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A homing pigeon fitted with a custom falconry-style hood and miniature equipment backpack as part of a UBC-led study tracking eye movements during flight. (Anthony Lapsansky), source: CBC news, "Pigeons’ shifting gaze could help drones navigate more like birds: UBC study"
Kyle MacLachlan's character looking satisfied after a sip of coffee in Season 2 of Fallout.
A clip from a CBC article titled THIS MOSS SURVIVED 9 MONTHS OUTSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION reads: "Space is a harsh environment: it's a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type of moss that doesn’t really care about much of that."
The official White House Facebook account posted what appears to be a fun internet meme, though the tone is unclear: it is an image with a baby pink background, clipart-style photos of Donald Trump and Caleb Vitello, and a handwritten-styled font that reads “roses are red, violets are blue, come here illegally, and we’ll deport you.”
David Lynch, for alleged budget reasons, casually sitting on a chair with a cow at a street corner in LA with a giant banner as an Oscar campaign for Laura Dern in Inland Empire.
An objectively terrible headshot, but also, it's JD Vance.
The text 'urban heat island' is clipped from a broader headline about a phenomena of extreme heat in places with lots of concrete, roads and buildings. Source: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538865/research-reveals-potentially-dangerous-urban-heat-island-effect-in-central-auckland
A reader-submitted image on the Guardian depicts a human showing a cat some cards from a tabletop game. The caption says, "John Severn playing boardgames (not generated on Excel)." BUT WHICH ONE IS JOHN?!
From a Ministry of Primary Industries press release about someone found to be not quarantining imported plants appropriately: "To avoid detection and to circumnavigate the biosecurity rules designed to protect New Zealand from potentially unwanted pests and diseases – he replaced these plants with similar looking domestic plants, which he admitted doing to an employee who questioned him."
A Spotify result for this user’s music generation classifies them as Gen Z based on the latest albums by the Decemberists, IDLES, and Frank Turner. It’s entirely possible that Gen Z have shifted to enjoying music made by white men in their 40s.
A headline referring to an appointment to Aotearoa New Zealand's newly-formed Ministry of Regulation reads, "David Seymour's new Ministry of red tape hiring a $168k-a-year spin doctor"
The 'styles' section from the Wikipedia Page about British Conservative MP Eric Pickles" reads: Styles Eric Pickles (1952–1992) Eric Pickles MP (1992–2010) The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP (2010–2015) The Rt Hon Sir Eric Pickles MP (2015–2017) The Rt Hon Sir Eric Pickles (2017–2018) The Rt Hon The Lord Pickles Kt PC (2018–present)
Coalition talks are happening between Winston Peters, Live Laugh Luxon, Seymour Skinner, and the guys who actually won the most votes in Aotearoa this year.
Posted with no context: "I don't think it's the last word for bananas." The actual source: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/501024/cavendish-banana-plantations-doomed-as-virus-spreads-northland-grower
A Guardian headline starts with the following quote: "We are living in a soup of DNA"
A still from the same video, now with a cartoon shark. The caption says: *The shark plays one sad miserable note on the cowbell... his face screams of oppression*
A still from Weebl and Bob's SHRIMP GLOCKENSPIEL features cartoon shrimp playing a lit-up glockenspiel. The caption says: *The Shrimp steal the Prawn's thunder and begin playing the glockenspiel again*
A snippet of a Guardian review for BOMB RUSH CYBERFUNK (obviously) says: Dialogue is sparse, but the characters you meet tend to leave an impression. Personally, I’m partial to a trio of esteemed elders in Run DMC tracksuits, known as the “Old Heads”. They adjudicate all inter-squad beefs in the city. One of them wears a gold belt buckle that reads “BOOMBAP”.