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Indiscriminate laziness

Statue of slave trader Edward Colston is pulled down in Bristol city centre

Posted on 2020/06/07 by Carl Robitaille

Watch the moment a statue of slave trader Edward Colston is pulled down in Bristol city centre during #BLMbristol pic.twitter.com/B5JuwoN4u6
— ITV News West Country (@itvwestcountry) June 7, 2020

Now pull down all the statues of Cromwell. The dude that attempted to wipe out the Irish and you voted him in as the 10 top greatest Brits ever. https://t.co/SB8NME1eKw
— Brian McManus (@TheBrianMcManus) June 7, 2020

Keymaster

Posted on 2020/06/07 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/xxByte/status/1269619371409903616?s=20

Arc Circumhorizontal

Posted on 2020/06/02 by Carl Robitaille

Un arc circumhorizontal est un arc-en-ciel à l'apparence horizontale, qui apparaît parfois sous le Soleil.
Rare en Europe, celui-ci fut capturé le long du lac Sammamish près de Seattle aux USA, où il se produit plus souvent. #féerique

© https://t.co/GvphNws6mH pic.twitter.com/F0aP1SnFZ5
— Tu sais pas quoi ?! (@tuCpakoa) June 2, 2020

How to deal with some tear gas

Posted on 2020/05/29 by Carl Robitaille

Here’s a little tip from ours boys in Hong Kong on how to deal with some tear gas #Minneapolis #GeorgeFloydMurder #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/E46X3UGzW6
— Caleb (@c_ripple9966) May 29, 2020

Hundreds of hungry monkeys swarm across Thai street as ‘rival gangs’ fight over food after tourists who normally feed them stay away because of coronavirus

Posted on 2020/05/29 by Carl Robitaille

Hundreds of hungry monkeys swarm across Thai street as 'rival gangs' fight over food after tourists who normally feed them stay away because of coronavirus https://t.co/lQZ0sOzwDF pic.twitter.com/8TgrCTBrQ8
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 12, 2020

SimRefinery

Posted on 2020/05/26 by Carl Robitaille

In the early 1990s, Chevron paid the folks behind SimCity to make training software about operating a refinery

SimRefinery became popular at Chevron, and an unnamed refiner maybe even used it until 2016 (!)

Interesting deep dive by @itstheshadsy #OOTT https://t.co/lxQq3HSpY8 pic.twitter.com/Q9n6yKkJWp
— Stephen Stapczynski (@SStapczynski) May 26, 2020

Why is a Fossilised Keyboard in this Pavement?

Posted on 2020/05/22 by Carl Robitaille

The Mad Hatterpillar

Posted on 2020/05/22 by Carl Robitaille

Les plages rouges de l’île d’Ormuz

Posted on 2020/05/10 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/SciencesMag/status/1259585056601001984?s=20

This species is unique among all the birds in only having one leg

Posted on 2020/05/10 by Carl Robitaille

This species is unique among all the birds in only having one leg. Scientists are still unsure why. https://t.co/paDnH2e1UH
— Matthew Cobb (@matthewcobb) May 10, 2020