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26 Cities, 52 Tram Drivers, 100% Drama: The 2024 European Tram Driver Championships in c/videos@lemmy.world

[–] stratusfear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Tim Traveller is one of my favorite channels.

[–] stratusfear@lemmy.world 73 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That looks like maybe a bottle fly. Googling indicates the adults last 50 to 60 days^1^.

^1^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344275278_Longevity_of_Adult_Lucilia_eximia_WiedemannDiptera_Calliphoridae_Under_Standard_Conditions

[TIL] Soil did not exist before Cenozoic period (the period since the Dinosaur mass extinction event) in c/todayilearned@lemmy.world

[–] stratusfear@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

This is incorrect. Very little of the soil that existed before the Cenozoic has been preserved. There was soil. The wikipedia article you linked states this.

Saw these weird statue-like things in a parking lot in c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

[–] stratusfear@lemmy.world 342 points 8 months ago (33 children)

Those are pieces of an onyx chess set. I used to have that exact set. Here's an example from ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276268677793?itmmeta=01HQGDMT5HNWBF8YNWTDN1Q1D5

I wonder whos fault that is in c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] stratusfear@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Your disability is not your fault.

What's some good "turn your brain off" feel good books? in c/bookrecs

[–] stratusfear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The Thursday Murder Club and subsequent books in the series by Richard Osman. Everyone's decent, reasonable, and a little ridiculous. The stories are neatly tied up at the end of each book. I'm actually looking for books like that right now myself.