New Day Cafe: Whimsicals For Wednesday

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Wednesday, May. 15, 2024 Wednesday, May. 15, 2024 at 7:30:17am PDT

Good morning, Newdists! Grab a cuppa and a nosh and gather round for some whimsy and chat.

The Whimsy is strong in this one…..

One of my students made this for me with their 3-D printer.

We shall call him Darth Grader.

Do we think he can use the force to grade all my papers for me? #StarWars #DarthVader #TeacherAppreciationWeek pic.twitter.com/uuGSsbftF7
— Tina Moricz (@MrsMoricz) May 7, 2024

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Pie fights will be met with outrageous ridicule and insults. Trolls will be incinerated and served at the next group BBQ. As briquettes.

European starlings are exceptional mimics. Their ability at mimicry is so great that they can imitate other birds' vocalizations, reproduce the most incredible noises with smooth liquid sounds and harsh trills

[📹 Sarah Tidwell]pic.twitter.com/RFeEfLHCCb
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 12, 2024

But who gets all the press??

Parrots are intelligent enough to understand touch screen interfaces and they prefer watching videos of other parrots.

[📹 insta.beakk]pic.twitter.com/iOL29FuGUw
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 12, 2024

"Marilyn Monroe looking at a statue of Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer of 14 Years ,1956,
Photograph by John Huston taken at William Goetz’s house.( Goetz had 1 of the 28 repetitions of the sculpture )
Monroe was so emotionally affected by the sculpture that she wept when she saw it." pic.twitter.com/p2wYJwFca9
— Edward Elderman (@edwereddie) May 11, 2024

Today’s Nature Report:

pic.twitter.com/P2qxjcQSp6
— MicheleWojciechowski (@TheMicheleWojo) May 10, 2024

Am I the only kid who NEVER played this game?

pic.twitter.com/4QEWrgMlb0
— MicheleWojciechowski (@TheMicheleWojo) May 11, 2024

Don’t you think it would be funny to be in a crowded place and yell, Yo stupid!, And see how many people turn around

She’s rooted in her career….

pic.twitter.com/AshEeLmviH
— Bob Golen (@BobGolen) May 9, 2024

I don’t care for polenta, but this looks cool!

Polenta alla bicycle anyone? 😂 pic.twitter.com/BMnJ0mQoNY
— Growing Up Italian (@GrowingUpItalia) May 8, 2024

The bizarre menagerie consists of miserable-looking dragons, ugly goblins and feeble fiends, many of them screaming, while the humans go wild and unhinged in their nonsensical mania. https://t.co/TtVKdmuf2w
— Atlas Obscura (@atlasobscura) May 7, 2024

Ernie LaPointe is a Lakota Native American who claimed to be the great-grandson of the legendary Sitting Bull - the Hunkpapa Lakota leader who routed General Custer and 5 of his companies at the battle of Little Bighorn. His claims were proven true by a DNA analysis,....... pic.twitter.com/tW85Y0NK3F
— Native American Pride (@native_am_pride) May 12, 2024

Sitting Bear 1800 - 1871
Photo restored and colorized by Mostafa Tabit
Satank (Set-angya or Set-ankeah, translated as Sitting Bear) was a prestigious Kiowa warrior and healer. He was born about 1800, probably in Kansas, and killed on June 8, 1871. Skillful warrior, he becomes.... pic.twitter.com/mfZPxYi7lx
— Native American Pride (@native_am_pride) May 6, 2024

Road trip!!!

Neat, 1941 Western Flyer Motorhome pic.twitter.com/77Bu3A37Xl
— James Tate (@JamesTate121) May 6, 2024

Stunning!

Iceland 🇮🇸

There's a spot where green fields, a yellow river, a black beach, and the ocean all come together. pic.twitter.com/ndeJudtx9A
— 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 (@Matt_Pinner) May 7, 2024

And finally…..this one’s for foresterbob…..

A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire load. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised, awed, dumbfounded, nonplussed,… pic.twitter.com/TnWMad4UCb
— •spooky•girl•cassiopeia•™ (@sadgirlcassi) May 9, 2024

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