Hey, it's Fen Creeper.

 

Box jellyfish stings. Horrifying but awesome.

 

Free henna tattoos.

 

TIL Santa Claus hands out trophies in his spare time.

 

When you forget about how big elephants are for a second, then see a picture of one flipping a near-adult hippo like a bag of shit

 

The Iron Dome in action

 

Every capable country will now be scrambling to set up their own Iron Domes very soon.

 

An explanation of the photo above: https://twitter.com/larthallor/status/1393070834319691776

Most countries don't have the kind of problems Iron Dome helps solve. The Spanish and the French do not expect the Basques to fire unguided rockets at population centers because of a 19th century land ownership dispute 100km away.

Most developed countries should consider ballistic missile defense (like Arrow-3), but they might decide it's too expensive, will not protect against massed attack, and leads to an arms race with the potential attacker that leads to bankruptcy.

 

Went to Daniel Popper's new installation exhibition that opened @ Morton Arboretum just outside of Chicago yesterday afternoon.

 

A good picture of a nice spot from the general region of the US that I'm from.

EDIT: Out farther than this picture shows, people will jump off the cliff on the right down into the lake during those summer months.

 

The protective charms on this property held up against the eruption of Cumbre Vieja. Look at the lava flows just flowing perfectly around the house.

 

Goblin-made wards, surely. Someone's got deep vaults and historical bloodlines.

 

I'd like to see the insurance policy on that house. Right now it's pretty much worthless as it's surrounded from all siders by tall walls of lava, but at the same time you can argue that there was no damage on the house itself...

 

Update: a few days later the charms have finally collapsed. It was nice while they lasted, tho.

 

Somewhere in Vermont:

 

https://wwfwhales.org/news-stories/protecting-blue-corridors-report

 

The whales like the Azores, interesting.

 

Satellite photo of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Lake Superior this morning. Look at that lake effect snow.

Fun fact: Due to the shape of the coast and the existence of the Keewenaw Peninsula (the bit that juts out into the lake), my hometown is just barely being missed by the snowfall.


Edit: spelling