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Their circular motion on the ground reflects their practice of flying as flocks rather than individual.</p><p>But why <em>this</em> grave? What is it about the person buried here that the turkeys find so alarming?</p><p>-via <a href="https://x.com/aelfred_D/status/1891134977640743066" target="_blank">Aelfred the Great</a>, who understands the scope of the supernatural threat:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The ritual has begun. <br /><br />Comes now the frostfire, the Unspeaking Men, the Scar in the Sky.<br /><br />You will curse the day of your birth and yet be unable to look away.<br /><br />Pray for cold iron. Pray for bones of stone. Pray.<br /><br />The ritual has begun. <a href="https://t.co/GQPykOri0S">https://t.co/GQPykOri0S</a></p>— Aelfred The Great (@aelfred_D) <a href="https://twitter.com/aelfred_D/status/1891134977640743066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2025</a></blockquote> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> </div> <div class="cl"></div> </section> <div class="cb"> <br/> </div> <div class="commlist closed pre-expand" id="commlist--" data-page="0"> <div class="commlist-head"> <span class="commlist-expandlinks"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/17/Omen-Turkeys-Circling-a-Grave/#comments" class="commlist-expand" onclick="function(event) { event.preventImmediatePropagation(); return true; }" title="Open this listing of comments" target="_blank"> <span class="icon tog-plus"></span>   <span class="comm-count comm_count-- sprite comment-bubble">3</span> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-126124" itemprop="itemListElement" data-urlname="How-to-Communicate-with-Earthlings" data-shareurl="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neatorama.com%2F2025%2F02%2F17%2FHow-to-Communicate-with-Earthlings%2F" data-sharetitle="How+to+Communicate+with+Earthlings" data-shorturl="https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F23sacu8y" data-vh="825574461ca542a48f808eddeaed5f18" > <div class="post-header-wrapper"> <div class="post-header"> <header> <h2> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/17/How-to-Communicate-with-Earthlings/" itemprop="name">How to Communicate with Earthlings</a> </h2> </header> <footer class="byline"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/whois/miss-cellania/" rel="author" itemprop="author" class="userlink author-name" title="Profile for Miss Cellania - Member Since Aug 4th, 2012">Miss Cellania</a> <span> • </span> <time datetime="2025-02-17T05:41:15-0800" pubdate>8 hours ago</time> </footer> </div> </div> <section class="postbody"> <div class="postbody-text"> <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cRZ240fZoC8?si=h1SqkT5t-3rfEofp&wmode=transparent" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>They're random, and they don't make any sense. That makes them the perfect tool of communication. That's the idea behind crop circles. But let me back up a minute.</p><p>It's obvious to any observer that super intelligent aliens have been keeping an eye on Earth for a long time, trying to come up with ways to communicate with us. So far they haven't hit upon a clear method of letting us know they are there, much less that they are more intelligent than we are. But they are brainstorming. Now, the whole idea of brainstorming is to throw ideas out there, no matter how illogical, in the hopes that it may lead the group to come up with something feasible and effective. As Ryan George demonstrates, it wouldn't be logical to assume that super intelligent beings who could travel from distant galaxies to enslave Earthlings can't figure out a better way to tell us about their plans. This video is less than three minutes long; the rest is an ad.  -via <a href="https://www.geeksaresexy.net/" target="_blank">Geeks Are Sexy </a></p> </div> <div class="cl"></div> </section> <div class="cb"> <br/> </div> <div class="commlist closed pre-expand" id="commlist--" data-page="0"> <div class="commlist-head"> <span class="commlist-expandlinks"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/17/How-to-Communicate-with-Earthlings/#comments" class="commlist-expand" onclick="function(event) { event.preventImmediatePropagation(); return true; }" title="Open this listing of comments" target="_blank"> <span class="icon tog-plus"></span>   <span class="comm-count comm_count-- sprite comment-bubble">1</span> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-126123" itemprop="itemListElement" data-urlname="The-Ant-Bench" data-shareurl="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neatorama.com%2F2025%2F02%2F16%2FThe-Ant-Bench%2F" data-sharetitle="The+Ant+Bench" data-shorturl="https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F264rft38" data-vh="8a5cf131a931c604bb62543fd6642d96" > <div class="post-header-wrapper"> <div class="post-header"> <header> <h2> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/16/The-Ant-Bench/" itemprop="name">The Ant Bench</a> </h2> </header> <footer class="byline"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/whois/john/" rel="author" itemprop="author" class="userlink author-name" title="Profile for John Farrier - Member Since Aug 4th, 2012">John Farrier</a> <span> • </span> <time datetime="2025-02-16T09:01:42-0800" pubdate>Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM</time> </footer> </div> </div> <section class="postbody"> <div class="postbody-text"> <p><noscript><img src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/123/126/126123/1739724740-0.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="750" /></noscript><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" class="unveil " data-src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/123/126/126123/1739724740-0.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="750" /></p><p>Mehdi Dakhli is a designer and art curator with a flair for creative furniture designs. His new <a href="https://www.mehdidakhli.com/projects/muravey-chair-2a4w6-7cp7w" target="_blank">Muravey Bench</a> is designed to resemble a giant art scurrying through the home. It's an elegant form for a contemporary home that wants to attract the interest of guests without being gauche. Ants convey a sense of order and productivity to a society that cries out for bold new leadership.</p><p>And I for one welcome our insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted blogging personality, I can be helpful for rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.</p><p>-via <a href="https://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2025/02/15/muravey-bench-by-mehdi-dakhli/" target="_blank">Toxel</a></p> </div> <div class="cl"></div> </section> <div class="cb"> <br/> </div> <div class="commlist closed pre-expand" id="commlist--" data-page="0"> <div class="commlist-head"> <span class="commlist-expandlinks"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/16/The-Ant-Bench/#comments" class="commlist-expand" onclick="function(event) { event.preventImmediatePropagation(); return true; }" title="Open this listing of comments" target="_blank"> <span class="icon tog-plus"></span>   <span class="comm-count comm_count-- sprite comment-bubble">0</span> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-126122" itemprop="itemListElement" data-urlname="Mafia-Boss-Caught-on-Wiretap-Complaining-About-Gen-Z-Recruits" data-shareurl="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neatorama.com%2F2025%2F02%2F15%2FMafia-Boss-Caught-on-Wiretap-Complaining-About-Gen-Z-Recruits%2F" data-sharetitle="Mafia+Boss+Caught+on+Wiretap+Complaining+About+Gen+Z+Recruits" data-shorturl="https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F23w58v2b" data-vh="58b40e74f93cf76094de0a18faeac459" > <div class="post-header-wrapper"> <div class="post-header"> <header> <h2> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/15/Mafia-Boss-Caught-on-Wiretap-Complaining-About-Gen-Z-Recruits/" itemprop="name">Mafia Boss Caught on Wiretap Complaining About Gen Z Recruits</a> </h2> </header> <footer class="byline"> <time datetime="2025-02-15T11:38:09-0800" pubdate>Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM</time> </footer> </div> </div> <section class="postbody"> <div class="postbody-text"> <p><noscript><img src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/122/126/126122/Mafia-Boss-Caught-on-Wiretap-Complaining-About-Gen-Z-Recruits_0-x.jpg" alt="" /></noscript><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" class="unveil " data-src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/122/126/126122/Mafia-Boss-Caught-on-Wiretap-Complaining-About-Gen-Z-Recruits_0-x.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>Corporate bigwigs and mafia bosses in Sicily have something in common: they both complain about the "miserable" state of Gen Z recruits.</p><p>According to the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14387337/Mafia-godfathers-mock-miserable-calibre-gangs-new-recruits.html" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a>, a Cosa Nostra don named Giancarlo Romano was caught by wiretap grumbling about how young criminals are too quick in agreeing to turn and become state witnesses when they got arrested. Apparently, the Italian carabinieri have been making these new mafia recruits an offer they can't refuse.</p><p>"<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">If you watch <em>The Godfather,</em> the connections he had… he was very influential because of the power that he built at a political level. But us – what can we do?," Romano purportedly said, "</span>'We're on our knees, guys. We think we do business, but these days it's others who do it. We used to be number one, now it's others… we're just Gypsies"</p><p>(Image: The Godfather/Paramount Pictures)</p> </div> <div class="cl"></div> </section> <div class="cb"> <br/> </div> <div class="commlist closed pre-expand" id="commlist--" data-page="0"> <div class="commlist-head"> <span class="commlist-expandlinks"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/15/Mafia-Boss-Caught-on-Wiretap-Complaining-About-Gen-Z-Recruits/#comments" class="commlist-expand" onclick="function(event) { event.preventImmediatePropagation(); return true; }" title="Open this listing of comments" target="_blank"> <span class="icon tog-plus"></span>   <span class="comm-count comm_count-- sprite comment-bubble">0</span> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-126121" itemprop="itemListElement" data-urlname="Whale-Swallows-Kayaker-Then-Spits-Him-Out" data-shareurl="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neatorama.com%2F2025%2F02%2F14%2FWhale-Swallows-Kayaker-Then-Spits-Him-Out%2F" data-sharetitle="Whale+Swallows+Kayaker%2C+Then+Spits+Him+Out" data-shorturl="https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F2awtkcot" data-vh="fdc1f7f4cf079913e54df12291c2b3d8" > <div class="post-header-wrapper"> <div class="post-header"> <header> <h2> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/14/Whale-Swallows-Kayaker-Then-Spits-Him-Out/" itemprop="name">Whale Swallows Kayaker, Then Spits Him Out</a> </h2> </header> <footer class="byline"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/whois/john/" rel="author" itemprop="author" class="userlink author-name" title="Profile for John Farrier - Member Since Aug 4th, 2012">John Farrier</a> <span> • </span> <time datetime="2025-02-14T06:03:45-0800" pubdate>Friday, February 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM</time> </footer> </div> </div> <section class="postbody"> <div class="postbody-text"> <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rzy8-3qp4so?si=wPOOPAig-rKKGusU&wmode=transparent" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>There's a special kind of terror that a parent feels when they see their child in sudden mortal danger.</p><p>It is never far from your thoughts.</p><p><em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/13/whale-swallows-kayaker-chile" target="_blank">The Guardian</a></em> reports that Adrián Simancas and his father, Dell, were kayaking in the Bahía El Águila in the Strait of Magellan in southernmost Chile. Dell was recording their trip at the moment when a humpback whale swallowed his son. After a brief moment, the whale spat out the young man and his kayak.</p><p>Hypothermia was a serious danger in these frigid waters, so the two went to shore immediately. Adrián was, thankfully, unharmed.</p><p>-via <a href="https://nagonthelake.blogspot.com/2025/02/just-fluke.html" target="_blank">Nag on the Lake</a></p> </div> <div class="cl"></div> </section> <div class="cb"> <br/> </div> <div class="commlist closed pre-expand" id="commlist--" data-page="0"> <div class="commlist-head"> <span class="commlist-expandlinks"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/14/Whale-Swallows-Kayaker-Then-Spits-Him-Out/#comments" class="commlist-expand" onclick="function(event) { event.preventImmediatePropagation(); return true; }" title="Open this listing of comments" target="_blank"> <span class="icon tog-plus"></span>   <span class="comm-count comm_count-- sprite comment-bubble">0</span> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-126120" itemprop="itemListElement" data-urlname="The-Anti-Theft-Watch-Chain" data-shareurl="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neatorama.com%2F2025%2F02%2F13%2FThe-Anti-Theft-Watch-Chain%2F" data-sharetitle="The+Anti-Theft+Pocket+Watch+Chain" data-shorturl="https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F2276aw2y" data-vh="354047cb59b31032db2e9da5fab48c1f" > <div class="post-header-wrapper"> <div class="post-header"> <header> <h2> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/13/The-Anti-Theft-Watch-Chain/" itemprop="name">The Anti-Theft Pocket Watch Chain</a> </h2> </header> <footer class="byline"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/whois/john/" rel="author" itemprop="author" class="userlink author-name" title="Profile for John Farrier - Member Since Aug 4th, 2012">John Farrier</a> <span> • </span> <time datetime="2025-02-13T06:46:45-0800" pubdate>Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM</time> </footer> </div> </div> <section class="postbody"> <div class="postbody-text"> <p><noscript><img src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/120/126/126120/1739457322-0.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="585" /></noscript><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" class="unveil " data-src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/120/126/126120/1739457322-0.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="585" /></p><p>This watch is an example of of anti-theft pocket watch designs from the Victorian Era. Antique watch expert <a href="https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/a-nice-pun-she-has-such-taking-ways-circa-1907.148592/#post-1164284" target="_blank">Dan Coatsworth</a> explains that watches were so expensive at the time and so easy to steal that the spring-loaded spikes remain in place if the chain is pulled slowly, but project if the loop is pulled quickly. As in <em>Dune</em>, the slow blade penetrates the shield.</p><p>Some of the inventors took advantage of the cylindrical shape to craft <a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-victorian-acorn-shape-pocket-293478334" target="_blank">charming acorn shapes</a>. They all attempted to do harm or at least alarm to the would-be thieves.</p><p>-via <a href="https://x.com/Steampunk_T/status/1889718324562424003/" target="_blank">Steampunk Tendencies</a></p> </div> <div class="cl"></div> </section> <div class="cb"> <br/> </div> <div class="commlist closed pre-expand" id="commlist--" data-page="0"> <div class="commlist-head"> <span class="commlist-expandlinks"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/13/The-Anti-Theft-Watch-Chain/#comments" class="commlist-expand" onclick="function(event) { event.preventImmediatePropagation(); return true; }" title="Open this listing of comments" target="_blank"> <span class="icon tog-plus"></span>   <span class="comm-count comm_count-- sprite comment-bubble">0</span> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-126119" itemprop="itemListElement" data-urlname="A-Menu-for-a-Week-Where-Every-Meal-is-the-Same" data-shareurl="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neatorama.com%2F2025%2F02%2F12%2FA-Menu-for-a-Week-Where-Every-Meal-is-the-Same%2F" data-sharetitle="A+Menu+for+a+Week+%28Where+Every+Meal+is+the+Same%29" data-shorturl="https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F2dxcufg6" data-vh="e7898bf69f3b691b803bd5ed3d3a907c" > <div class="post-header-wrapper"> <div class="post-header"> <header> <h2> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/12/A-Menu-for-a-Week-Where-Every-Meal-is-the-Same/" itemprop="name">A Menu for a Week (Where Every Meal is the Same)</a> </h2> </header> <footer class="byline"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/whois/miss-cellania/" rel="author" itemprop="author" class="userlink author-name" title="Profile for Miss Cellania - Member Since Aug 4th, 2012">Miss Cellania</a> <span> • </span> <time datetime="2025-02-12T19:03:46-0800" pubdate>Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM</time> </footer> </div> </div> <section class="postbody"> <div class="postbody-text"> <p><noscript><img src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/119/126/126119/1739415826-0.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="803" /></noscript><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" class="unveil " data-src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/119/126/126119/1739415826-0.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="803" /></p><p>The UK organization Services Archaeology and Heritage Association posted<a href="https://www.facebook.com/WeDigHeritage/posts/pfbid0Yg6ca1s7Kw33SRUkyc1vpQbfMDwyPhLRyh2TYPQBFLGjiGjJA1P9ouGjanjAZ8uyl" target="_blank"> this "average weekly diet" of a working class family</a> in Oxfordshire in 1912. The graphic comes from the 1917 study "How the Labourer Lives: A Study of the Rural Labour Problem.” This family may have been rural, but they certainly weren't farmers. There are no eggs, fruit, milk, or cheese eaten in the entire week. Meat was included in exactly two meals per week, unless you were the head of the household, in which case you could have boiled bacon on a Friday evening. You really can't count suet pudding or lard as an entree. Most meals were bread, butter, and tea, which might fill you up but isn't conducive to great health. The "lard" mentioned would often be pan drippings saved from the Sunday dinner.  <br /><br />Commenters who knew tell us that the biggest meal of the day ("dinner") was served at lunchtime, "tea" would be after work at five or six PM, and "supper" was more like a snack before bed. Not that it made much difference when every meal was practically the same. A diet like this should make you feel lucky to have refrigeration and supermarkets with a wide variety of food. -via <a href="https://nagonthelake.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nag on the Lake </a></p> </div> <div class="cl"></div> </section> <div class="cb"> <br/> </div> <div class="commlist closed pre-expand" id="commlist--" data-page="0"> <div class="commlist-head"> <span class="commlist-expandlinks"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/12/A-Menu-for-a-Week-Where-Every-Meal-is-the-Same/#comments" class="commlist-expand" onclick="function(event) { event.preventImmediatePropagation(); return true; }" title="Open this listing of comments" target="_blank"> <span class="icon tog-plus"></span>   <span class="comm-count comm_count-- sprite comment-bubble">1</span> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-126118" itemprop="itemListElement" data-urlname="How-Cup-Stacking-Became-a-Part-of-Your-Gym-Class" data-shareurl="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neatorama.com%2F2025%2F02%2F12%2FHow-Cup-Stacking-Became-a-Part-of-Your-Gym-Class%2F" data-sharetitle="How+Cup+Stacking+Became+a+Part+of+Your+Gym+Class" data-shorturl="https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F27ec782a" data-vh="9f494e6b1a7a5447517bb4f7fa48ad39" > <div class="post-header-wrapper"> <div class="post-header"> <header> <h2> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/12/How-Cup-Stacking-Became-a-Part-of-Your-Gym-Class/" itemprop="name">How Cup Stacking Became a Part of Your Gym Class</a> </h2> </header> <footer class="byline"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/whois/miss-cellania/" rel="author" itemprop="author" class="userlink author-name" title="Profile for Miss Cellania - Member Since Aug 4th, 2012">Miss Cellania</a> <span> • </span> <time datetime="2025-02-12T14:12:56-0800" pubdate>Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM</time> </footer> </div> </div> <section class="postbody"> <div class="postbody-text"> <p><noscript><img src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/118/126/126118/1739398376-0.jpg" alt="" width="600" width="600" height="375" data-width="600" data-height="375"/></noscript><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" class="unveil " data-src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/118/126/126118/1739398376-0.jpg" alt="" width="600" width="600" height="375" data-width="600" data-height="375"/></p><p>For about ten years in the early 21st century, there was a craze for competitive cup stacking, also called sport stacking or speed stacking. It consisted up stacking cups in certain forms and unstacking them as fast as you can, and it unleashed the competitive spirit among young people. My children did this in school, and I had no idea until today. Who in the world was responsible for the cup stacking craze? That would be Bob Fox. <br /><br />Fox was a professional clown and theater teacher turned elementary physical education teacher. He did not invent cup stacking. In fact, Hasbro marketed the cups as a toy in the early '90s, but no one bought them. When Fox discovered cup stacking in 1995, he tried it out on his three children first. It turned out that what the activity needed was a demonstration by someone who knew what they were doing to get kids hooked. You can't just explain it; it has to be seen. Fox and his wife invested their life savings in 10,000 cups. To sell them, they went from school to school, with their three skilled kids showing what can be done with those cups. Kit Fox, former competitive cup stacker and the couple's youngest child, tells us <a href="https://defector.com/if-you-ever-stacked-cups-in-gym-class-blame-my-dad?giftLink=ebb802008d9a8fb35228f2e3ca61d32c" target="_blank">the story of his father and the sport he brought to American schools</a>. -via <a href="https://www.metafilter.com/207631/If-you-ever-stacked-cups-in-gym-class-blame-my-dad" target="_blank">Metafilter </a><br /><br />(Image credit: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1010046b.jpg" target="_blank">RogerAcr</a>)</p> </div> <div class="cl"></div> </section> <div class="cb"> <br/> </div> <div class="commlist closed pre-expand" id="commlist--" data-page="0"> <div class="commlist-head"> <span class="commlist-expandlinks"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/12/How-Cup-Stacking-Became-a-Part-of-Your-Gym-Class/#comments" class="commlist-expand" onclick="function(event) { event.preventImmediatePropagation(); return true; }" title="Open this listing of comments" target="_blank"> <span class="icon tog-plus"></span>   <span class="comm-count comm_count-- sprite comment-bubble">0</span> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-126117" itemprop="itemListElement" data-urlname="Curley-the-Crow-The-Scout-and-the-Con-Man" data-shareurl="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neatorama.com%2F2025%2F02%2F12%2FCurley-the-Crow-The-Scout-and-the-Con-Man%2F" data-sharetitle="Curley+the+Crow%3A+The+Scout+and+the+Con+Man" data-shorturl="https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F2xz8fb9v" data-vh="e3b2700bd398cb91748e9d39e2c784a8" > <div class="post-header-wrapper"> <div class="post-header"> <header> <h2> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/12/Curley-the-Crow-The-Scout-and-the-Con-Man/" itemprop="name">Curley the Crow: The Scout and the Con Man</a> </h2> </header> <footer class="byline"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/whois/miss-cellania/" rel="author" itemprop="author" class="userlink author-name" title="Profile for Miss Cellania - Member Since Aug 4th, 2012">Miss Cellania</a> <span> • </span> <time datetime="2025-02-12T07:54:10-0800" pubdate>Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM</time> </footer> </div> </div> <section class="postbody"> <div class="postbody-text"> <p><noscript><img src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/117/126/126117/1739375476-0.jpg" alt="" width="270" /></noscript><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" class="unveil " data-src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/117/126/126117/1739375476-0.jpg" alt="" width="270" /><noscript><img src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/117/126/126117/1739375476-1.jpg" alt="" width="320" /></noscript><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" class="unveil " data-src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/117/126/126117/1739375476-1.jpg" alt="" width="320" /></p><p>In 1876, General George Custer met his end at the Battle of Little Bighorn. The armies of the Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho left no survivors among the US 7th Cavalry Regiment. It was days before the rest of the army knew what had happened, when a Crow scout who worked for Custer named Curley was found traumatized and broke the news. Curley became quite famous for surviving the battle, and later after the turn of the 20th century would travel from town to town in the West, telling the story of the Battle of Little Big Horn and Custer's dying words. As soon as his identity was known, the mayor and other prominent citizens would hurry to make him feel welcome. Curley also made deals that enabled white townspeople to buy fertile tracts of land on the reservation in Montana. <br /><br />But that kind of activity couldn't last, especially since some of Curley's appearances made the papers. There were those who knew that Curley didn't speak English, and that he rarely ventured from the Montana reservation. Why, this guy, whose name was also Ben McIntosh, didn't even look like Curley the Crow! That was a particular shock for those who bought land and then went to Montana to claim it from Curley. Read the story of<a href="https://crimereads.com/alias-curley-a-con-mans-story-of-the-little-bighorn/" target="_blank"> the real Curley and the fake Curley </a>at CrimeReads. -via <a href="https://www.damninteresting.com/curated-links/" target="_blank">Damn Interesting </a></p> </div> <div class="cl"></div> </section> <div class="cb"> <br/> </div> <div class="commlist closed pre-expand" id="commlist--" data-page="0"> <div class="commlist-head"> <span class="commlist-expandlinks"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/12/Curley-the-Crow-The-Scout-and-the-Con-Man/#comments" class="commlist-expand" onclick="function(event) { event.preventImmediatePropagation(); return true; }" title="Open this listing of comments" target="_blank"> <span class="icon tog-plus"></span>   <span class="comm-count comm_count-- sprite comment-bubble">0</span> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-126116" itemprop="itemListElement" data-urlname="11-February-1938-The-First-Science-Fiction-Television-Program-Airs" data-shareurl="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neatorama.com%2F2025%2F02%2F12%2F11-February-1938-The-First-Science-Fiction-Television-Program-Airs%2F" data-sharetitle="11+February+1938%3A+The+First+Science+Fiction+Television+Program+Airs" data-shorturl="https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F29who9hg" data-vh="9165391f117d8a7cf86f2b6cae313a7b" > <div class="post-header-wrapper"> <div class="post-header"> <header> <h2> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/12/11-February-1938-The-First-Science-Fiction-Television-Program-Airs/" itemprop="name">11 February 1938: The First Science Fiction Television Program Airs</a> </h2> </header> <footer class="byline"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/whois/john/" rel="author" itemprop="author" class="userlink author-name" title="Profile for John Farrier - Member Since Aug 4th, 2012">John Farrier</a> <span> • </span> <time datetime="2025-02-12T06:34:21-0800" pubdate>Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM</time> </footer> </div> </div> <section class="postbody"> <div class="postbody-text"> <p><noscript><img src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/116/126/126116/1739370623-0.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="440" /></noscript><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" class="unveil " data-src="https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/116/126/126116/1739370623-0.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="440" /></p><p>Karel Čapek (1890-1938) was a Czech writer and early developer of the science fiction genre. He is credited with introducing the word "<a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2024/12/26/Eric-the-Early-Humanoid-Robot/" target="_blank">robot</a>" into popular usage in his 1920 play <em>R.U.R.</em>, which stands for <em><a href="https://televisionheaven.co.uk/reviews/r-u-r" target="_blank">Rossum's Universal Robots</a></em>. It depicts a company that manufactures synthetic workers known as robots. These robots eventually develop self-awareness, then rise up and slaughter their human masters.</p><p>In 1938, BBC Television, which launched just six years previously, aired a 35-minute adaptation of the play. Only stills from the film survive to this day, but the film is regarded as the first science fiction television program in history.</p><p>-via <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F6lbF-vShM" target="_blank">Pulp Librarian</a></p> </div> <div class="cl"></div> </section> <div class="cb"> <br/> </div> <div class="commlist closed pre-expand" id="commlist--" data-page="0"> <div class="commlist-head"> <span class="commlist-expandlinks"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/12/11-February-1938-The-First-Science-Fiction-Television-Program-Airs/#comments" class="commlist-expand" onclick="function(event) { event.preventImmediatePropagation(); return true; }" title="Open this listing of comments" target="_blank"> <span class="icon tog-plus"></span>   <span class="comm-count comm_count-- sprite comment-bubble">0</span> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-126115" itemprop="itemListElement" data-urlname="The-Problems-With-Building-a-Billion-Story-Building" data-shareurl="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neatorama.com%2F2025%2F02%2F11%2FThe-Problems-With-Building-a-Billion-Story-Building%2F" data-sharetitle="The+Problems+With+Building+a+Billion-Story+Building" data-shorturl="https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F293tr44g" data-vh="97867c953e34e28b7e8f9f0bf34191e4" > <div class="post-header-wrapper"> <div class="post-header"> <header> <h2> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/11/The-Problems-With-Building-a-Billion-Story-Building/" itemprop="name">The Problems With Building a Billion-Story Building</a> </h2> </header> <footer class="byline"> <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/whois/miss-cellania/" rel="author" itemprop="author" class="userlink author-name" title="Profile for Miss Cellania - Member Since Aug 4th, 2012">Miss Cellania</a> <span> • </span> <time datetime="2025-02-11T16:33:51-0800" pubdate>Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM</time> </footer> </div> </div> <section class="postbody"> <div class="postbody-text"> <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z_xJ40QXu7Q?si=AsSUZTjExJCAIPQx&wmode=transparent" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>When Keira was four years old, she told her father she wanted a billion-story building. Instead of just laughing it off, he started thinking about why it couldn't be done, and turned to Randall Munroe's What If? project (<a href="https://www.neatorama.com/tag/What-If-Series/" target="_blank">previously</a> at Neatorama) to ask about the nuts and bolts of the idea. So why can't we build a billion-story building? First, there's the instability of architecture as we know it, and then there's the expense. But those are just the beginning. The real story is that people have a hard time imagining how many a billion of anything is, whether you are four years old or an educated adult. A building one hundred stories tall has its own problems; so imagine one a hundred million times taller. No, you can't. 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The guy responsible for that, YouTuber Alternative Cuts (<a href="https://www.neatorama.com/search/?q=Alternative+Cuts+Breaking+Bad" target="_blank">previously</a> at Neatorama) hinted that he was working on another <em>Breaking Bad/Squid Game</em> mashup involving the red light, green light game. More than a month later, it's here and just as remarkable as you'd expect. Walter White is participating in the game, and displays just the right amount of horror when the truth sinks in. Jesse is in the crowd, too, as well as most of the characters from <em>Breaking Bad</em>, drug dealers or not. You have to admire the way they all fit in so well, but then again, the <em>Squid Game</em> scene is shock, gunfire, and death, and there was plenty of that in <em>Breaking Bad</em>. Besides, we know that Alternative Cuts has every scene from every episode of <em>Breaking Bad</em> memorized. 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It says Presidents Day on your calendar- right there on February 17th (although it might say President's Day or Presidents' Day). The truth is that there's no such federal holiday. We learned in grade school that George Washington was born on February 22nd and Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, and we marked both birthdays in class. But Washington's Birthday has been a federal holiday since 1879. It was moved from February 22nd to the third Monday in February in 1970, and people started calling it Presidents Day under the assumption that it was a combined holiday for Washington and Lincoln. But Lincoln's birthday was never a federal holiday, and what we call Presidents Day is still officially named Washington's Birthday by the federal government. <br /><br />However, quite a few states recognize the holiday as Presidents Day, and celebrate George Washington, or Washington and Lincoln, or any combination of US presidents they please. 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