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Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, is the world's oldest known living land animal. As of 2025, he is estimated to be around 192 years old.
#science #sciencefacts #jonathanthetortoise #tortoise #gianttortoise #seychellesgianttortoise
The new song is out on the same day as their appearance at Big Ears, where they promise to debut more new material.
![<img alt="Tortoise return with first new recording in almost 10 years" src="https://theneedledrop.com/content/images/2025/03/unnamed--20-.jpg" /><p>Influential instrumental rock band <strong>Tortoise</strong> have not released new music since their 2016 album <em>The Catastrophist, </em>itself their first album in seven years at that point. But now, all of that has changed, as the band has just released its first new music in nearly a decade.</p><p>"Oganesson" is out now, with a video animated by Rob Shaw. Watch/listen below:</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"></figure><p>Tortoise formed in 1990, and were early purveyors of the "post-rock" sound, although their music incorporated several intersecting genres. Their self-titled debut record came out in 1994, and featured Dan Bitney, Bundy K. Brown, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs and John McEntire. Brown left the band in the mid 90s and was replaced by David Pajo, who played with the band until just after their landmark 1998 LP, <em>TNT. </em>After that, Jeff Parker took up the spot, cementing the current quintet.</p><p>They have released seven albums between 1994 and 2016, and have also done several collaborations, such as an EP with The Ex called <em>In the Fishtank</em>, and an eclectic covers album with Bonnie "Prince" Billy called <em>The Brave and the Bold.</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img alt="Tortoise return with first new recording in almost 10 year](https://theneedledrop.com/content/images/2025/03/unnamed--20-.jpg "<img alt=\"Tortoise return with first new recording in almost 10 years\" src=\"https://theneedledrop.com/content/images/2025/03/unnamed--20-.jpg\" /><p>Influential instrumental rock band <strong>Tortoise</strong> have not released new music since their 2016 album <em>The Catastrophist, </em>itself their first album in seven years at that point. But now, all of that has changed, as the band has just released its first new music in nearly a decade.</p><p>"Oganesson" is out now, with a video animated by Rob Shaw. Watch/listen below:</p><figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\"></figure><p>Tortoise formed in 1990, and were early purveyors of the "post-rock" sound, although their music incorporated several intersecting genres. Their self-titled debut record came out in 1994, and featured Dan Bitney, Bundy K. Brown, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs and John McEntire. Brown left the band in the mid 90s and was replaced by David Pajo, who played with the band until just after their landmark 1998 LP, <em>TNT. </em>After that, Jeff Parker took up the spot, cementing the current quintet.</p><p>They have released seven albums between 1994 and 2016, and have also done several collaborations, such as an EP with The Ex called <em>In the Fishtank</em>, and an eclectic covers album with Bonnie "Prince" Billy called <em>The Brave and the Bold.</em></p><figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img alt=\"Tortoise return with first new recording in almost 10 year")
@cainmark@mstdn.socialI'd heard of Library Cats (Dewey!), but I found out our Library has a Desert Tortoise (Emerson!).
Happy birthday to Charles Darwin (1809-1882)! Today is Darwin Day to celebrate his birthday, science and evolution.
“The inhabitants believe that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not overhear a person walking closely behind them. I was always amused, when overtaking one of these great monsters as it was quietly pacing along, to see how suddenly, the instant I passed, it …
#CharlesDarwin #DarwinDay #tortoise #linocut #printmaking #sciart #biology #evolution
(Met this guy last year at the #VillageDesTortues or #TortupôleFrance, a rescue centre and sanctuary for turtles)
#Schildkröte #turtle #tortoise
Holy s*it, I just tried #tortoise-orm for #Python and my mind is blown away. After using #SQLAlchemy for a long time this is like night and day!
Episode 5: Captain Polly
Tortoise and Gecko make a spur-of-the-moment decision
https://theamazingadventuresof.tortoiseandgecko.au/p/episode-5
#tortoiseandgecko #tortoise #gecko #sff #books 
Captain Polly
The Amazing Adventures of Tortoise & GeckoEpisode 3: Prisoners on the Beagle
In which Tortoise and Gecko meet an educated dog
https://theamazingadventuresof.tortoiseandgecko.au/p/episode-3
#tortoiseandgecko #tortoise #gecko #sff #specfic #fantasy #books #bookstadon #evolution
Prisoners on the Beagle
The Amazing Adventures of Tortoise & GeckoEpisode 2: First Contact
In which Tortoise and Gecko meet a stranger...
https://theamazingadventuresof.tortoiseandgecko.au/p/episode-2
#tortoiseandgecko #tortoise #gecko #sff #specfic #fantasy #bookstadon #books
First Contact
The Amazing Adventures of Tortoise & Gecko
跳閘花斑法場悍將鼓動·蝻 @zteng@douchi.space原來龜也喜歡走倉鼠輪一樣的滾輪。自從一個爬輪視頻發出來之後，龜友紛紛po出自己的龜健步的視頻⋯
It begins! The Amazing Adventures of Tortoise & Gecko is a weird talking animal fantasy 15 years in the making. One short episode will be posted every week of 2025. Read online for free: https://theamazingadventuresof.tortoiseandgecko.au/p/episode-1
Wake Up, Tortoise
The Amazing Adventures of Tortoise & GeckoDay 14 #ArtAdventCalendar
Burmese and Tortoise, watercolour on paper, 28 x 38 cm, 2014
#CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #cat #tortoise #caturday #WatercolourPainting #Watercolour #AnimalPainting #art #CatArt
Nearly 500 journalists are on strike at the #Guardian and its sister paper, the Sunday-only #Observer, to protest the planned sale of the Observer to a small digital startup.
"We believe it's a total betrayal of the Guardian's values and promises that it's made," says #Carole #Cadwalladr, an investigative reporter and feature writer for the Observer.
"The sale of the Observer to a loss-making startup is potentially the death of this historic brand."
The strike, which started Wednesday, is expected to last for two days this week and restart for a couple more days next week.
Cadwalldr says the strike is intended to convince the Observer's owner to slow down a process that the paper's union says is sprinting to a preordained conclusion.
She says colleagues believe other suitors could emerge if further review shows the Guardian should divest itself of the Sunday paper.
The Observer is a storied liberal title whose first issue came out on this date in 1791.
It is believed to be the world's oldest Sunday paper.
Its famous journalists include George Orwell. And it was central to the launch of the human rights group Amnesty International.
The buyer is #Tortoise #Media, a well-regarded but small news outlet founded in 2019
and led by #James #Harding, the former director of BBC News and editor of The Times of London.
Its tagline is "slow down, wise up."
It promises to delve into what's driving the news rather than simply post the latest headlines.
It has not yet turned a profit but has deep-pocketed backers,
including the investment arm of the Thomson family that controls Reuters and owns the Globe and Mail newspaper in Canada.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/04/nx-s1-5213914/guardian-strike-observer-sale
#TurtleTuesday :
#Majolica #Tortoise Teapot by Minton, England, 1878
Tin-glazed earthenware, H. 11.9 cm
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19105/lot/553/a-rare-minton-majolica-tortoise-teapot-and-cover-dated-1878/
