Just learned about the trompe: a simple device w/ no moving parts that turns the movement of water into compressed air
— Plz subscribe to my newsletter (@TheLastFarm) March 9, 2023
Every stream on Earth can yield an unlimited supply of free compressed air & we’ve known how to do this since the 17th Century
Legit makes me feel insane pic.twitter.com/ONr5YY3tmj
Thread: In the summer of 1998, the shifting sands of Holme beach on the North Norfolk coast, England, revealed remains of a unique timber circle dating to 2000BC...The circle quickly became known as The Seahenge... pic.twitter.com/2Wmw9i0xcV
— oldeuropeanculture (@serbiaireland) March 13, 2023
Spiders can walk on water because of surface tension. Tarantulas effectively swim by "rowing" on the surface of the water, using their first three pairs of legs like paddles. pic.twitter.com/1PseGD20f9
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) March 15, 2023
ERIC IDLE shares the late Graham Chapman’s brilliant one-line response to a German guard outside Dachau concentration camp refusing them entry (when visiting Germany on a writing reccy). pic.twitter.com/dDpjjTzPAo
— Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17) March 16, 2023
Brown bear's range in Europe 🐻 pic.twitter.com/tyUovlrGCP
— Xavi Ruiz (@xruiztru) March 12, 2023
When we are afraid, we do not see clearly. I was a young doctor facing my first emergency, and I had always been terrified by the prospect of a third world war. As a child, I often had nightmares about it. I would wake up and run to my parents’ bed. I could be calmed only by my father going over the details of our plan one more time: we would take our tent in the bike trailer and go live in the woods where there were plenty of blueberries. Inexperienced, and in an emergency situation for the first time, my head quickly generated a worst-case scenario. I didn’t see what I wanted to see. I saw what I was afraid of seeing. Critical thinking is always difficult, but it’s almost impossible when we are scared. There’s no room for facts when our minds are occupied by fear.
A charming #Egyptian drawing of a #cat acting as a servant to a #mouse. Drawings of animals acting as people were meant as satire of the society and politics. Dating 13th/12th century BC, probably from Deir el-Medina, #Egypt.
— Nina Willburger (@DrNWillburger) March 14, 2023
Photo: Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels pic.twitter.com/wChSLDMbYR
What is called 'capitalism' might more accurately be called consumerism. It is the consumers who call the tune, and the capitalists who want to remain capitalists have to learn to dance to it. - Thomas Sowell
— Cerebral Wisdom (@CerebralWisdom) March 9, 2023
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