I remember damage. And escape. Fan of #crows, #StarTrek and the #Japanese language, among many other things. Currently posting one frog species per day. If I keep this up, I should be done in about 20 years. My toots are searchable.
@alterelefant "Ronald Plasterk is 46 jaar lid van de PvdA. Die partij zal hij moeten verlaten als hij voor het Torentje, gaat namens een andere partij. Dat staat in de statuten van de PvdA. In dit geval zou Plasterk voor de PVV premier worden. Voor zover bekend heeft hij zijn lidmaatschap nog niet opgezegd."
Wat is dit voor bizarre constructie? Plasterk zou dus een partijloze premier worden, en ex-lid van een partij die niet eens in het kabinet zit? Ik wist niet eens dat dat kon.
#frogs#FrogsOfMastodon Dwarf tree frog (Dendropsophus nanus) photographed by Ariovaldo Giaretta. (To be honest, I spot a missed opportunity to call this the Nanu nanu tree frog.)
#DraculaDaily "Once more have I seen the Count go out in his lizard fashion." Obviously, Bram Stoker made a mistake here: it should be lounge lizard fashion.
Rich Americans serving prison time always helps to bring to the public's attention to how completely rotten the US prison system is. Case in point: convicted crypto bro Sam Bankman-Fried is on the east coast and needs to be taken to the west coast. How? Well, if you're imagining some kind of Con Air transportation, think again: inmates are driven cross-country on a bus, stopping along the way to drop off and pick up prisoners. This kind of drive takes weeks, sometimes even months.
Fun fact, yesterday's #DraculaDaily entry (May 16th) marks one of the first occurrences of a fear boner in literature (although strangely, the words "fear boner" do not literally occur in the text).
#DraculaDaily "I saw the whole man slowly emerge from the window and begin to crawl down the castle wall [...] I saw the fingers and toes grasp the corners of the stones, worn clear of the mortar by the stress of years, and by thus using every projection and inequality move downwards with considerable speed, just as a lizard moves along a wall. [...] What manner of man is this, or what manner of creature is it in the semblance of man?"
#frogs#FrogsOfMastodon Ozzy's tree frog (Dendropsophus ozzyi) photographed by Pedro L.V. Peloso. No word on whether he's named after Ozzy Osbourne. Personally I don't see the resemblance.
Here's a cool game that shows you a Wikipedia article with most of the words blacked out, and lets you guess the missing ones until you can guess the article title. #Redactle
For those who did this poll: the answer is $0. No matter how much money any player wins, eventually each gets a losing streak and ends up with zilch. This happens long before round 500, typically around 170-180. The main issue is that the players can’t quit. In real life, players don’t quit because they’re addicted; it’s called gambler’s ruin.
