Mickey Marlin White
@mickeymarlinwhite
Venerable flatulence. Retired printer, photojournalist. Maverick Scientist. B.S. Microbiology UT Arlington. Go Mavs! Hobbies: keys, frets, harmonica; art. Myself and wife mid 70s. Son-in-law mid 30s. Only one employed. Banner: The History of Painting.
This graph that Robert Reich posted proves those statements.
He also invented a pentagonal tiling based on Fibonacci's Number.
This is a Kissing Bug. These may carry a deadly parasite called Chagas Disease. I forget the scientific names. Avoid them at all costs.
... a contemporary group known as the Republic of Texas. ...a secessionist or militia-style movement, asserts that the 1845 annexation of Texas by the United States was illegal and that Texas remains an independent nation under occupation.The individuals in the image are wearing a specific "uniform"
Guessed 3 years. So. Seeking applicants from 2033 forward.
Neither had I, but: "In 1704, the same year Newton published 'Optics,' Jacob Christoph Le Blon...developed a simple way to reproduce the colors in elaborate, full-color oil paintings." Adam Rogers "Full Spectrum: How the science of color made us modern" These are the precursors to CMYK, by hand.
Texas ain't all bad. Our electric co-ops protect rural folks from the worst abuses of the power companies. And the magazine also prints stories like this...
This classification of scales came out of my study of the Classical music of India. It's intended to present these scales to Western musicians of all stripes. Classical Indian music is mostly monophonic, staying with one scale in one key (determined by the main vocalist or instrumentalist).
The family cats snoozing on my best keyboard and bench. Cats are weird. That's why we love them.
A Muslim family celebrated a big win on Wheel of Fortune. This is what our country is "supposed" to be about.
Just for the fun of it! Tyson and Colbert clowning around.
This is ART??? Photograph: Thor Brødreskift | Edgar Calel, Installation view of ‘Ni Musmut (It’s Breezing),’ Bergen Kunsthall, 2024. ‘Oyonïk paruwi Juyu’ (Invocation over the mountains),’ 2024.
I was raised by wolves and my best buddy was a panther.
Just read Goliath's Curse, by Luke Kemp. It confirmed a lot of my suppositions (suspicions, superstitions) about the untold part of history. Kemp uses paleontology, archaeology, and written history to construct a cohesive explanation of the rise and fall of empires. I'm convinced.
And with global warming, the vector bugs are moving north. These bugs (they are true bugs to entomologists) have more variations in appearance. They all don't look exactly like this photo.
A quick and dirty list of estimated top Labor Day march attendance from GPT-4o mini. No claim for accuracy.
My companion during my day of recovery. Bast is the most gentle and loving cat I've ever known. People don't think of cats as being caregivers, but here is living proof. She would put a paw on my arm very gently as if to say, "are you ok?" And when I got my phone under control again, party time.