bananabob

JoeRess, 2 days ago to random

Is 80 years really long enough for Europeans to forget how voting for nazis ends? The current political situation is a demonstration of a profound failure of education over decades.

bananabob, 4 days ago to conservative

How giant earthworms have transformed the Isle of Rum’s landscape

https://theconversation.com/how-giant-earthworms-have-transformed-the-isle-of-rums-landscape-231638

#TheConversation #Ecology

bananabob, 4 days ago to Health

Coca-Cola, rosé wine, red wine and fifty shades of yellow – what the colour of your pee means

Red and yellow and pink and green – your urine can sing a rainbow too. You may be surprised to find out it can be purple and orange and blue. And a myriad of other unusual colours besides.

So your doctor is not always taking the piss.👩‍⚕️ 🧪

https://theconversation.com/coca-cola-rose-wine-red-wine-and-fifty-shades-of-yellow-what-the-colour-of-your-pee-means-231553

#TheConversation #Health #Urine

bananabob, 6 days ago to space

Japanese Company Plans to Build a Tower Into Space by 2050

https://www.sciencealert.com/japanese-company-plans-to-build-a-tower-into-space-by-2050

#ScienceAlert #Space #SpaceElevator

bananabob, 6 days ago to NewZealand

Do beneficiaries pay tax? https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/518815/do-beneficiaries-pay-tax

So if you think you were getting more money think again.

Another cruel blow.

#NZPol #TaxCut

bananabob, 6 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to nz

An interesting artice in the Listener about Livable Cities from Russel Brown. Behind a paywall but available from the Archive.

#TheListener #LiveableCities #Cycle #Bikes #NZ

EDIT: oops forgot the link
https://archive.ph/hWmrK

bananabob, 6 days ago to NewZealand

Kāpiti Coast's last psychiatrist quits, as government fails to keep funding promise

The National Party's election manifesto included a commitment to increasing the number of psychiatric registrar places to 50 a year, up from 37 - but there was nothing in the Budget.

#YetAnotherBrokenPromise #NZPol #MentalHealth #KapitiCoast #NotFitToGovern

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/518756/kapiti-coast-s-last-psychiatrist-quits-as-government-fails-to-keep-funding-promise

bananabob, 8 days ago to Birds

New fossils show what Australia’s giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ looked like – and offer clues about how they died out

https://theconversation.com/new-fossils-show-what-australias-giant-prehistoric-thunder-birds-looked-like-and-offer-clues-about-how-they-died-out-221599

#Birds #Megafauna #Australia #Extinction

bananabob, 8 days ago to nz

I just read a startling statistic.

New Zealand produce enough food to feed 40 million people yet 7% of New Zealanders go hungry.

#NZ #Wrong

paulhellyer, 9 days ago to random

I had baked beans on toast for dinner tonight. It was/(they were?) delicious. Very delicious. Sometimes the old favourites - mine anyway- just hit the right spot. In my university days I would eat spaghetti on toast an awful lot. Can't quite bring myself to buy Wattie's tinned spaghetti these days, but somehow baked beans seem ok.

bananabob, 9 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

I saw this headline on Neighbourly and my mind went --- "I know he his old but not that old surely"

"King Charles 111’s Birthday Holiday"

Note to self read more carefully.

bananabob, 11 days ago to random

We all know that washing machines and dryers transport socks to another universe, but I think our dishwasher has started sending teaspoons to the same destination. We had six to start with, but now we only have four.

If you have more teaspoons than you started with please set the correct cycle on your dishwasher and send them back.

#Diswasher #WashingMachine #MultiUniverseTheory #Socks #Teaspoons #XFiles #Mystery

paulhellyer, 11 days ago to Budapest

Budapest, 1974. A happy whistle-blower with poor teeth :-). Actually a train conductor at the Újpest [New Pest] train station on the outskirts of the capital. We used to catch the train from there quite often but sadly, we didn’t seen many, if any, smiling conductors like this one.

Source: Fortepan [89466] / Urbán Tamás

#fortepan #Budapest #Újpest #train

bananabob, 11 days ago to Health

DNA test, which takes seconds to collect, can detect men at high risk and spare others unnecessary treatment

Scientists have developed a spit test that could “turn the tide” on prostate cancer

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/01/scientists-develop-cheap-and-quick-spit-test-for-prostate-cancer

#Health #Cancer #Prostate

bananabob, 11 days ago to nz

This is the second year that our kakabeak has flowered and this year it has gone quite mad.

#NZ #Flowers #Blossom

Several kakabeak flowers hanging from a branch of the tree. The colours are a soft pink with a yellow tinge.

KiwiEV, 11 days ago to random

Ohhhh THAT'S how it works.

paulhellyer, 12 days ago to Budapest

Budapest, 1960. The background to this photo isn’t entirely clear, but it is part of a fascinating series of photos from the Budapest Police’s criminal investigation department. My guess is that these three lads were caught with black market goods. They look so young - and more than a little scared.

Source: Fortepan [104046] / Budapest Capital Archives / Police Forensic Photos

#fortepan #Budapest #police

bananabob, 12 days ago to random

Just listening to this and I want to share the beauty of it with you.

Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLF6JjQfZAw&list=OLAK5uy_nsbv9nSq0YZ4Lmc9YsoKYHl1tpKI3-yOw

#Music

billbennett, 12 days ago to random

It's going to be interesting if a high profile convicted felon wants to visit his golf clubs or hotels in countries where felons are routinely denied visas.

KiwiEV, 12 days ago to random

Good news and bad news. The driveshafts are likely to be ready in 3 days, but one of you wrote them a very nasty email which has NOT sped things up, and has instead worsened the situation. I've just had to write in & apologise and I'm really pissed off about it.