Linear Independence Day

Comic. SALESMAN [pointing at dehumidifier on sale]: This dehumidifier model features built-in WiFi for remote updates. PERSON 2: Great! That will be really useful if they discover a new kind of water.

Dehumidifier

xkcd.com/3109/

Incredible take.

All sorts of health problems --> grip strength.

Thus, anything that improves grip strength will improve overall health.

QED

Mel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire about N@zis YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis

Happy Birthday Mel Brooks, you are my hero! #MelBrooks #IsGoodToBeTheKing

youtu.be/62cPPSyoQkE?...

A century ago, Janet Lane-Claypon laid the groundwork for several methods we still use in public health and epidemiology today. (Photo below from Lister Institute in 1907.)

Let's look at what she pioneered...

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Official Video) YouTube video by Talking Heads

#NowListening Talking Heads - Psycho Killer #TalkingHeads #PsychoKiller

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ54...

[Person with ponytail wearing lab coat hands balloon to another person in front of a springboard, a magnet hanging from above, and then a target] PERSON WITH PONYTAIL to Person 2: Rub this balloon against your head, then go jump past that magnet toward the target on the wall. [caption] Before the bathroom scale was invented, the only way to weigh people was mass spectrometry.

Mass Spec

xkcd.com/3094/

Ho una domanda per voi che siete sempre molto attenti ai titoli: e' appropriato parlare di "fidanzato" per una situazione che riguarda una ragazza di 14 anni? Tutto questo senza intendere che a 14 anni non si possano provare certi sentimenti o sensazioni. Il mio e' un dubbio sincero.

#ForzaNapoliSempre

Scott McTominay scoring a brilliant scissor kick to maybe win the league for Napoli...

#ForzaNapoli Today there's no place in the world happier than Napoli - No happier people than Napoletani #ForzaNapoliSempre

4!

+1 Confermo

How much better would social media be if every post had a 5 min lag before appearing?

Maybe accompanied by an “are you sure you still want to post this?” nudge.

39 years ago today and they are still the coolest couple 🖤

Poison Ivy and Lux ​​Interior, published in the Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1985

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #poisonivy #luxinterior #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Sonic Youth - Genetic YouTube video by Arc Lateralus

#NowListening Sonic Youth - Genetic #SonicYouth

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

Speaking of childhood, to this day, over forty years after the fact, I still hold a petty grudge against the teacher who marked me wrong on a quiz for answering that "2 is a prime number".

New Arab Strap LP! Also, please follow the Strap account for future news fi you fancy (I finally got round to updating the handle).

Stupid, brilliant, football

Jupiter Core xkcd.com/3083

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Forse fraintendo il tuo "ipocritamente festeggiano". A me sta benissimo togliere dal calendario tutte le feste cattoliche, finche' il mio contratto di lavoro prevede un certo numero di giorni di ferie. Perche' non e' che godiamo di ferie per gentile concessione papale: sono conquiste dei lavoratori.

Courtesy of Jennifer Lynch:

David Lynch has been laid to rest at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

SAME KIND OF LONELY YouTube video by Benjamin Booker - Topic

#NowListening Benjamin Booker - Same Kind of Lonely #BenjaminBooker #Lower

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS8d...

CEPR had ~1500 followers on X...

Follow and repost if you reckon can we beat that on Bluesky!

Shadows #Photography

what the what now, Guardian??

Black crow in London #photography #London