"A woman reacts as she stands at the site of an apartment building that was hit during Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv..."  Photo credit Reuters, via The Guardian.

My heart just ached when I came across this photo of a young woman viewing damage to an apartment building in Ukraine.   My first thought was that she probably has all her "stuff" up there - clothes, books, memorabilia, perhaps some valuables.  Perhaps now she has to find a new place to live.  And none of this is her fault.  She's just trying to live her best life, and then this happens.  It is heartbreaking.  Wish I could help her.

The evolution of Boston Dynamics robots

YouTube link.

Awesome.

Related:

Big Dog (2009)

The Sand Flea (2012)

Atlas (2016)

Spot Mini (2016)

Reposted from 2017 to add this new video (via Nag on the Lake):

Reposted from 2021 to add the latest - a robot with gymnastic skills.

Via Neatorama, where there is some explanatory text.

Awkward

I encountered this phrase in a newspaper story about a mid-size town (population 45,000) that has only one high school.  The phrase I've embedded above was used several times in the text and is quite comprehensible, but seems to me maddingly awkward.  As I scan the text, my mind seems to linger over the meaning of "one-high" that gets clalrified immeditely, but leaves an unpleasant aftertaste for an English major.

My first thought was that it should have been "one-highschool town", but of course high school is not conventionally used as one word.  A search reveals usages like that (or as HighSchool), but all the grammar guides emphasize that the term should only be written as two words.

The headline and text could have been revised to "a town with one high school," of course, but as written it is reminiscent of "one-horse town" or "one-trick pony" and has a certain charm.  I've tried to think of other awkwardness where a pair of words is thought of as one word, but then fail as such when modified.

I'm too busy to think this morning.  Someone think for me...