Praying Round-up
Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.Brunch Link
- Rogue One's Gary Whitta on His Unconventional New Sci-Fi Gundog.
- 50 Funny, Weird, And Ridiculous Things That Actually Exist On Amazon, As Shared By This Online Group.
- Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive (may require registration or subscription). Makes the rest of us code talkers (writers?) of a sort.
Stories
Thanks Max.
- Woody Allen Announces Retirement From Filmmaking At 86.
- After 75 Years, Cheetahs Return to India in a Grand Experiment (may require registration or subscription).
- Her work helped her boss win the Nobel Prize. Now the spotlight is on her.
- 'trashboom' barrier stops tons of plastic from entering the oceans.
Science
Thanks Max.
- Viruses may be 'watching' you – some microbes lie in wait until their hosts unknowingly give them the signal to start multiplying.
- 'Dinosaur mummy': Researchers believe they've found one of the best preserved dinosaurs ever.
- Japanese Herbal Medicine Found To Protect Against Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Media
- BABYLON - Official Trailer (Uncensored) – Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva (NSFW). Thanks RedEe9.
- MARKOBI - World Champion of Magic - FISM Winner. Thanks Digg.
RedEye9 wrote on Sep 18, 2022, 19:07:
I chased a rabbit, it went down this hole.
Plainly Difficult https://www.youtube.com/c/PlainlyDifficult/videos
from the about: Short(ish) Educational Videos on Subjects that I think are interesting!
Mainly General Interest history, focusing on disasters, scientific discovery and transportation
I've watched "The San Salvador Radiation Event 1989", "The Ronan Point Tower Disaster 1968" and "A Brief History of: The Demon Core (Short Documentary)"
I like his pacing, the 10 minute length, his voice and delivery.
Prez wrote on Sep 19, 2022, 01:19:
I loved the mantis video. That bulldog was beautiful.
Disclaimer: I am a huge dog lover but I'm not particularly good at recognizing a lot of the more specific breeds, so sorry if I got the breed wrong.
PHJF wrote on Sep 18, 2022, 16:20:Better that than the period when they were teaching "the new math". Whatever it was. I have two good friends who I know are smarter and more educated than I am. It is simply a fact that they are. Yet neither one of them can quickly do (what I consider simple, basic) arithmetic due to they way they were taught math in grade school. Always amazes me, whenever something comes up where we need to do a bit of arithmetic, I sit there and watch them try to figure it out when I basically know the answer a few seconds after it was postulated... so weird.
I was taught cursive somewhere in 3rd-5th grade then told not to use it anymore around 8th grade. Great use of school resources.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 18, 2022, 17:35:I'll gladly switch to electronic transfers over checks for any vendor who gives me a monthly $1 credit for doing so. Otherwise, screw them.Mr. Tact wrote on Sep 18, 2022, 16:02:I can't remember the last time I wrote a check. Even when we purchased this house, we used an EFT in to an escrow account for it.
I use it for checks -- for those of you who understand what checks are.
Mr. Tact wrote on Sep 18, 2022, 16:02:
I use it for checks -- for those of you who understand what checks are.
FloodAnxiety wrote on Sep 18, 2022, 14:36:
This is an odd flex.
Do you prefer to write that way because you like the way it looks? The speed at which you can write it? Or because you know that many people will be unable to read it?
Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 18, 2022, 13:19:This is an odd flex.
I grew up learning to read and write cursive as well as calligraphy. I will probably handwrite in cursive until the day I die. If others can't read it, that's their problem.