Mildly interesting

[jon-nyc]

Boy Scout outing in Chappaqua, NY in 1918.

Chappaqua is ~10mi north of me where the Clinton’s live.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.

I think the design idea generalizes to an arbitrary number of locks.

[jon-nyc]

Damn. 62.

[xenon]

A little bit nsfw, but soooo cool. Baby birthed in an intact amniotic sac

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/khnQ4CMA8b

[Horace]

Amazing how peaceful they looked, before being introduced to air. I guess it was the air that set them off.

#FuckAir

[Axtremus]

Smallest (official) park:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-worlds-smallest-park-a-teeny-tiny-enclave-in-japan-thats-about-the-size-of-four-sheets-of-paper-180986180/

In Japan, 2.6 square feet (0.24 squares meter).

[jon-nyc]

[Mik]

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/since-the-60s-ford-has-stored-cars-underground-in-a-kansas-city-cave/?aff=f_us_p&utm_source=FB&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=med&utm_content=image_FordCave_Feb25_MED_Social_dsp&utm_term=med_3p&fbclid=IwY2xjawJCuKVleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAYPmGTbxwEdM7pFnqmvpAOGQ8RTo-5Wd8kndXLCh3IHD9AIj6QcaUD6YHnRmC3MV0N1_aem_0jvxciFQCU8kJW0YWtbbUA&utm_id=6661807325191

[jon-nyc]

Cockpit of a Concorde.

[Copper]

[jon-nyc]

Caravaggio.

The freckles look a little off this close up (though I bet they look great a little further away). But damn. Look at that detail. The little moisture in the corner of the eye. The curvature of the nostril. Amazing.

[Axtremus]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/science/snowy-owl-orange-michigan-rusty.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4U4.9WzL.0Cx0pNkVmr7f

Snowy owl with stunning colors captured in photographs. Now experts argue over how the colors came about.

[Horace]

Good short video on piano practice.

Link to video

[Horace]

This video answers the commonly asked question, why are Trump voters as awesome as great white sharks?

Link to video

[taiwan_girl]

@Horace Re: piano video

Common sense, but nice to see it put down in one place.