I think my parents had one of those (in a different color, though) I used to practice typing on it when I was in school back in the 1980's.

pink water flower

Didn't expect this photo to turn out as well as it did.
#photography #flower #water-flowers

View of a small tree from below with a greenhouse roof in the background.

Brilliant pink flowers on a small tree in a greenhouse

two small pines of a very rare type. This species lived when the dinosaurs roamed.

ID tag describing the tree and some information about it.

The other exciting thing at the arboretum was an actual Wollemi Pine! This species dates back to when the dinosaurs roamed, and was long thought to be extinct until a few dozen were discovered still thriving in a hidden valley in Australia.
I've read about them, but never really expected to see one!

Bright pink flowers covering an complex bonsai tree.

Leaning bonsai tree with white flowers at the ends of the branches.

The local Botanical Gardens has something magical happening right now:
mbgna.umich.edu
#basai #flowers #photography

Ooh, that looks like fun, I'm gonna check that out!

He listens to the concerns of ALL constituents

Bad Teeth In Marlboro Country YouTube video by Hans Reichel - Topic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU5t...
#music

The Founding Father They Don't Teach You About YouTube video by PBS Origins

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn1z...

Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): 44th lava fountaining episode just started

#Kilauea #volcano (Hawai'i): 44th lava fountaining episode just started - The 44th episode 44 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kīlauea began at 11:10 a.m. HST on April 9, about one hour ago.
The eruption follows essentially the same pattern as almost all preceding e...

It looks like tephra is drifting off in the wind. I wonder how far it's going to go this time?

[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater) YouTube video by USGS

Kilauea is once again shooting lava into the sky. Even more amazing is watching bits of cooling lava getting carried away in the wind. Kilauea is making flying rocks. How weird is that?
#Kilauea #volcano #eruption #tephra

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKu...

Anémic Cinéma (1926) | Marcel Duchamp's classic restored YouTube video by Aeon Video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi-4...

sure didn't expect to see this on JP news.

Alexander Calder's kinetic mobiles have fun with art | Full Documentary | American Masters | PBS YouTube video by American Masters PBS

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VewU...

Floe - Philip Glass YouTube video by Brett Dietz

"Floe", Music by Philip Glass.
#music #modern #PhilipGlass #Floe

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK04...

If you read cursive, the Newberry has a job for you. The Newberry Library in Chicago is scouting transcribers to demystify its handwritten collection. As Dan Kelly wrote in yesterday’s Chicago, the archive’s hunt for “living Rosetta…

Can you read English cursive? Ever wanted to volunteer from the comfort of home for a useful cause? Have I got an offer for you...

The Newberry Library in Chicago is always in need of transcribers to help decipher historical handwritten documents. If this is you, learn more about it below:

Why Do So Many Americans Not Know How Their Government Works? | Civics Made Easy YouTube video by PBS

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMqE...

Clapping Music 2 YouTube video by Jeremie Carrier

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfBo...

Babylon 5 is the Anti-Fascist Show We Need YouTube video by Jessie Gender

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmQm...

True.

One of the things that's always confounded me is how the conservative Catholics are willingly teaming up with Protestant Evangelicals who openly say Catholicism is satanic.
At some point that's going to blow up in everyone's face.

I just got my first one, plan to open it up later this evening!

Building a Saxon Ship with Axes and Volunteers YouTube video by Jon Seal Wood

Building the Sutton Hoo Ship:
#ship #history #archeology #re-creation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMGl...

Ooh, that'd be really cool. Now I want one, as well!

99 Cops YouTube video by Brian Dewan - Topic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuDK...

That's wicked-cool!

The Cowboy Outlaw YouTube video by Brian Dewan - Topic

Sometimes it's fun to dig into music I haven't listened to in years.
#music #zither

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1zP...

The Inattention Economy Revealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economyThe Inattention Economy challenges the wides...

Here's the link to the free pdf of my new book The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet. Access is so important and I'm grateful that the press is platforming it as one file that is easy to download. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...