The Off Topic Topic

[Sheilbh]

I will never not be amazed, baffled and slightly enraged by visual tricks like that. Like I imagine a cat trying to catch a light feels

[crazy canuck]

I will never not be amazed, baffled and slightly enraged by visual tricks like that. Like I imagine a cat trying to catch a light feels

That was on my twitter feed last week - I should have shared it with you 

[grumbler]

This is very cool, try it.

https://twitter.com/alex_verbeek/status/1570519267631861761?s=46&t=tSGpEGTulZlEfuLqbYYo6A

Normally, these things turn out to be disappointing.  This was not "normally."

[Sheilbh]

First "jabs", now this

Ruth Graham
@publicroad
An American at the airport just described herself to me as "queueing" ... this is probably inevitable now

[mongers]

First "jabs", now this

Ruth Graham
@publicroad
An American at the airport just described herself to me as "queueing" ... this is probably inevitable now

World conquest, one cultural appropriation at a time. :brit:

[Admiral Yi]

You can only play the Queen Dies card once.  Our victory is inevitable.

[Maladict]

Webb telescope strikes again, the rings of Neptune:



https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/new-webb-image-captures-clearest-view-of-neptune-s-rings-in-decades

[The Larch]

Now that's a gorgeous picture. 

[mongers]

Webb telescope strikes again, the rings of Neptune:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/new-webb-image-captures-clearest-view-of-neptune-s-rings-in-decades

Very

[Josquius]

Nice photo.

Also cool in a different way. A reconstruction of Alexander the great based on his bust and descriptions:

[Syt]

 

[Valmy]

I completely agree most all of that, the Northeast is cold in more ways than one 

But I don't get the 'Hard R' states of the Southeast. Lots of Southern accents are non-rhotic.

[The Larch]

But I don't get the 'Hard R' states of the Southeast. Lots of Southern accents are non-rhotic.

I took it to mean that they're super Republicans.

[celedhring]

But I don't get the 'Hard R' states of the Southeast. Lots of Southern accents are non-rhotic.

I took it to mean that they're super Republicans.

Thought the same at first, but VA has gone blue in every presidential election since Obama. And Biden won GA.

[Valmy]

But I don't get the 'Hard R' states of the Southeast. Lots of Southern accents are non-rhotic.

I took it to mean that they're super Republicans.

Well Virginia isn't. North Carolina and Georgia are pretty purple.