@gedankenstuecke@scholar.socialToday we saw a white-eared opossum and that's how I learned that Argentinians call them "comadreja" - literally weasel.
The evolutionary biologist in me is extremely amused by that, their shared ancestry is that both opossum and weasels are mammals, but that's it. And they definitely look like their ancestry stops there. 😅
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-eared_opossum
@seav@en.osm.townI rarely leave my neighborhood these days, so when the opportunity came last weekend to visit a town about 80 km from my home, I took a little detour to visit and take photos of the town’s only national historical marker.
(Those who have been following me long enough know that documenting historical markers in #Wikidata and
@trochee@dair-community.socialThe combination of pareidolia and clownish but menacing Nazis
It's making me think of the criminally-underrecognized MRS DAVIS
I need to watch this again. Perhaps it should be a Labor Day (US version) ritual
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Davis
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaBeing autistic, I have to keep telling myself, "Yes, being gender-fluid is valid, and Norway lets me be who I am," just to really accept myself. 🏳️⚧️🇳🇴
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_fluidity
@hynek@mastodon.socialHeh, I missed this because I don't care about the A Song of Ice and Fire books anymore, but I guess it's official:
> In December 2024, he stated that he might never finish [The Winds of Winter] or book series, but did reaffirm that it was still a priority for him[…].
Reminds me of how my privacy is apparently the priority to everyone on the web.
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialMuch of what is going on under the present FFOTUS/maga-klan/white-christian-nationalist reign reminds me of a time in Florence, Italy in the late 1400s.
A nut named Girolamo Savonarola tried to impose a very regressive Christian policy onto Florence.
The people of Florence didn't like it and, in the end, gave Savonarola a rather hot time.
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caTIL the last time Canada spent 2% of GDP on defence spending (no date was given) we had Aircraft Carriers in our Navy.
The Bonaventure was the last Canadian aircraft carrier. And no, it wasn't a hand-me-down, though it began construction for the Royal Navy at the end of WWII but was stopped in 1945 then bought and completed by the RCN.
It was decommissioned and scrapped in 1970. It flew a squadron of F2H Banshee jets for the first few years of its life, then converted to a helicopter carrier for the final years.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #RCN #CAF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Bonaventure
@IngolfKuehn@fediscience.orgHad a great day climbing in the Burren (Co. Clare, Ireland) with my friend Barry from Limerick.
We developed two new routes (first ascends) at Slieve Rua:
Broken Bum (HS), lead by Barry, and Midday in the Midlands (HS) lead by me.
http://wiki.climbing.ie/index.php?title=Slieve_Rua
#Burren #Clare #RockClimbing #TradClimbing #climbing #xp
