Nur der Flieder ist noch am blühn

Lots of times we use red lights and red wavelengths to see deep sea creatures undisturbed. Most excitingly, we now have red lazer beams that can shoot animals to scan them with light, and create digital models of their biology in deli meat style cross sections!

This is HUGE news. Because for most of marine biology science from this point allllll the way to Ancient Mesopotamian Times, species and scientific discoveries were conducted by capturing a creature and pulling it up to the surface. Some surface species are typically undisturbed by this, however the deeper you go, an extreme amount of pressure is released on the animal when pulling it up, effectively killing it instantly and also highly disfigure / distort the creature so much that it’s difficult to even imagine what it looked like before in its natural pressurized habitat.

And for new found creatures? Creatures that could be the last of their kind but need to be documented? This is extinction inducing. This is painless and keeps the creatures alive and healthy doing their own thing down there (:

For more information, check out this video from Howtown!

Came across this art installation, Liza Lou's Kitchen, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC. It's a kitchen made of tiny glass beads, that artist Liza Lou did, taking 5 yrs. to complete, from 1991 - 1996.

My favorite part is the sink.

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The connection between football and domestic violence isn’t uncommon. A study shows that police receive increased calls reporting domestic violence every Sunday during football season [iii]. Researchers analyzed over 700 cities and counties using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of police reports, revealing that these spikes are linked to teams losing a game [iii]. In fact, domestic violence incidents rise by about 10% on days when NFL games are played, usually occurring in family homes and most of the time affecting women [iii].  This shows that the outcomes of football games can have a real impact on people’s lives off the field. It’s important for fans, teams, and communities to recognize these patterns and work together to raise awareness and prevent domestic violence from happening, especially during football season.

[There is something uniquely absurd about living in a society that can predict a rise in violence against women with roughly the same confidence it predicts traffic after a bank holiday.]

[Researchers at Lancaster University found that incidents of domestic abuse increased by 38% when England lost World Cup matches and by 26% when they won or drew. The day after an England match, incidents remained 11% higher than normal.

Another study examining police records in the West Midlands found alcohol-related domestic abuse reports increased by 47% following England victories in major tournaments.

There's coffee stains on your letters

the ink bleeding into brown—

it's evidence that I read them

in bed, in the kitchen,

at three in the morning

when I needed you most.