TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

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07 April 2023

Randy Rainbow is back...

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There are about 4-5 more Randy Rainbow productions posted in the Video - humor section of this blog.
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05 April 2023

Moonroof after a hailstorm

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Image cropped for size from the original at the DamnThatsInteresting subreddit, via Neatorama .
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The cherry blossoms of Washington, D.C.

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The annual blooming of the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. is currently underway.  The Washington Post featured thi...
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Nine-year-old girl refuses to let her goat be slaughtered

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Excerpts from a story in The Washington Post : Jessica Long’s 9-year-old daughter brought the family’s goat, Cedar, to the Shasta District F...
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Does anyone really know what time it is...

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The discussion thread at the Facepalm subreddit suggests that this might be Australia, or that the orientation of the numerals doesn't ...
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Mommy, what's a phallic mikoshi ?

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This image (credit AFP/Getty Images) was one of the photos of the day in a gallery at The Guardian .  The caption indicates only that it is ...
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Remembering "Mad Men"

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I certainly remember " Mad Men ."  I was enthralled by the story during the first several years of its run.  But then it seemed to...
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01 April 2023

Batesian mimicry

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Posted on April 1 - not to fool you, but to demonstrate how Nature fools Nature. The strategy of pretending to be something other than what ...
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31 March 2023

It's o.k. to be not-for-profit

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There is a longstanding and ongoing effort by various members of congress to take the U.S. postal service private because it is "losing...
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Kindergarten play cancelled because...

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 "In April 2014, the Harley Avenue Primary School in Elwood, New York, sent a letter to the parents of its kindergartners, confirming r...
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Movie props

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Via Kottke .
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Prescient

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"... members of labor unions, and unorganized unskilled workers, will sooner or later realize that their government is not even trying ...
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28 March 2023

The Gloucester Tree is a fire-lookout tree

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The Gloucester Tree is a giant karri tree in the Gloucester National Park of Western Australia. At 58 metres in height, it is the world...
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Agatha Christie's writing being "cleaned up" for modern readers

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Several Agatha Christie novels have been edited to remove potentially offensive language, including insults and references to ethnicity. Poi...
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Remixing explained

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I haven't watched this through (it's a hour long), but from the samples I've seen, it looks interesting and well done.  Via Kott...
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