The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
Does everyone know something I don't....
So *#&%$¢§ true
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Happy June Solstice!
It happens in an instant for everyone on our planet.
Precisely, the June Solstice 2025 will happen today, 21 June, at 02:42 UTC.
Animation credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Source➡️ svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14366/
The June Solstice marks the
🔭 🧪 #Science #Astronomy
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Stationary traffic on Rathadamri on a Sunday afternoon as people head for all the shopping malls of Pathumwan...
Usual Sunday afternoon traffic... 😬
600m from home & it'll probably be another 20 minutes...
Such a shame - 'twas a great educational attraction in Inishowen.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
Essential climate change thread ⬇️
Move over mitochondria, a new organelle called the nitroplast is here.
In a Science study last year, researchers reported that a nitrogen-fixing organelle has been identified in a marine alga.
Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/49GjClc #ScienceMagArchives
#Hubble' s image shows the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302), a planetary nebula with a symmetrical structure resembling butterfly wings. In the center, a dense ring of dust obscures the central star. The nebula expands in vivid hues: deep blue (oxygen), bright green (hydrogen), and hot red (nitrogen), creating a bright, layered effect against a black background of space. The gaseous "wings" extend widely, with intricate details and glowing filaments.
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NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
The US constitution: a guide
From the new Private Eye, out now.
The statue of Queen Victoria on Soi Somkid in Bangkok where the British embassy used to be.
I see Vicky is still staging her sit-in on Somkid
Someone decided Songkran would be a good time to go through old photos this was taken when Jomtien was a tiny village - mid 90s?
Screengrab of the discussion points in the study suggesting a 20% reduction in dementia in those recieving the shingles vaccine compared to does who didn't.
Fascinating study highlighting the link between viral exposure & cognitive decline.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
BTs is empty... at 9pm. on Saturday night 🤔
USGS map of the epicentres of 11 recorder earthquakes in Myanmar in the last 24 hours.
USGS map of the epicentres of 14 recorded earthquakes in the last 25 hours along the Sagaing Faultline. The bigger the circle the greater the magnitude.
Condo in Taopoon - swayed hugely, everything not fixed down fell, multiple cracks in walls & ceilings. Hopefully it's structurally ok & the damage is cosmetic only...
Bangkok - post earthquake
Corridor ceiling tiles collapsed in Bangkok after the earthquake
First view after climbing the stairs...
Enough already 😔
Message from condo 😊
had to leg it down the stairs very quickly
A bad diet isn't good for you, you knew!
Seriously though, the poor intake of ω3 is a contributing factor in so many health outcomes.
The first randomised controlled trial of microdosing LSD as a treatment for ADHD found the psychedelic drug wasn’t any more effective than a placebo in alleviating symptoms.
🧪 Meet Lise Meitner: The nuclear physicist who explained atomic fission in 1939, revolutionizing science. Despite her groundbreaking work, her male colleague Otto Hahn received the 1944 Nobel Prize while she was excluded. #womenshistorymonth #STEM
"The image shows the NGC 346 star cluster. Here, thousands of specks of light blanket the blackness of space. A ribbon of thick orange cloud runs along the bottom edge of the image, rounds our lower right corner, and streaks up the right side. A similar patch of roiling orange cloud can be found near our upper left. Between these gas plumes, centered near the top of the image, the star cluster is densely packed with specks of white, blue, and purple light. At our left, a large, bright white, gleaming dot is surrounded by purple mist. This is a hot, young, massive star, sending powerful winds outward from its surface. A patch of smaller dots, other young stars, can be found inside a faint purple mist near the center of the image."
This incredible composite image by multiple observatories (including Hubble, Chandra, Webb) shows NGC 346, a young open star cluster with the associated nebula.
It is located some 200,000 ly away in the nearby
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Picture showing the expiry dates on two food packages - both expired in 2021.
Kitchen cupboard clear out time... 🤭
It's indicative of the lawlessness of the roads - everyone for themselves.
The Sirat carpark - only ฿50
