My top 3 boondoggles of the century so far: crypto, AI, and mRNA, not necessarily in that order. An unpopular take, I'm sure.

Another Lily in my garden.

St Pete Pier showing off this evening. 📷 Josh Herrington #Florida #sunset

"Childish" is actually a great compliment to give an adult. So many people become jaded, judgmental, irritable as they get older. They stop trying new things, they stop listening, they stop growing. The highest wisdom is to not take yourself too seriously as you go through life.

Art: N.C. Wyeth 1882–1945 "The Giant", 1923.

“The stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine." — James Jeans, The Mysterious Universe, 1930

Friday

I'd like to be posting from here today

I found Hellboy!! 🥹 Anyone else with pareidolia?

‘In the misfit mystic space of grace, comrades; love is to give and to do, and it’s a thousand to nothing in favour of you.’

The Midnight Cererus blooms once a year; the bloom appears after dark and lasts for only one night.

Slo-mo video of the lightning yesterday from a dying thunderstorm over the Gulf. Austin A. Jordan Smith James Spann NWS Tallahassee Florida Storm Chasers

Extremely detailed view of Martian Dunes by Curiosity Rover (Actual sound of Mars by Perseverance rover)

One of the biggest lies we were sold about the internet is that it would forever preserve the world’s knowledge. The digital world is ephemeral. Websites and archives can vanish in an instant. Invest in print media and DVDs. Build a home library. Know the joys of tangible living.

Starting off The Week with...

Can you?

👵 #MythologyMonday 💀 In a striking Hungarian folktale,'Outwitting Death,' an elderly woman outsmarts Death itself—twice. ☠️ First, she tricks him into writing “TOMORROW” on her door, delaying her fate. 🚪 When he returns, she hides in a barrel of honey, transforming into a

Graham Nash tells a story of Joni Mitchell not spending money led to writing "Our House"

Humanity is splitting…those who can think for themselves and those of the hive mind or on the establishment frequency download. AI is accelerating this split. What a time to be alive.