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Huge 2,000-Year-old Roman Leather Shoe Discovered Exquisitely Preserved–Worn by a Soldier https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/huge-2000-year-old-roman-leather-shoe-discovered-exquisitely-preserved-worn-by-a-soldier/…

Huge 2,000-Year-old Roman Leather Shoe Discovered Exquisitely Preserved–Worn by a Soldier
In fact, so many shoes have been found across the two sites, the Vindolanda archaeological trust maintains a "shoe specialist." 

Nike releases 2025 Dallas Cowboys sneaker, see the new Air Zoom Pegasus 41 running shoe https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/shopping/2025/09/04/how-to-buy-nike-dallas-cowboys-running-shoe-cowboys-air-zo…

Nike releases 2025 Las Vegas Raiders sneaker, new Air Zoom Pegasus 41 running shoe https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/shopping/2025/09/04/how-to-buy-nike-las-vegas-raiders-running-shoe-raiders-air-z…

#Calledout #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Shoe Comic Strip 2025-07-29 | Comics Kingdom
Read the Shoe comic strip from July 29, 2025, and check out other Shoe comics by Gary Brookins & Susie MacNelly.

Now this is a shoe I’d buy.
#TerryFox
https://vancouversun.com/life/adidas-terry-fox-running-shoe-45th-anniversary-marathon-hope

Adidas re-releases Terry Fox running shoe in honour of 45th anniversary of Marathon of Hope 
Canadian icon Terry Fox is set to be honoured with a perfectly fitting release: running shoes. Find out more.

please help my son is very sick

I’ve been kicking around the joke idea that AI is the Crocs of computing (cheap garbage marketed as high fashion to children and super trendy for no lasting reason), but now I saw this cross my feed and I’m a little worried that they’re in my thoughts.
https://www.theverge.com/mi…

Microsoft’s Windows XP Crocs are no joke
Microsoft has created limited edition Windows XP-themed Crocs. The Crocs even come with a Clippy shoe charm.

Sure, in English, everything can have every POS, so every word can be a verb. But “more”? Really?
#LinguisticsInTheWild #IsThisAllowed

Robotic Manipulation Framework Based on Semantic Keypoints for Packing Shoes of Different Sizes, Shapes, and Softness
Yi Dong, Yangjun Liu, Jinjun Duan, Yang Li, Zhendong Dai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06048

Robotic Manipulation Framework Based on Semantic Keypoints for Packing Shoes of Different Sizes, Shapes, and Softness
With the rapid development of the warehousing and logistics industries, the packing of goods has gradually attracted the attention of academia and industry. The packing of footwear products is a typical representative paired-item packing task involving irregular shapes and deformable objects. Although studies on shoe packing have been conducted, different initial states due to the irregular shapes of shoes and standard packing placement poses have not been considered. This study proposes a robo…

I need to marinate shrimp for dinner, but apparently, if you marinate shrimp for longer than 30 minutes in citrus, it cooks and immediately turns into shoe leather. Damn you kitchen physics!

I dropped off one one my illustrations at the Free Little Art Gallery near my house (yes, there's another one besides mine!) and there was already a matching keychain so that's pretty cool...
#art #free #illustration

Prom tonight! Kids turned up in two helicopters, a couple of Bentleys, at least one Aston, a Lamborghini, lots of Porches, Mercs and assorted other sports cars and one kid drove himself in a Fendt! This is just a state high school but there's plenty of money sloshing about behind the scenes in the shire. Thank god my shoe waited til I was picking up fish & chips afterwards to fall apart. I've had to bin three disintegrated items of clothing today, a rarity ever for me 🙄

CHILDREN benefit most of all… by X-RAY shoe fitting
https://migurski.tumblr.com/post/786924386931359744

For #TuneTuesday, we're doing #FirstComeFirstPlayed - the first song that pops into your head. This one has been floating around in there since yesterday, though, until just now, it'd been a long time since I'd heard it.
Lambchop, "The Old Gold Shoe" (2000)

Design and Optimization of Wearables for Human Motion Energy Harvesting
Weijia Peng, Mingtong Chen, Zhengbao Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16157 https://…

Design and Optimization of Wearables for Human Motion Energy Harvesting
As wearable electronics become increasingly prevalent, there is a rise in interest and demand for sustainably designed systems that are also energy self-sufficient. The research described in this paper investigated a shoe-worn energy harvesting system designed use the mechanical energy from walking to output electrical energy. A spring is attached to electromagnetic generator embedded in the heel of the shoe to recover the vertical pressure caused by the foot strike. The simulated prototype con…

They first announced this as "The Queen" doing that.
I had visions of a young granny Windsor on a wartime clandestine tube outing dealing out rough justice.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c209ql9z2d1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Camilla fought off attempted indecent assault as teenager, book says
The future Queen is said to have fought off her attacker on a train using the heel of her shoe.

Another shoe has dropped in the Michael Tait story.
There's always another shoe.
https://julieroys.com/woman-accuses-michael-tait-drugging-her-watching-newsboys-tour-manager-covered-up/

Woman Accuses Michael Tait of Drugging Her and Watching While She Was Raped; Says Newsboys Tour Manager Covered It Up
After singer Michael Tait admitted he has preyed on other men, a woman who worked with the Newsboys says she was raped while Tait watched.

I'm impressed with designers that create flat packed furniture. Crafting a jigsaw puzzle of wood and hardware that assembles into fashionable and sturdy furniture ranks right up there with aerospace engineering.
And then there's this. A shoe cabinet that my wife ordered to fit in our sunroom to hide our hideous footwear that we slip on when we go in the backyard. It came in 18 pieces, plus 8 separate tiny bags of hardware and minimal instructions. Two hours of assembly later, it's virtually the same size in volume as the shipping carton it arrived in. I know there are reasons why it's not shipped complete, but it's still a little irritating.
#things_that_make_me_go_hmmm

Enhanced premelting at the ice-rubber interface using all-atom molecular dynamics simulation
Takumi Kojima, Ikki Yasuda, Takumi Sato, Noriyoshi Arai, Kenji Yasuoka
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20448

Enhanced premelting at the ice-rubber interface using all-atom molecular dynamics simulation
The ice-rubber interface is critical in applications such as tires and shoe outsoles, yet its molecular tribology remains unclear. Using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, we studied premelting layers at the basal face of ice in contact with styrene-butadiene rubber from 254 to 269 K. Despite its hydrophobicity, rubber enhances structural disorder of interfacial water, promoting premelting. In contrast, water mobility is suppressed by confinement from polymer chains, leading to glassy dyn…

Imagine getting to lend your croc to a 6-time Olympic medalist!
Dream moment on the West Coast Trail. And here I am still dreaming of completing the trail myself. I will one day!!
#Olympian #hiking #Canada #ClaraHughes #WestCoastTrail
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/clara-hughes-west-coast-trail-one-shoe-1.7620261

Okay chat, this video has baffled me for far too long. What in deconstructed cottage pie heck is going on here? :neocat_confused:
#AskFedi

“What’s happening in NYC is a loud message to those in the Dem establishment who still cling to old politics, recite focus-grouped talking points, and are too afraid to say what needs to be said.” It was a campaign that triangulated ground game, digital style and policy substance. Mamdani was a shoe leather candidate who put himself all over the city, talked to countless voters, projected optimism without sounding preachy and had thousands of volunteers knocking on doors.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-election-democrats?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other