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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Idiot, imbecile, and moron were, not so long ago, used in a psychological classification system, and each one was assigned to a fairly specific range of abilities.

    Idiots. —Those so defective that the mental development never exceeds that or a normal child of about two years.
    Imbeciles. —Those whose development is higher than that of an idiot, but whose intelligence does not exceed that of a normal child of about seven years.
    Morons. —Those whose mental development is above that of an imbecile, but does not exceed that of a normal child of about twelve years.
    — Edmund Burke Huey, Backward and Feeble-Minded Children, 1912

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    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

    Idiot, imbecile, and moron were, not so long ago, used in a psychological classification system, and each one was assigned to a fairly specific range of abilities.

    Idiots. —Those so defective that the mental development never exceeds that or a normal child of about two years.
    Imbeciles. —Those whose development is higher than that of an idiot, but whose intelligence does not exceed that of a normal child of about seven years.
    Morons. —Those whose mental development is above that of an imbecile, but does not exceed that of a normal child of about twelve years.
    — Edmund Burke Huey, Backward and Feeble-Minded Children, 1912

    If only Larry were alive to make a comment about liberals...

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      photo captures a rare sight of Hawaii’s 65-foot-tall Lava Dome

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        I've seen this before but it's pretty awesome.

        You were warned.

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          After the Big Bang there were all these hydrogen atoms everywhere and 13.8 billion years later some of them are majestic nebulas and others have turned into Cheez-Its.

          You were warned.

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          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

            After the Big Bang there were all these hydrogen atoms everywhere and 13.8 billion years later some of them are majestic nebulas and others have turned into Cheez-Its.

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            @jon-nyc you expected the universe to be fair?

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              After the Big Bang there were all these hydrogen atoms everywhere and 13.8 billion years later some of them are majestic nebulas and others have turned into Cheez-Its.

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              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

              After the Big Bang there were all these hydrogen atoms everywhere and 13.8 billion years later some of them are majestic nebulas and others have turned into Cheez-Its.

              If you don't think Cheez-Its are magnificent then I can't help you with anything.

              Please love yourself.

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                Elusive glass octopus spotted in the remote Pacific Ocean

                Only its eyes, optic nerve and digestive tract are opaque.

                This rarely seen glass octopus bared all recently — even a view of its innards — when an underwater robot filmed it gracefully soaring through the deep waters of the Central Pacific Ocean.

                More details/photos https://bit.ly/3C0rFdc

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                  Elusive glass octopus spotted in the remote Pacific Ocean

                  Only its eyes, optic nerve and digestive tract are opaque.

                  This rarely seen glass octopus bared all recently — even a view of its innards — when an underwater robot filmed it gracefully soaring through the deep waters of the Central Pacific Ocean.

                  More details/photos https://bit.ly/3C0rFdc

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                  @mark

                  Poor guy. He can't even hide that he's eaten the last piece of pie from the fridge.

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                    @mark

                    Poor guy. He can't even hide that he's eaten the last piece of pie from the fridge.

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                    @brenda said in Mildly interesting:

                    @mark

                    Poor guy. He can't even hide that he's eaten the last piece of pie from the fridge.

                    LOL

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                      After the Big Bang there were all these hydrogen atoms everywhere and 13.8 billion years later some of them are majestic nebulas and others have turned into Cheez-Its.

                      If you don't think Cheez-Its are magnificent then I can't help you with anything.

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                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

                      If you don't think Cheez-Its are magnificent then I can't help you with anything.

                      And to prove that Cheez-Its have elusive mystical power over all of us that defies understanding, at the very moment I was reading Jon's post, I was eating -- yes! Cheez-Its.

                      From a box I'd only opened when I opened this thread.

                      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                        How a 680,000-pound rock was moved from Riverside to Los Angeles to form the sculpture Levitated Mass

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                        Full story: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-michael-heizers-herculean-effort-move-340-ton-boulder-la (One overpass the boulder later passed under in Chino left a clearance of barely six inches.)

                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                          Here's another shot:

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                          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                            Here's another shot:

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                            @Catseye3

                            The “how” is interesting, but the “why” is the real mystery.

                            You were warned.

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                              @Catseye3

                              The “how” is interesting, but the “why” is the real mystery.

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                              Michael Heizer is an American land artist specializing in large-scale and site-specific sculptures. Working largely outside the confines of the traditional art spaces of galleries and museums, Heizer has redefined sculpture in terms of size, mass, gesture, and process. Wikipedia

                              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                @jon-nyc
                                Michael Heizer is an American land artist specializing in large-scale and site-specific sculptures. Working largely outside the confines of the traditional art spaces of galleries and museums, Heizer has redefined sculpture in terms of size, mass, gesture, and process. Wikipedia

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                                @Catseye3 said in Mildly interesting:

                                Working largely outside the confines of the traditional art spaces

                                Understatement of the day.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  Is there a warning sign to avoid the walkway during an earthquake?

                                  If not, some Californian will ask for it, sooner or later.

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                                    Striped Icebergs in Antarctica Look Like Candy
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                                      New salt-grain sized micro camera

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                                      https://www.freethink.com/hard-tech/salt-grain-micro-camera?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=echobox_freethink&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2ueitg7HjAoGNXUyHPu9yyWDTlDuW-6b6YwzaBuo3v1uJ1zLk16wm28sc#Echobox=1671224925

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                                        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                        @Catseye3

                                        The “how” is interesting, but the “why” is the real mystery.

                                        I think you'd get it if you walked underneath it.

                                        Please love yourself.

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                                          So the Beatles ended at the Polynesian Resort at Disneyworld

                                          Today in 1974, while vacationing with Julian at Walt Disney World's Polynesian Village Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, May Pang photographed John adding his signature to those of George, Paul and Ringo on a mass of documents dissolving The Beatles' partnership.

                                          10 days earlier, after Ringo had already signed in the UK, John had failed to seal the deal with Paul and George in New York because "the stars aren't right".

                                          Now, at the urging of an Apple lawyer, John was ready.

                                          “Take out your camera,” he told May before calling his own attorney, Harold Seider, to go over some final points.

                                          "When John hung up the phone, he looked wistfully out the window," May would recall. "I could almost see him replaying the entire Beatles experience in his mind."

                                          Eventually, he picked up the pen - and, in Goons parlance, The Beatles were "deaded".

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                                          Link to video

                                          https://www.facebook.com/BuskinWithTheBeatles

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