacob's ladder and monarda.
October 16, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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Oatmeal: the breakfast of The Beast.
October 13, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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This January 2012 issue of @theonion.com waited in an outhouse in Wisconsin's northwoods until November of 2017 to burn me/America real good with that kicker.
Time Traveler From The Year 1998 Warns Nation Not To Elect Newt Gingrich WASHINGTON—Saying he came bearing an important message from the past, a stranger from the year 1998 appeared on the Capitol steps Thursday and urged voters not to elect Newt Gingrich president in 2012. “In the late 20th century, Newt Gingrich is a complete disgrace!” said the time-traveling man, warning Americans that 14 years in the not-so-distant past, Gingrich becomes the only speaker in the history of the House of Representatives to be found guilty on ethics charges, and is later forced to resign. “In my time, he shuts down the federal government for 28 days because his feelings get hurt over having to sit at the back of Air Force One. Gingrich gets our president impeached for lying about marital infidelities when, at the same time, Gingrich himself is engaged in his own extramarital affairs. And for God’s sake, he divorced his first wife after she was diagnosed with cancer. Won’t anyone listen to me?!?” When asked about Donald Trump, the time-traveler said he had no information on the man, as no one from 1998 cared about a “washed-up fake millionaire.”
October 12, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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This side up.
October 4, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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Since I may never have a better crossover audience than this: Some of these cheese people carry their research over to the geoscientists' microscopes to snap pictures of the microstructures inside. And to have a snack, I hope.
Grey and white webs of stretched dairy proteins and fats in the inside of a cheese puff — as seen with a scanning electron microscope.
October 2, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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If I ever need to disappear, I'll go on the run as a nectarine.
Screen capture of the Google search box, showing suggestions for "like a peach but," including: like a peach but not fuzzy fruit like a peach but not fuzzy looks like a peach but not fuzzy what looks like a peach but Isn't fruit that looks like a peach but peach that looks like a but like a peach meaning what is similar to a peach fruit that looks like a peach but isn't
October 2, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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...
followed today by a page of newer stuff that faces a full-page story about vaccinating kids, complete with a photo of needles.
Cropped image of a two-page spread from a newspaper, with Sunday color comics on the left and on the right page a story headlined "GIVING IT A SHOT" with photos of kids getting shots and syringes ready to do the shooting.
September 29, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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Wee fungi.
Small, white-ish, spiky balls of fungi squished together in clumps. Individual blades of green grass obscure them a bit.
September 28, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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Getting boss awards like a boss.
News story clip that says, "Mayor Oh said of the system established by the city, 'Let me put it simply, it has taken a lot of effort so far and has been helped by many experts. These efforts were also noted by the United Nations (UN) and were the only ones in Korea to receive the 2024 UN Public Administration Award this year.' The "UN Public Administration Award" he mentioned is called the 'Nobel Prize of Administration'."
September 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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If it's just Stockholm = Nobel of something ... that's a steal.
News story clip that says, "The School of Criminal Justice has won international respect, standing as the only criminal justice school in the world to boast two recipients of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, which is considered the Nobel Prize of the field, said Clear. Work abroad includes research on crime and justice in South and Central America and studies on crime, public health and incarceration in Chile. Clear created an exchange program with South African criminologists."
September 25, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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If the Stockholm Water Prize is the "Nobel Prize of Water," shouldn't the Stockholm Youth Water Prize be the "Nobel Prize of young *water*?"
Clip of news story that says "The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has awarded the 2022 Stockholm Water Prize – widely known as the Nobel Prize of Water – to Wilfried Brutsaert, the William L. Lewis Professor in Engineering Emeritus in the College of Engineering, for his groundbreaking work in quantifying environmental evaporation." Clip of news story that says, "Just 16 years old, Piauí youngster Manuel José Nunes Neto has won the 2024 Stockholm Youth Water Prize, a prestigious international competition promoted by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and often referred to as the Nobel Prize of young science. Their project, titled Aquatic Rover, aims to improve the way we monitor the health of water bodies, reducing the need for field technicians and reducing exposure to polluted areas."
September 24, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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It was fate that I missed this opportunity last year, because I just saw the right boat a couple weeks ago.
Stern of docked sailboat named "SAYLER," with name rendered in jagged block letters like the band SLAYER.
September 10, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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Maybe the goodest Nobel-Prize-of.
Clip of a Cincinati Enquirer story from Sept. 3, 2024, reads ... "A Northern Kentucky man won the 'Nobel Prize of community service' Wednesday. "Bruce Kintner of Cold Spring was selected as a 2024 National Jefferson Award winner for his dedication to providing free car maintenance to low-income families through the Samaritan Car Care Clinic."
September 3, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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Nobels all the way down.
Text of a website post that says ... "After over 40 years conducting research across the globe and in the deserts of the Southwest, noted turtle and tortoise ecologist Dr. Jeff Lovich has been awarded the highest honor in his field: the prestigious international Behler Turtle Conservation Award. This honor is considered the “Nobel Prize” of turtle conservation."
August 14, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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There oughta be a law.
News site clip says ... "Gary made an appearance in The Tribune in February about the 2024 Stockholm Prize for Criminology. The prize is given for research or in the application of research. Ultimately, the work is for the reduction of crime and the advancement of human rights. It is considered the Nobel Prize of criminology."
August 13, 2024 at 7:54 PM
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The "Nobel Prize of dance" has some spicy competition.
News story clip says ... "She has made history, but not without controversy. Junko Hagiwara, known as La Yunko, is the first non-Spanish dancer to win El Desplante, an award that, with some exaggeration, can be likened to the Nobel Prize of flamenco dance, although it carries a prize of only 6,000 euros instead of nearly a million. It is the highest honor granted by the Murcia-based Festival de las Minas, and La Yunko claimed it last Sunday amidst boos, whistles, and applause. This is not the first prize for this dancer from the Land of the Rising Sun, born in Kawasaki (Japan) 48 years ago and an adopted Sevillian for the past 22 years. She discovered flamenco as a child through rhythmic gymnastics and has spent two decades seeking the elusive "duende" as a professional."
August 13, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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Little something like that, Lakeman.
Product image of metal plate attached by a pin to the end of a pipe. Text says, FEATURES & BENEFITS Secures couple latches, jack legs, pintle hooks and more.
June 30, 2024 at 2:34 AM