10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #130

Dive deep into Frida Kahlo’s diary, explore ancient methods of espionage, ways to describe someone’s voice, a painting of a joyful Victorian era garden and much more, it’s edition #130 of #InterestingThings by #ContentCatnip

A sweet human and sunfish friendship lasting many years

“Greenie” the sunfish waits by the dock for Holly Jorgensen, swims with her and jumps out of the water for treats.

2024 UPDATE:

This spring, just after ice out, Greenie the sunfish once again returned to Holly’s dock. This marks the ninth summer Holly and Greenie will spend together.

Holly is currently writing a book about their adventures. She’s titled it, “Greenie & the Girl: an Enchanted Fish Memoir for all Generations.” For more information, here’s a link to Holly’s blog. Via Kare11

How to make a heraldic design

Via cool guides on Reddit

Don’t be a part of the problem – be the whole problem!

This wild ferret or whatever he is has my full endorsement. Found via Mastodon

Dogs on a waterslide is the best thing I’ve seen in ages

absolutely the best thing you'll see all day..

😄pic.twitter.com/1BzQckMeQI
— Sheetal 🇮🇳 🚩 (@Sheetal83879466) July 4, 2024

Data Memory Access – Anthem

A dreamy, uplifting 90’s trance track lifted from the vaults.

AI Helps Unlock the Secrets of Orangutan Chatter

Orangutans, those clever, tree-dwelling philosophers of the jungle, have long intrigued scientists with their mysterious calls. A new study in PeerJ Life & Environment, led by Dr Wendy Erb from Cornell University, has begun to decode this secret language. Over three years, the team collected hundreds of long call recordings, revealing a symphony of sounds starting with soft, bubbly notes that crescendo into powerful pulses. By combining traditional audio-visual analysis with machine learning, they identified three distinct pulse types among the calls of 13 orangutans. This study highlights the astonishing complexity of orangutan communication, suggesting a vast repertoire of vocalisations still waiting to be deciphered, showcasing the rich tapestry of their world. Via Cosmos Magazine

Secret communication, often in weird ways, lies at the heart of espionage

Spies, or scouts, have had to communicate secretly since time immemorial. In ancient Greece, Histiaeus, the ruler of Miletus, shaved a slave’s head, tattooed it with a message, and waited for the hair to grow back. He then sent the messenger on the long journey from Persia to Greece to urge revolt. Upon arrival, the messenger’s head was shaved again to read the message.
Via MIT Press Reader

Words to describe someone’s voice: an infographic

Via Cool Guides on Reddit

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
~ Henry David Thoreau

Frida Kahlo’s incredible diary

Discovered this post about Kahlo’s diary via one of my all-time favourite bloggers on WordPress Lamp Magician, who explores the depths of Jungian psychology, art history, archaeology, symbolism and brings it all together in a beautiful way. Read more

Knowing the bare facts of her life gives us much-needed context for her images, but ultimately we must deal with them on their own terms as well. Rather than explaining her painting to us, Kahlo’s diary opens up an entirely new world of imagery—one very different from the controlled self-portraiture of her publicbody of work—to puzzle over.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

Jim Morrison — Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. Jim Morrison

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

Jim Morrison

And the angel said, “Go forth and synth, spread out beats over the earth and multiply your tunes upon it”

A mob of red deer stags in Richmond Park by photographer Emma Hughes on Mastodon

They were on the edge of the woods and unless you stopped to look from most angles they were perfectly hidden, I crouched down to take the shot, that’s when I could see how many there were (shot with a long lens it looks like I was a lot closer than I actually was).
Emma Hughes