The goldfinches in my area seem to be right behind them. Here’s a picture of a goldfinch 11 days ago, and another goldfinch yesterday: he’s molting!
Looks like the birds got the message that it’s spring! It seems these red-winged blackbirds are back and in full breeding plumage.
Lessons learned from the “eating Tide Pods” meme: people love it when you blur the lines between soap and food.
We legitimately could not tell whether this is something edible. The front side of the label says “Yummmers”, but the container doesn’t have a tamper-evident seal, and there are no nutrition facts anywhere…
“So you are saying I need to eat… more calories than I burn?”
“Yes, if you want to make gains, you’ll need enough energy and protein to build muscle.”
You can get something of a sense for how it looks by looking at the 45° and 135° photos side-by-side, then letting your eyes unfocus until the details line up like a stereogram (e.g. magic eye puzzles).
Here are two pictures I’ve stitched together to make that easier:
Around mid-morning, though, it seems that a lot more sunlight in the sky is scattered off the atmosphere, which causes it to become polarized, which gives the sky a very strange appearance.
Here’s the sky at 11 AM in CT with no filter, 45° filter and 135° filter:
Also, earlier this month I finally got a picture of a red-breasted nuthatch!
I’ve been hoping to get a photo of one of these ever since I thought I saw one during PyTexas 2020: https://qoto.org/@pganssle/105091007608910051
BTW, some relevant context for those outside of Hyderabad who are going to watch this talk, this is what Google Image Search says Hyderabadi haleem looks like:
The video from my PyConf Hyderabad 2020 keynote, “The Stable Interface Paradox” is now available!
I had a lot of fun with this, I think it’s the first time I’ve actually felt compelled to take a selfie to commemorate a talk:
Was recently looking for cartoons in the public domain that I could re-caption for a point I wanted to make in my talk. This was a runner-up to the one I chose. I feel like it could easily be an exploitable template, though I have no immediate caption for it.
Also a worry is that I don’t understand the original context. By itself a man riding a zebra could fit a few metaphors, but as far as I know the original cartoon was making the point that America is better off with slavery or something 😛
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