Thursday, December 12, 2024

Today's news and jokes

@rio.makino Because @Anna Paul said to walk everywhere when you’re in a new city/country 💗 #tokyodisneysea #funnymoments #japan #travel ♬ BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish






(Murder got a lot of attention in LA)





(Good news since last I'd heard was the budget situaiton was dire: "To solve a $78.5-billion deficit over the last two years, the Democratic governor and lawmakers took savings from the state’s rainy day fund, delayed programs, cut spending and relied on the occasional accounting gimmick. Those moves, combined with higher than expected tax revenues in recent months, suggest the state could face a relatively mild $2-billion shortfall in the coming yea")











Touching to have Spotify celebrate the 1-year anniversary of my layoff by demonstrating that they could not, in fact, still do Wrapped just as well without me.

— glenn mcdonald (@glennmcdonald.bsky.social) December 4, 2024 at 9:41 AM
(Discussed further here.) (I gave up listening to the discovery playlist early last year after noticing they went from at least least consistently recommending one or two songs I truly liked, to never recommending anything I remotely liked)











(I'd like an option to just play my watch list on a streaming service like a playlist, with the option to shuffle)



































(The video)























Wikipedia:
When stressed or injured it releases the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin from its skin, which may prove lethal to fish in surrounding waters. The bright yellow color and black spots are a form of warning coloration (aposematism) to any potential predators.

In 2006, Mercedes-Benz unveiled its Bionic concept car, which was inspired by the shape of the yellow boxfish. It was assumed that due to the extreme agility with which boxfish maneuver, that their shape was aerodynamic and self-stabilizing. However, analysis by scientists suggests that boxfish agility is instead due to the combination of an aerodynamically unstable body and the manner in which the fish use their fins for movement.    
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