Month: July 2025
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123. Moose: Unexpectedly good swimmers
Moose are one of the last holdouts of the Pleistocene megafauna, and I can’t help but admire that.
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122. WWII Radio Operator; Super Brave Men
Today’s random object from the Random Object Randomogrifier is a World War II radioman. The significance of the World War II radioman is that it was the first time radio was portable in combat.
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121. Garden Snail: An Invasive Species You’d Invite to Dinner
Garden snails are invasive on every continent except Antarctica. They traveled the world in a tub of butter.
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117. Diplodocus: Ballerina of the Longnecks
This morning’s random object was a Diplodocus skull. Diplodocus were the long, slender, and maybe graceful sauropods of Minnesota.
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116. Hieroglyph of Re: Let The Sunshine In
This morning’s sketch was a toy hieroglyph representing the Egyptian sun god Re. But it’s more than just a symbol, it’s a full-blown mythology crammed into one plastic bird.