- Adopt a skull and help save a collection that helped debunk phrenology – “The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia wants you to adopt a skull. Among their strange and fascinating collection of medical artifacts and anatomical specimens is a collection of 139 skulls collected in the 1800s by Viennese anatomist Joseph Hyrtl, who was trying to debunk the then-popular pseudoscience of phrenology.”
- Teaching evolution with animations – A Kickstarter for a series of animations by Stated Clearly including artwork by the wonderful Rosemary Mosco of Bird and Moon. Check out the four animations they’ve already created on their Kickstarter page.
- How Doctor Who survived 50 years – “A committee created it, to fill a time slot. It had a small budget. The BBC intended for it to be a children’s educational show focusing on science and history.”
- Fundraiser for rape joke soda – From Anna, who put it well, “Nope! Geek culture doesn’t have a problem with rape AT ALL.”
- Cute Animal Friday! Lion cub playing in leaves, from weatherwax. It’s really hard to type dik-dik correctly, from pciszek.
I saw that dik-dik on ZooBorns and was going to send it in, but didn’t get the chance. I’m glad someone did. The photo of her standing on the desk with the guy at the computer is cuteness at a nuclear level. I want one for my office!
30 years ago, I took selfies – with a camera-camera, with film! – with my feet! And my idea was, usually, to try to make it look as if I wasn’t taking the pic myself, but not always. Just looking for fun pics and interesting angles. I even took a picture OF my feet, up in the air, my first car’s front grille in the background…
Oops, wrong thread. Sorry!