TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

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03 October 2023

An updated, revised, hyperencabulator video

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I posted the original encabulator video in 2011.  The Rockwell Retro Encabulator was posted several years ago.  Now this new version.  If ...
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02 October 2023

"Dad, I raked the leaves"

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Two examples of creative reimagining of an autumn chore.  Credit to Nikola Faller, via Kottke [third example at the link].
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The trauma of school "shooter drills"

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 "... nurses are telling us that they are walking away from situations where there are hyperrealistic active-shooter drills, and they t...
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Littoral stress

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Sunbathers on the beach at Rio de Janeiro.  From a gallery at The Atlantic . [credit Tercio Teixeira / AFP / Getty]
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"Constitutional sheriffs"

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"The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association has nine Minnesota events planned in October. They’ll be led by Sheriff Ric...

What's wrong with people these days???

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I have fond memories of walking along Hadrian's Wall when I was a younger man.  This wasn't a whimsical folly; it was planned vandal...
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CAPTCHAs

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Embedded image 😀 via Interesting Engineering .  Today I learned that CAPTCHA is an acronym.
01 October 2023

President Jimmy Carter

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The 39th president of the United States lives modestly, a sharp contrast to his successors , who have left the White House to embrace po...
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26 September 2023

Neanderthals

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The longread itself doesn't have much new information, AFAIK.  I'm creating the post in order to embed the cropped image above, sho...
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I love supercuts

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A well-edited collage of film clips whets my appetite for films I might not otherwise be aware of.  The one embedded above was created by th...
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Bricks as time capsules of DNA

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I listen to all of the BBC Science in Action podcasts.  A recent one featured a report of how unfired clay bricks can be used to access anc...
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Abby gets a prosthetic arm

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This young woman has a number of videos on YouTube , sharing tips and tricks for coping with the absence of an arm.

Should children do homework?

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From an article in the StarTribune : "... a homework abolition movement has gained popularity in schools, particularly among lower gra...
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This fish is older than I am

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And her lineage is also interesting, because she is a lungfish. "... Methuselah is the oldest living fish in captivity , aged somewhere...
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Humans walking with dinosaurs

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Stuff like this drive me crazy.  I found the illustration at an otherwise sensible SciTechDaily , accompanying an article entitled "Sho...
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