put down the ducky if you wanna play the saxophone

Lioconcha hieroglyphica is a saltwater clam that makes cellular automata-style patterns in some kind of hieroglyphical or cuneiform way. Also see the textile cone, the lioconcha castrensis and the nature tag here.

Ancient Greek Coins With Octopuses 🐙

Bioregional Quiz

Broccoli Knuckle Duster by David Delahunty

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Additionally, how do we know that [best currently available theory] is true, and not [dominant theory from 100 years ago that repeatedly failed in the face of evidence]? I have found some minor methodological flaws in [studies that were not designed to prove the best available theory, but rather examine edge cases within that theory], so we should really consider [nonsense with no evidence backing it whatsoever].

I also added a layer for a few cities that populates all the construction permit data they publish, filterable by cost: if you filter down to like $1000, you see everybody's bathroom remodel, which isn't very useful, but if you go the other direction and see the $200M+ permits, you can probably infer there's serious machinery working on a skyscraper or something. Hell yeah??

gold, opal and diamond, c. 1900