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This hairy lady is supposed to be Mary Magdalene. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Mary Magdalene was frequently depicted covered in body hair. You probably have Questions about this, starting with "why" and ending with "WTF". We'll try our best to answer them.

1. "The Ascension of St Mary Magdalene" by an unnamed Danube School painter, circa 1510.
2. "Ascension of Mary Magdalene" by Jan Polak, circa 1500.

the "one hit wonder" phenomenon of the early 80s actually has a business-based origin. the 'sound' of the 70s was passing out of popularity and record execs were scrambling to find the next trend and they would pick up acts and throw their stuff out there and then move on and keep looking bc the industry hadn't come to a "consensus" on the new sound. you can see the same thing in the late 80s/early 90s before grunge hit big and defined the new center of gravity for popular music

Say hello to any passing fauns you might encounter; politely decline offers of Turkish Delight.

“When the restaurant is small but the owner is creative. 😱🤯”

@Menhit UPDATE: having slaughtered her prey mercilessly, the mighty predator is now chilling on top of the office amplifier.

Virtual reality documentary filmmaker Joe Hunting is sharing all eleven episodes of his series 'Virtually Speaking', filmed inside VRChat, on his YouTube channel:

https://lnkd.in/gT48PV_6
#VRChat #SocialVR #metaverse

DISCUSSION: What are the latest trends in YA paranormal fiction?

Some German words sound/look like English words but mean something totally different, e. g.

womit = "with what" not "vomit"
Rock = "skirt" not "rock"
groß = "big" not "gross"
Brief = "letter" not "brief"
Puff = "brothel" not "puff"
Boot = "boat" not "boot"
hell = "bright" not "hell"
Bad = "bath(room)" not bad
gut = "good" not "gut"
Fahrt = "trip" not "fart"
dick = "big" not "dick"
Gift = "poison" not "gift"

Got it? Bis bald! (bald = "soon" not "bald")

Enjoy our language!

#TheGermanWord

New York state's financial regulator in July 2020 fined #DeutscheBank $150 million over its relationship with #Epstein.

On Tuesday, the #USVirginIslands, where Epstein had a home, sued #JPMorgan, saying the bank turned a "blind eye" to his trafficking while providing banking services.

And so the Republican majority begins with a Democrat from Brooklyn becoming the first Black man to receive the most votes for U.S. House speaker.

#CNN:

"#McCarthy may have nothing to offer the renegades to win their votes. They disdain big committee posts, don’t dream of passing signature bills, don’t care that a majority of the #GOP #House wants McCarthy. For them...chaos is the point. Taking on the 'swamp' gets them booked on talkshows, boosts fundraising & polishes their MAGA credentials."

#Polisci geek here. This is EXACTLY what the #Nazis did to the German legislature during the #Weimar period.

Turns out that Adobe is collecting all of its customers' pictures into a machine learning training set.

This is opt-out, not opt-in so if you use Lightroom, for example, it defaults to adding all of your photos to the set.

If these are unpublished pictures, work-in-progress, etc. they'll still be analysed as soon as they're synced.

I've been using Lightroom to sync photos from my Windows desktop to my iPad. Now I need to reconsider that.

What's a good example of a tech disruptor who got into a space they didn't understand and quickly face planted as a result? I know there have to be examples but I'm blanking on some good ones (mainstream, please, nothing in the sex tech space).

grocery store chains: we set record profits this year

retail chains: we've never made so much money

energy companies: we just posted our best quarter on record

news article: who is to blame for inflation? you peasants wanting wages, probably

@doot a couple of years ago I worked with a company called “red badger” who were doing some web work.

When I started doing the logical thing of “badger badger badger BADGER MUSHROOOOOM” they looked at me blankly. I had to show them the video (this was after the flash era).

We have failed to teach the next generation he wisdom of the classics.

Excellent piece by Parker Molloy tearing down the New Yorker article:

"When you consider the fact that not even the head of the CDC or the President of the US followed the CDC’s guidelines (which don’t require a negative test to resume in-person activities), and you look at some of the other groups that have criticized the CDC’s isolation guidelines ..., it gets harder to see the People’s CDC’s position on the five-day isolation period as conspiracy-minded. '

https://masto.ai/@parkermolloy/109627213827082520

Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) judgingly judges me from the neighbour's TV antenna back in January.

#birdphotography #nature #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #NaturePhotography #BirdsSeenIn2022 #WildOz #Australia #Ozbirds #BirdNerds
#BirdsOfMastodon #birding #birder #birdsoftheday #Mastodonnaturecommunity #conservation #biodiversity #scicom

Good morning, friends ☕☔

It's raining here this morning, and rain is in the forecast pretty much all day and all night. Fortunately, it's warm, in the 60s (F).

"Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book." - Bill Watterson

#photo #photography #photographer #rain #flowers

a great source of vitamin eeeeeee