That looks like the Klinikum Großhadern!

Don’t tell her about heart-beet legislation…

Speaking of the incredible art, I should mention the artists! Images in the book are by Lisa Monias, who illustrated them from photos taken by Joel Sartore and @brianskerry.bsky.social (both are longtime photogs for National Geographic)

An adult greated horned owl and a young one sit in a tree.

A great horned owl sits in a tree.

A great horned owl flies, pursued by a crow.

A young great horned owl sits in a tree.

I came across a family of great horned owls in Chicago (at an undisclosed location). They were being harrassed by crows and a Cooper's hawk. I sure hope they don't eat any poisoned rats!

Forget 1985, I was still printing my homework on one of these in 2001!

I contributed to this article refuting the claim by German toxicologist Dr. Helmut Sterz — widely amplified by
Elon Musk — that COVID vaccines likely killed ~60,000 Germans.

www.factcheck.org/2026/04/elon...

Ford stopped making Fiestas in 2023, so probably not.

One of those toilets is more impact resistant than the others.

It's funny because it's true.

Increasingly I keep being told by normies that they would “love to go to the symphony someday” and it’s starting to drive me crazy because if you want to go, you can just go! It’s not a once-in-a-lifetime thing! It’s not expensive! You don’t have to know anything! Just buy a ticket and go!

It's also factually incorrect or at best cherrypicks its examples. In 2000 my mom bought a basic Toyota Corolla w/power windows, a/c, and automatic transmission for ~$13k. A base Corolla today is $25k, basically the same after inflation, and is a better, roomier, faster, safer car in every way.

RIT alumni train Artemis II astronauts in photography The four NASA astronauts on the Artemis II Moon Mission are well equipped to document their mission because of two years of training from RIT alumni.

the Artemis crew took photography classes so they could take the best photos possible up there 😭

👀

I would like to read an essay a person who knows French History that connects the Vibecession to how the "fin de siècle" and "belle époque" happened at the same time.

The Bee Gees - To Love Somebody (1967) YouTube video by Beat-Club

They're definitely lip-synching in this TV performance, but it's so fun that you can't help but joining in with them: youtu.be/DWJWWHCFPbE

A gyros and a hot dog are lying in two side-by-side beds. With his eyes closed, the hot dog yells: "Get it off me!! Get it off me!!" The gyros wakes him up and says, "Frankie, wake up! You're having a nightmare. It was the ketchup again, wasn't it?" Frankie says, "Mmhmm…"

The tables at the Original George's Gyros Spot in Chesterton are decorated with comic strips featuring a gyros and a Chicago hot dog who apparently live together.

War Horse: An Illustrated Review War Horse: An Illustrated Review by Lisa Hanawalt I could write an entire book about horses and how into them I am, but let’s just say that I was a horse from ages eight to fourteen. Former …

This reminds me of quite possibly the best review of anything, ever. medium.com/the-hairpin/...

Thread on the South Korean president’s evolving stance on Israel, as he faces increasing economic pressure from the war in Iran:

In the US this could include: various generations of the KitchenAid stand mixer, Cuisinart food processor, Sunbeam electric eggbeater, pressure cookers/Instant Pot, fondue sets. Gadgets you put on a wedding registry
Taiwan: Tatung Electric Cooker?
France: Super-Cocotte?
Germany: Thermomix?

Is it transparent because it works as camouflage in the deep sea, or is there some other reason?

The Key to Stealing Subway Trains: A $10 Skeleton Key

Most of these kids should just be hired to drive trains — or give officially-sanctioned tours of the subway system!

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/n...

Chewing gum has enormous social and financial externalities, and should be banned.

A common loon eats crayfish this morning in Belmont Harbor.

Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access Chicago Public Library and CPS announced the expansion of The 81 Club, building on a pilot launched in 2022 to give students access to the library system's vast collection and databases.

Very cool

blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/08/c...

Greek and Roman statues were designed to give a colorful lifelike impression. Marble and wood sculptures were brightly painted, and bronze statues were originally a pale fleshlike brown. Lips and nipples were often inlaid with copper, and teeth with silver. Eyes were usually made separately and set into prepared sockets. This pair, designed for an over-lifesize statue, gives a sense of the potent immediacy that ancient sculpture could convey. Greek, 5th century BCE or later. Bronze, marble, frit, quartz, and obsidian. Dimensions: maximum H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); maximum length 2in. (5.1cm) Met Museum, New York (1991.11.3a,b)

Guess who's having cataract surgery tomorrow morning? ME! I get a pretty new lens, but I'm currently freaking out about needles and eyes. 💉👁️ 😱

So here's a sweet pair of bronze, frit, and stone eyes made for a statue, now lost. 🏺

Greek, 5th c. BCE. #MetMuseum
📸 me

this wikipedia editor is orbiting the moon right now!

Trump in 2016 and 2024 had incredibly long coattails all through national, state, and local elections. This is one reason why he’s been able to reshape the GOP so thoroughly. It’s just there are lots of other years with elections where he’s not running with nothing to lose.

For comparison, the JCPOA ('Iran Deal') payment that everyone in MAGA excoriates was $1.7bn.

The $2m-per-ship toll regime on the Strait would generate at normal traffic something like $40bn *each year* for Iran (120 ships per day at $2m per split 50/50 with Oman).

oh my god oh my god oh my god

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Coradia Max, oder?