The #Nazis went from calmly noting the death of #FDR to seeing it as an omen of miraculous delivery, echoing that of Russian Empress Elizabeth in 1762 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/abs/britain-prussia-russia-and-the-galitzin-letter-a-reassessment/8D3184A02EC139B13C6EB639BDF476B3
Even serious historians often erroneously speak of the death of Catherine the Great (r 1762-96) #WTF
5/5
Today I learned that I'm a bigot for saying magic isnt real or a valid form of resistance.
This is why i hate "spirituality" as much as religion. It legitimizes nonsense and irrationality, enabling delusions and bad decisions, and causing pointless arguements.
Ich war eben mit Sohn und ein paar Freunden im Kino: "Minecraft - der Film" ... da selten hab ich einen Film erlebt, der so zwischen Genie und Wahnsinn schwebt wie der - aber amüsant wars schon - also meistens...
"Anachronym Challenge" by XKCD comic (mirror bots @xkcd @xkcdbot ) - There are a lot more anachronyms (names which refer to an original but outdated definition) than shown here. For example, fixing a software "bug" now involves more work than using tweezers to pull moths out of computer relays. (Sometimes maybe it's less work.) https://xkcd.com/3075/ #WTF #humor #tech
![XKCD comic # 3075 "Anachronym Challenge" https://xkcd.com/3075/
transcript & explanation from ExplainXKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3075:_Anachronym_Challenge
transcript:
[Cueball is looking at a phone in his hand while holding his other hand on the handle of a shopping cart. Above the shopping cart, an underlined header and a bullet list are shown:]
Shopping List
Tin Foil
Sponges
Silverware
Linens
Iron & Ironing Board
Reading Glasses
9 Iron and 3 Wood
Sidewalk Chalk
Rubber Duck
[Caption below the panel:]
I'm trying to do a shopping trip where I only buy stuff that's no longer made from the material it's named after.
title/mouseover text: I have to pay with paper money.
explanation:
Cueball is reading from a shopping list while shopping for groceries. The items on the list are all anachronyms. The names of the items indicate their material, but they are no longer made from that material
first entry from table:
Item: Tin foil
Actually made with: Aluminum
What the name says: Tin
Explanation: Formerly "tin foil" was made of the metal tin, but aluminum supplanted tin in the mid 20th century, as aluminum is cheaper and more durable.
[follow link to get full table & explanation]
Many of the objects listed on Cueball's shopping list can still be made with the materials that they are named after. Silverware can be made of sterling silver, [...truncated to alttext limit...]](https://files.pnw.zone/media_attachments/files/114/323/073/001/534/322/original/285e6265398231ad.png "XKCD comic # 3075 \"Anachronym Challenge\" https://xkcd.com/3075/
transcript & explanation from ExplainXKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3075:_Anachronym_Challenge
transcript:
[Cueball is looking at a phone in his hand while holding his other hand on the handle of a shopping cart. Above the shopping cart, an underlined header and a bullet list are shown:]
Shopping List
Tin Foil
Sponges
Silverware
Linens
Iron & Ironing Board
Reading Glasses
9 Iron and 3 Wood
Sidewalk Chalk
Rubber Duck
[Caption below the panel:]
I'm trying to do a shopping trip where I only buy stuff that's no longer made from the material it's named after.
title/mouseover text: I have to pay with paper money.
explanation:
Cueball is reading from a shopping list while shopping for groceries. The items on the list are all anachronyms. The names of the items indicate their material, but they are no longer made from that material
first entry from table:
Item: Tin foil
Actually made with: Aluminum
What the name says: Tin
Explanation: Formerly \"tin foil\" was made of the metal tin, but aluminum supplanted tin in the mid 20th century, as aluminum is cheaper and more durable.
[follow link to get full table & explanation]
Many of the objects listed on Cueball's shopping list can still be made with the materials that they are named after. Silverware can be made of sterling silver, [...truncated to alttext limit...]")
Curiouser and curiouser . . . #FCC #HamRadio #ShortWave #WTF
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #424: MV Tricolor.
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#mvtricolor #ships #shipping #accidents #oopsie #employeeofthemonth #fail #oof #wtf #strangebuttrue #englishchannel #webcomics #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The secret to a perfect morning routine probably isn't what you think
https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/celebrities-influencers-daily-routines
Given that 'high profile person promoting an utterly bats**t morning routine' is topical again, here's my Science Focus article on the psychology behind this baffling phenomenon
#whatiswrong in this #picture ??????
"screenshot from the #Facebook page of Belsat, a Polish television channel aimed at Belarusian citizens, showing Anna #Makhounova (right), secretary of the local branch of the United #Russia party, and Maxim Tchengaev (left), the mayor of the city of Poliarnye Zori, offering a cleaver to the mother of a fallen #soldier, in Poliarnye Zori, #Russia, on March 7, 2025."
Ich kann mir tatsächlich einen „Counter-Strike Condition Zero on Oracle 9“ Server als vorkonfigurierte Maschine in Azure klicken
#wtf #microsoft #counter-strike
I know the USA is at banana-face-and-pants-on-fire level of bananas right now, but the Republicans have spent the past 5 months trying to throw out 60,000 votes in North Carolina in order to steal a seat on the NC Supreme Court?!?
@wanisbunes @mechanical0815
#WTF
Aber immerhin eine OB44 am letzten Bild!!!
