Virginicus

@Virginicus@universeodon.com

"So uncouth and absurd that it can only be believed that Nature was motivated by spite or mockery in bringing him into the world at all." - Castiglione
I'm here to publicize science and literature blogs, make wisecracks, and find out what interesting people have to say. If you want to know who I am in real life, visit my verification URL.

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GottaLaff, to Wisconsin
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

“Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-) announced Saturday that he will not seek reelection this fall after four terms in office.”

https://trib.al/0rJHEM5

Virginicus,

@GottaLaff Can’t win without a gerrymander.

janellecshane, to random
@janellecshane@wandering.shop avatar

Perfectly normal candy hearts, generated by DALL-E3

https://www.aiweirdness.com/dall-e3-generates-candy-hearts/

Virginicus,

@janellecshane “Lave vert” - when did Dall-E learn to speak French?

selzero, to random
@selzero@syzito.xyz avatar

Kiddo is 16, Under the bridge is a 32 year old song for him.

In context when I was 16 Stand By Me was a 32 year old song.

Worf sips from a cup of tea.

Virginicus,

@selzero Caledonia by Louis Jordan

molly0xfff, to random
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar

fuck i love blogs. if i had nothing but time i would just read blogs all day.

Virginicus,

@molly0xfff https://www.idiosophy.com

Virginicus,

@molly0xfff Lawyers, Guns, and Money. http://lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

MostlyHarmless, to random
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I get cranky when other drivers don’t signal their turn because I could've pulled out sooner, but when they do signal I still wait because I don't trust them.

Virginicus,

@MostlyHarmless We need a signal that says, “I’m a person who uses turn signals, but I’m not turning at this corner.”

futurebird, (edited ) to random
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

She was sitting right next to the nameplate I got for her colony! Cheeky for an ant on the lamb!

Virginicus,

@futurebird And then she tucked the watch into her waistcoat pocket and exclaimed, “I’m late!”

Virginicus, to Tolkien

Can you be both wise and soft-hearted?
https://stephencwinter.com/2024/02/10/hes-as-wise-as-any-but-hes-soft-hearted-thats-what-he-is-sam-thinks-about-frodo-before-the-black-gate-of-mordor/

Virginicus, to Tolkien

said the tale of Aragorn and Arwen is the most important part of the Appendices.
https://alasnotme.blogspot.com/2024/02/arwens-green-grave.html

liztai, (edited ) to random
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Phew. While most people watched Chinese variety shows during Chinese New Year, I watched the Putin/Tucker interview AND a podcast by Konstantin Kisin analysing it. Hope to see reactions from the Russian Youtubers I follow too.
Here's my thoughts:

  • The Russian history was needed. While i know the basic facts about how the Russian war came about, most US folks probably don't
  • I didnt find Putin's reasoning for the invasion convincing tho - esp denazification. I still think it is wrong

1/3

Virginicus,

@liztai Possibly also relevant: Fox News dodged a libel suit by testifying in court that Carlson was an entertainer, not a journalist, so he has no obligation to transmit the truth.

countcol, to random

Home is the only place you don't go "to." You go "to work." You go "to school." You go "to the shop", but you don't go "to home." You just go home.

Virginicus,

@countcol The locution is related to “go crazy”.

Tarnport, to random
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Anonymous. Acrobats of the Japanese Edo Period, 19th c.

A long scroll drawing of Japanese 19th-c. Acrobats performing various feats.
A long scroll drawing of Japanese 19th-c. Acrobats performing various feats.
A detail from the precious color drawings of acrobats.

Virginicus,

@Tarnport In #2, is that a person dressed as a bear, or an actual bear?

MostlyHarmless, to random
@MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social avatar

Turns out a wooden stake to the heart kills normal people too.

Virginicus,

@MostlyHarmless Likewise, being buried under a crossroads would sure slow me down.

kellyromanych, to random
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Arbor Day Foundation's webpage "Trees for Bees and Other Pollinators" has Bayer logo...

I know how hard it is to fundraise. It's easier if you say no to sponsors that are opposite to what you stand for.

https://www.arborday.org/trees/health/pests/article-trees-for-bees.cfm

Virginicus,

@kellyromanych I don’t know what the deal is with the Arbor Day Foundation anymore. They don’t seem to do anything, and the information on their website is frequently incorrect.

ProfKinyon, to random
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"A matrix with zeros on the diagonal and positive numbers elsewhere is called a zero-diagonal matrix. Zero-diagonal matrices are not invertible. This means that there is no matrix that can be multiplied by the zero-diagonal matrix to produce the identity matrix." -- Google's AI

Virginicus,

@ProfKinyon Well, that puts a different spin on things.

biffvernon, to random
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On a daily basis the Mauna Lao data for the Keeling Curve is often noisy, but a week ago there was a jump that has been maintained. Anyone know why?

Virginicus,

@biffvernon Groundhogs.

SrRochardBunson, (edited ) to random

If someone (this guy) were designing a saitirical "origin of product" stamp to replace "MADE IN AMERICA" with one more fitting of the current state of , which would you use?
:thinkSpin:

Virginicus,

@SrRochardBunson 美国制造

librairieobscuraestrasbourg, to random French

Je ne sais pas si ça peut vous intéresser (ou un membre de la ligue) mais suite à la fermeture prochaine de ma librairie, je vends cette sculpture de l'artiste breton Metal Hirsute, monsieur @loevenbruck 😉 bien cordialement 🐙

Virginicus,

@librairieobscuraestrasbourg @loevenbruck

video/mp4

defuneste, to random
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I was overjoyed to receive yesterday a copy of "Mapping Texts" from @dustinstoltz and @mtaylor_soc

Still to early to review the book but it is gorgeous, very well organized and nicely illustrated! It even has a chapter on project workflow.

It comes fully loaded with R packages to help you dive into text analysis quickly.

Thanks a lot!

Link: https://www.textmapping.com/

photo of first page of chapter 13 "project workflow and iteration"
photo of page 58 display the layout of one page of the book with use of margins to have a better display of graphic and margin notes.
front cover of Mapping texts, the text is building into a line plots suggesting also maybe terrain elevation and strata

Virginicus,

@defuneste @dustinstoltz @mtaylor_soc “the pop-culture Cuisinart Alfred Yankovic” 🤣

OnlyU, to random Italian
@OnlyU@mastodon.social avatar


Monica Bellucci

Virginicus,

@OnlyU 🦓

futurebird, to random
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I recently added a heating cable for my Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony. ( it’s been cold in our coop and they have brood already, knew they’d like the warmth.) This same colony has also, much to my annoyance, insisted on keeping a small midden of what I assumed was trash in one chamber of their log. They have a big garbage pile far away in the outworld too … so I thought they were just lazy. But when I added the heating cable they moved the garbage… to another chamber (?) 1/

Virginicus,

@futurebird “Don’t throw that away — it’s still good!”

APBBlue, to random
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When you work in the Senate, sometimes Rand Paul forces you to work in the office on a Friday and thus be unable to do your laundry.

Virginicus,

@APBBlue So do we all.

justinfarrimond, to random
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One day we'll look back on events such as this.
Manufactured meat, out of the lab, into the sunshine.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/68248821

Virginicus,

@justinfarrimond Saturday Night Live did this ~40 years ago. The weightlifting was the funniest part.

melissagreen, to random
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Tonight I am drinking a Slovenian Sauvignon Blanc…
And whoever missed the opportunity to just brand it Slovenian Blanc is a fucking criminal

Virginicus,

@melissagreen That’s how I feel about Martha Stewart setting up a wine business, and not naming it “Martha’s Vineyard “.

kimlockhartga, to random
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What is the one thing your younger self would not believe about life in the year 2024?

For me, it would be that everyone carries a phone anywhere they go, but no one wants anyone to call them.

Virginicus,

@crashglasshouses @kimlockhartga @PeterAperlo Is it a coincidence that Nazis started showing up in the US just after the last World War II veterans died out?

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