During mating season, male alligators flirt with females and let rival gator dudes know there’s someone in the territory by “booming,” i.e., making a deep, guttural call while partially submerged in such a way that their scaly backs vibrate and produce a dancing water courtship display. (I don’t judge — I’ve seen far more inexplicable …
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Saturday Evening Open Thread: Pop Culture & Otherwise
Kinda psyched for all-masked showings of DUNE, very immersive Anyone unmasks, point at them and go "THEY SQUANDER THE WATER OF THE SIETCH" and challenge 'em to a crysknife duel — Max Gladstone (@maxgladstone) July 28, 2021 The movie I’m looking forward to is The Green Knight, but not until I can watch it at …
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Nature & Respite Open Thread: Some Good News
(Jeff Danziger via GoComics.com) Developer has pulled the plug on the Keystone XL pipeline. https://t.co/e4T1r06XuA — Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 9, 2021 The Invisible Hand of the Market gives Keystone XL two thumbs down, with no little assistance from the Biden administration. Mr Pierce, at Esquire, takes a well-earned victory lap — “The Keystone Pipeline …
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Ostdrossel: Birds On A Feeder
Balloon Juice commenter, Paul in St. Augustine, sent me a link to a blog post about photos of birds taken by a woman named Lisa, who uses Ostdrossel as her professional name for photography. I think she got some amazing shots. I’ll leave the explanation of how she is able to get such great shots to the …
PSA for Bird-Feeders
Birders: @CDCgov is investigating a Salmonella outbreak that has been linked to wild song birds. Eight people have been hospitalized in disparate parts of the country. CDC advises being careful about hand hygiene when handling bird feeders, baths. https://t.co/dFYolUphGz — Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) April 1, 2021 Probably not necessary to remind y’all about washing your …
A Full Moon, Two Tug Boats, A Huge Lever, Science and Math, and Some Luck
Excellent story in the Guardian, h/t to commenter cope. Read the whole thing.
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Saturday Morning Open Thread: Evanescent
From commentor Jeffery: Philadelphia PA. These only last a day or two. On Leonard Nimoy Day in Boston, Museum of Science announced as location for Live Long and Prosper statue https://t.co/l8E7CTcIfO pic.twitter.com/rNB47tsiVo — Adam Gaffin (@universalhub) March 26, 2021
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