If an old dude ever gives you advice while peeling an apple with a
pocket knife and eating pieces right off the blade, you should probably
take it.
More so if he got a plate full of those apple wedges.
"For a successful technology the laws of physics must take precedence over public relations, for Mother Nature cannot be fooled."
~ Richard Feynman
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"
Introverts are not quiet, they're studying you.
Matching your words with your energy.
Observing your tone, your gestures, your expressions.
Decoding the meaning behind the meaning of your words.
They're not quiet, they're psychoanalyzing the shit out of you.
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This really cool map shows how long it would have taken someone to travel from Rome to the farthest reaches of the Roman Empire at its peak (around 200 CE).
People become loners because they got betrayed by every person they put their trust in.
During Ukaine's armed forces invating Russia with the Kursk offensive: Ukrainian soldiers left Google reviews for a cafe in liberated Sudzha in Russia.
Friday evening at the Malecon in La Paz. I'll miss that.....
https://t.me/pacenos/659
He was White and then all of a sudden he became Orange. Someone should look into that.
Word of the Day 3. February 3, 2024
acquisitive
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What It Means
Someone or something described as acquisitive is characterized by a strong desire to own or acquire more things.
// The game aims to teach middle schoolers to balance their acquisitive instincts with a consideration of what will benefit society as a whole.
To emote is to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way.
"An entity that feigns human emotions is arguably a worse object of affection than a cold, computational device that doesn't emote at all."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/emote-2024-01-29
Almost forgot: February 15th was Lupercalia; an ancient Roman holiday filled with drunken debauchery, free flowing hedonistic nudity and orgies, all to drive away evil spirits. If that doesn't sound much like the regular me..... 😜 😜
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Plastic artist Jorge Silva Roriz paints a customised protective mask in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Face masks are an important tool in curbing the spread of COVID-19 and provide an opportunity for people to express themselves.
https://www.facebook.com/fluwatue/posts/2114281882040795
A Black Series. A Black Series Mercedes is a wild thing, lighter, faster and harder as the standard recipe goes, but somehow very much its own car – no-one else builds anything quite like a Black Series.
Now AMG has added another 160 hp to the mix and the only rival they speak about is the Porsche 911 GT2 RS. There’s much, much more to the Black Series than the extra power, but it’s a good place to start. Still a 4.0-liter twin turbo V8
In this unique feature documentary, titled David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, the celebrated naturalist reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime and the devastating changes he has seen. Coming to Netflix October 4 2020, the film addresses some of the biggest challenges facing life on our planet, providing a snapshot of global nature loss in a single lifetime.
https://youtu.be/64R2MYUt394
Important day in its six-year history: The unveiling of the XB-1, nicknamed Baby Boom. The two-seat demonstrator is the world's first privately financed and built supersonic jet. The XB-1 is 21 meters (69 feet) long, has a wingspan of 6.40 meters and can fly two test pilots at up to 2.2 times the speed of sound (Mach 2.2 or about 2,700 kilometers per hour [1,678 miles per hour]) over a distance of up to 1,900 kilometers.
https://p.dw.com/p/3jK9t
Germany's capital city introduced a new curfew for businesses and other tough restrictions on Tuesday, in a bid to curb an explosion of daily infections.
Restaurants, bars, local shops and other businesses will have to shut during between 23:00 p.m. local time until 06:00 a.m., the Berlin senate announced, the city's governing body. The restrictions come into effect on October 10 and will run until October 31.
https://p.dw.com/p/3jW06
Bird network refugee - had enough of that toxic environment, hate and incompetence of so called support. I'm not sure if I last here, Time will show. Find me also at FB https://www.facebook.com/fluwatue
