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Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn (1834 – 1926), Welsh astronomer and pioneer in scientific photography who collaborated in the production of some of the earliest photographs of the moon in the mid-1850s

for yesterday’s @guardian review

Nihon no kotori (Japanese small birds), cute helpful chart by @T_marohiko listing the following species:

First row - 百舌 mozu (bull-headed shrike) / 目黒 meguro (bonin white-eye) / 川蝉 kawasemi (kingfisher) / ツグミ tsugumi (dusky thrush) / 鶯 uguisu (japanese bush warbler)

Second row - 雀 suzume (sparrow) / 燕 tsubame (swallow) / 椋鳥 mukudori (grey starling) / 駒鳥 komadori (japanese robin) / 赤啄木鳥 akagera (great spotted woodpecker)

Third Row - 頬白 hoojiro (meadow bunting) / シマエナガ shimaenaga (silver-throated dasher) / 鷽 uso (japanese bullfinch) / 菊戴 kikuitadaki (goldcrest) / 白鶺鴒 hakusekirei (black-backed wagtail)

Fourth row - 五十雀 gojuukara (eurasian nuthatch) / 四十雀 shijuukara (japanese tit) / 小雀 kogara (willow tit) / 日雀 higara (coal tit) / 山雀 yamagara (varied tit)

Fifth row - 黄鶲 kibitaki (narcissus flycatcher) / 小瑠璃 koruri (siberian blue robin) / 大瑠璃 ooruri (blue-and-white flycatcher) / 瑠璃鶲 ruribitaki (red-flanked bluetail) / 尉鶲 joubitaki (daurian redstart)

“How’s life going?”

Dwarf wine, Dwarven wine or Elf drink

Older fly agarics tend to bend their hats upwards into a cup shape. When rain or dew collects in these cups and stays there for a few days, the water absorbs the mushroom’s ingredients, thus forming a natural cold extract which is slightly psychoactive. There are many legends and fairy tales involving people who have enjoyed the wine of elves or dwarves. These people experience strong changes in their perceptions. Place, time and the person themselves seem to be magically “transformed”.

you know one thing the romans got right, way back when, and we have consequently lost appreciation for, is lounging. I’m tired of my options in public being to sit or stand like a fucking fool. let me laze. let me fucking sprawl on some cushions arranged neatly upon a slab or series of slabs at a knee-to-waist height alongside my friends instead of confining us each to the solitary languishing and gradual spinal compression of a chair, you ergonomic cowards

the woods are the sky (Kodak Ektar 100)

In finnish, November is ”marraskuu”. Marras is an old word for the dead, dying, ghosts and omens of death. Spooky season is not over yet!

The wolf is so done with the fox’s bs 😂

the origin of Carol of the Bells, ukrainian folk song Shchedrik

the origin of Carol of the Bells, ukrainian folk song Shchedrik

Mary Poppins (1964)

Finally some good fucking news

Have you ever asked yourself: “What does the skunk say?” unmute to find out

From @sphynxnille: “Sunday again ❤” #catsofinstagram [source: http://bit.ly/2FzX2Pp ]

Literary facts:

The premise of the second part of Don Quixote is that the protagonist is on a quest to beat up a guy who wrote an unflattering fanfic about him

The Tale of Genji contains a chapter with no text to reflect the fact that the viewpoint character has just died

At one point the framing narrative of Frankenstein develops into a dude telling a story about a dude telling a story about a dude telling a story

#iquiteatingthereyearsago #blegh

I wish I could encapsulate the noise I made at these comments

Giant floating islands that turn atmospheric CO2 into fuel could prevent climate change, scientists say

If rolled out globally, the islands could offset the total global emissions from fossil fuels.

Scientists in Norway and Switzerland have proposed that “Solar Methanol Islands” could use solar energy to recycle atmospheric CO2 into methanol fuel.

The idea arose when scientists were trying to find a way to provide electricity to future off-shore fish farms without access to power grids. Solar energy could power hydrogen production and CO2 extraction from seawater, which would produce gases that could be reacted to form methanol.

The team of scientists wrote:

“Humankind must cease CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning if dangerous climate change is to be avoided. However, liquid carbon-based energy carriers are often without practical alternatives for vital mobility applications. The recycling of atmospheric CO2 into synthetic fuels, using renewable energy, offers an energy concept with no net CO2 emission.”

Currently, the team of scientists is working on prototypes for the floating solar islands.

Thanks to @sabre-fish for sending this in!