by Grania
It’s Monkey Trial Day: in 1925 the trial of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act, began. In 1966 the Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., held a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. In 1553 the extremely unfortunate Lady Jane Grey became Queen for nine days. In 1991 Boris Yeltsin became the first elected President of Russia and in 1992 Panamanian drugs lord Manuel Noriega was sentenced to 40 years in prison for his sordid career in drug trafficking, bribery, corruption and racketeering.
It’s the birthday of Nikola Tesla (1856), Ron Glass (1945) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977) – both Serenity alumni – and Jessica Simpson (1980).
Philosophy and comestibles are the subject of conversation today in Poland.
Hili: I’m thinking and digesting.
Cyrus: I’m just digesting.
In Polish:
Hili: Myślę i trawię.
Cyrus: Ja tylko trawię
A few miles away Leon is patrolling the shop floor.
Leon: Insects are not working too hard today.
Finally, some bits and pieces from Twitter.
Fair point
Overheard at the pool:
Grandma: what do you want the baby to be? a brother or sister?
*long pause*
3 year old: a cat
— Hannah (@_HannersNanners) July 7, 2018
Dining in
The only real way to eat 👌 pic.twitter.com/58gkaC6nqU
— The Dodo (@dodo) July 9, 2018
Dining out
#zoology humour 😆 pic.twitter.com/sYMVF5iqAm
— Ruth Carden (@RuthFCarden) July 9, 2018
Nothing has ever made rolling in the mud so enticing
https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1016346153925787648
And an adorable conversation overheard.
Best snippet of conversation in Chemist shop between a wise 5yr old and an optimistic 3yr old.
5yr old, 'No, they can't really make you fly.'
Three yr old hangs head in sorrow
5 Yr old pats her shoulder, 'I know, I used to think that too.' pic.twitter.com/zFECN3JX9m— Mo O'Hara (@Mo_OHara) July 9, 2018
The aftermath of the UK’s Conservative party having two key members resign.
Sir, are you aware you are the new foreign secretary pic.twitter.com/2P9Rlclj8t
— James Bloodworth (@J_Bloodworth) July 9, 2018
Cat on a mission
https://twitter.com/holycutenesss/status/1015372877359730688
A disagreement in the bird kingdom
High jinks down in Kinsale.. pic.twitter.com/63w8yTsM8y
— deirdre oconnell (@deirdrops) July 7, 2018
Just one of those days when you get knocked down by a dolphin.
Timing
is
Everything!
🐬 🐬 🐬 🐬 🏄🏽♂️ 🐬#SundayFunday #Ocean #Dolphins #Surfing pic.twitter.com/fzoAHXHEfV
— Tom Hall ☘ (@TomHall) July 8, 2018
Vampire cat awaiting supper.
https://twitter.com/somebadideas/status/1016274946375503872
Reader Harry has been doing some investigating about a wall, click through for the conclusion.
1/2 #TrumpUKVisit The American's are in town! And they brought a wall with them – apparently the US ambassador lives in the swanky place behind the fence… BUT… pic.twitter.com/iidKzJo00d
— H Stiles (@HStiles1) July 9, 2018
Some science-oriented Twitter
#FishFact This is a faceless cusk fish. Found along the abyssal plains, it has no external eyes, but instead basically is a swimming head with snout. How big is the head? About 25% of it's body. That's like my head roughly reaching down to my chest. https://t.co/wIFEdxDukv pic.twitter.com/jE4GtR6dwV
— Dr. Misty Paig-Tran (@FABBLab) July 9, 2018
Enjoyed some amazing #Orca encounters here in #Shetland last week with @ShetlandWild guest Sofie Larsson. Ace aerial filmmaker Nick McCaffrey was with us for one of them & captured this stunning footage. @VisitScotland @PromoteShetland @Seasaver @MARINElife_UK @TheOrcaProject pic.twitter.com/ihRvTHc9zC
— Hugh Harrop Wildlife (@HughHarrop) July 9, 2018
When crabs attack,
When tree crabs are climbing on your door… https://t.co/DnBG3HWbtt
— Christopher Mah (@echinoblog) July 9, 2018
Eerie and beautiful, turn the sould up for this one
Sounds from an alien world.
In its final days, @CassiniSaturn recorded the plasma waves connecting #Saturn and #Enceladus. Listen, then learn more about this eerie audio: https://t.co/ZxjWAHF8Q8 pic.twitter.com/5xYo3YsdXf— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) July 9, 2018
Matthew’s comment on this: “Gorgeous fossils from round 290 myr ago. This thing is part of our lineage, and is neither a lizard nor a dinosaur.”
BEAUTIFUL images in this paper: First arboreal ’pelycosaurs’ (Synapsida: Varanopidae) from the early Permian Chemnitz Fossil Lagerstätte, SE Germany, with a review of varanopid phylogeny https://t.co/2Y7uo86GII (thank you, @PLOSPaleo!) pic.twitter.com/VPWw6nRM52
— Mostly Mammoths (@MostlyMammoths) July 9, 2018
The mullet
Business in the front, party in the back | Takydromus sexlineatus pic.twitter.com/DjeKi6gALp
— Hayden Davis (@HaydenDavis1) July 8, 2018
Right, back to work for you!
https://twitter.com/StefanodocSM/status/1016252289043124224
Hat-tip: Heather, Matthew, Harry S.
erm – dom not Harry! We spell it the right way – with an ‘i’… Like Nobby –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobby_Stiles
🙂
What a beautiful photo of Leon, with the flowers and trees!
I’ve been wondering about Leon’s new yard. The colors of the flowers and greenery are amazingly rich and intense.
Yes, a remarkable photo. Casually scrolling down the page, I first thought it was a pre-Raphaelite painting.
Those flight socks remind me of a time when my god-son was little, and his father was driving them across one of the Potomac bridges, and said, “Look, a fire boat!” Apparently, my god-son expected it to be a lot more fiery.
I’m still disappointed every time I open a packet of duck sauce.
Ever tried a Bombay Duck?
I’ve had geoduck.
What’s with all this false duck advertising, anyway? Somebody should look into this — the FCC, the FDA, the ASPCA, somebody.
There’s also mock duck, a vegetarian and supposedly low-fat option. An online friend of mine from years ago used to use it in some dishes.
The last time I tried that, I almost fell out with the last volley of ordnance.
Bomb bag duck.
My 4yo nephew was staying with me while his Mum went to our brother’s wedding in Japan. He was thrilled by the idea she was going on the bullet train. He thought it was fired from a really big gun.
It probably is in some Jules Verne story.
When I was a wee bairn in the 50’s, apparently PF Flyers ran a commercial on TV showing kids being able to jump over trees in their PF Flyers. I begged my parents to buy me a pair. When I got them, I immediately ran outside and started jumping. According to my parents, I was devastated with disappointment.
I don’t remember any of this. However, I expect it left deep scars on my psyche and explains my suspicion of corporations to this day.
“The Roadrunner” put me off ACME products for the longest time.
I would really like to be knocked off my board by a dolphin. An excellent story to have to tell.
Dracula cat does look very cool and bonus points for sounding just as you might expect a Dracula Cat to sound.
That crab on the door is obviously not a crab. It’s a facehugger. Don’t. Open. The. Door.
Doesn’t look like gorillas are all that scared of water to me.
Damn it. You beat me to the facehugger reference.
Crabs are ugly and now I dislike them even more.
That tree crab on the door is terrifying. It looks like a facehugger from Alien, or something from The Mist (2007).
Never read the book, but damn, the movie The Mist was one of the more depressing movies I’ve seen. I don’t like those kinds of endings.
No kidding. It was pretty brutal.
Serenity link is to the wrong film by that name.