Fandom: The Pitt Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Frank Langdon Content Notes/Warnings: none Medium: digital art Artist on DW/LJ: n/a Artist Website/Gallery:hawkmothmoon on tumblr Why this piece is awesome: An excellent portrait of Frank Langdon looking a little shifty - perfect likeness, lovely use of highlights. Link:Terrible bedside manner, GREAT hair tho
Ideals of beauty change. They change from decade to decade. Some of the characteristics our forerunners swooned over look pretty shonky today. Big hair- Louis XIV version or 1980s version? No, sorry, looks kinda silly now....
Consider the pin-ups of the past. Does the Venus de Milo do it for you (even if you can imagine her with arms)? No? Me neither.
Titian's fleshy blondes, Ingres' porcelain beauties, Liz Taylor in the era when she was billed as the world's most beautiful woman? No, not really....
Though I do confess a liking for the pre-Raphaelite stunner (Rossetti's word not mine.) Long tangly hair, big eyes, a studied melancholy. And I still adore the Audrey Hepburn look.
Our friend Mark was saying that today's ideal is one that is only naturally attained by girls around the age of 16- and which fades like the flowers of spring. "Fair daffodils, we weep to see ye pass away so soon...."
Beautiful is not the same as sexy. Barbara Windsor was sexy not beautiful. Beauty, however imperfectly we imagine it, is remote, a little inhuman. Venus is a goddess after all.
Don't touch. Lipstick smears, mascara runs, perfect hairdos get ruffled....
Do you know Merimee's story La Venus d'Ille? That'll learn you to keep your distance from goddesses. It's one of many iterations of the theme.
I am tempted to add that beauty has a spiritual quality, that true beauty is inward not outward, but that would be Quakery of me so I shan't....
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Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".
Prompt: Biggles is giving his standard "You're too good for this, reconsider your nefarious ways" speech to EvS but wholly unexpectedly/uncharacteristically EvS just starts crying in response (feverish delirium? drugged? exhausted? drunk?) and now a flummoxed Biggles has to contend with a sobbing nemesis and (horror) Emotions
Prompt: Susan / Delenn after the show ends. You might have to wait to finish the whole thing for full context. Anything. They just deserve to be happy.
(The resulting fic is basically gen, but could be pre-ship.)
A group of fossils of elasmosaurs—some of the most famous in North America—have just been formally identified as belonging to a "very odd" new genus of the sea monster, unlike any previously known.
I just learned about a new series called K-pop Demon Hunters that premiers on Netflix on 20 June. It looks great, and it features a song by Twice's Jihyo, Jeongyeon, and Chaeyoung. I'm really looking forward to it!
When we talk about language reclamation, we often think about oral traditions. But at this point, many Indigenous languages also have considerable written traditions, and engaging with writing as part of teaching these languages to children is important for all of the same reasons as we teach writing in majoritarian languages.
In this episode, your host Gretchen McCulloch gets enthusiastic about multilingual literacy with Dr. Hanna-Máret Outakoski, who’s a professor of Sámi languages at the Sámi University of Applied Sciences in Kautokeino, Norway. We talk about growing up with a mix of Northern Sámi, Finnish, Norwegian, and English, as well as how Hanna-Máret got into linguistics and shifted her interests from more formal to more community-based work, such as “language showers” and the role of play in language learning. We also talk about the long history of literature in Sámi, from joiks written down as early as the 1500s to how people are still joiking today (including on Eurovision), and how teaching kids writing can strengthen oral traditions.
In this month’s bonus episode we get enthusiastic about the linguistics of kissing]! We talk about the technical phonetics terms for kissing (bilabial clicks…plus the classic ling student quadrilabial clicks joke) as well as how different cultures taxonomize types of kissing (the Roman osculum/basium/suavium distinction is still pretty useful!). We also talk about how toddlers acquire the “blow a kiss” gesture, how couples time their kisses around their sentences, and many ways of representing kissing in writing, such as xx, xoxo, and emoji.
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This solid historical romance centers around Artemis Jones, a gothic novelist and former schoolteacher returned to London to help her sister and her best friend with their first Seasons. She herself has no intention of getting married, but plans to look for a patron who can help her open an school for young women. On her arrival at Paddington Station, she literally runs into Dominic, Lord Dartmoor, a man with a teenaged daughter and a swirl of dark rumors surrounding him. Artemis and Dominic meet a few more times and end up in an engagement of convenience. Naturally, their attraction to each other ignites into something more and they must each decide if their love is compatible with their individual dreams. I enjoyed this romance. Dominic is a fundamentally good man whose love for Artemis is unwavering and accepting of all that she is. His relationship with his daughter Celeste is sweet and realistic. His ability to truly appreciate Artemis for all of her qualities is delightful. Artemis is a headstrong, smart, and strong person . I liked the way she overcame her reservations about marrying Dominic, and I especially liked the way neither of them were pushy or overly demanding of the other. Their relationship really worked.
Manuel Endres, professor of physics at Caltech, specializes in finely controlling single atoms using devices known as optical tweezers. He and his colleagues use the tweezers, made of laser light, to manipulate individual atoms within an array of atoms to study fundamental properties of quantum systems. Their experiments have led to, among other advances, new techniques for erasing errors in simple quantum machines; a new device that could lead to the world's most precise clocks; and a record-breaking quantum system controlling more than 6,000 individual atoms.
Name: Meep Pronouns: æ/ær, ey/em, or she/her Age: 36 Location: Tokyo, Japan (from New England, USA)
I mostly post about… my daily life - work (international school librarian) and school (MA Humanities, Self Designed - focusing on imagination as a form of escape from capitalism) but my conversion journey to Judaism, also pretty flowers I saw today; interesting things I read; Shinto shrines I visited; and my cat, Tiamat.
The hobbies I'm trying to monetize/professionalize are… writing - picture books, poetry The hobbies I'm not trying to monetize/professionalize are… crochet, writing - queer romance, doll photography, indie web design, getting my nails done
I'm looking to meet people who… are adults (21+ only, non-negotiable because of my day job), post about your daily life (whatever that looks like), interact occasionally (I don't expect comments on every post!), and aren't -ist/-phobic, you know? no transphobes, no biphobes, no Islamophobes, etc. welcome here!
My posting schedule tends to be: I post at least once a day most days, often more; I use the "Don't show on Reading pages" ticky-box for inane thoughts or when I'm really on a hypergraphia tear and try to put excessively long posts under a cut.
When I add people, my dealbreakers are: (See above, and…) I am a genderqueer asexual lesbian converting to Judaism [with a non-Zionist rabbi] so I think you can guess. If you voted for the current U.S. president or you are very concerned about """fairness in women's sports""" but aren't talking about the pay disparity between the NBA and the WNBA we are not going to get along.
Commenting expectations: I post a lot but I don't expect comments on every single thing! I try to comment when I have something to say but I won't spam you.
Pedicure and new shimmery toenail polish. An orange and cardamom latte from a new-to-me indie coffee shop. A bunch of tulips to put on the dining room table.
University of Illinois Physics Professor Paul Kwiat and members of his research group have developed a new tool for precision measurement at the nanometer scale in scenarios where background noise and optical loss from the sample are present.
A newly discovered silicone variant is a semiconductor, University of Michigan researchers have discovered—upending assumptions that the material class is exclusively insulating.
Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane, take a month to digest a meal and poop just once a week. Their closest living relatives are anteaters and armadillos, and if that seems like an odd pairing, there's a reason why. Today, there are only two sloth species, but historically, there were dozens of them, including one with a bottle-nosed snout that ate ants and another that likely resembled the ancestors of modern armadillos.
I'm coughing my guts out and blowing my brains out... Okay I'm exaggerating for effect, but I have a nasty cough and I'm producing thick snot non-stop.
I've been making my favourite masala tea to soothe my throat:
Lots of slices of ginger A chili A bunch of black and white peppercorns A bunch of all-spice berries A black cardamom pod A few cloves A anise star A cinnamon stick Some Szechuan peppercorns Some mustard powder (because I don't have wasabi)
Simmer in a litre of water for 30 minutes. Add a teaspoon of black tea leaves 5 minutes before the end. Serve with warmed soymilk and sugar. Makes three large mugs.
You're supposed to make this with honey but I don't like honey, and maple syrup doesn't quite work for me here.
I've also been eating a bit of raw garlic, taking cold/flu medicine, and extra cough syrup, just because. Judging by how today is as bad as yesterday, the effects have been mostly superficial :P
Third time I've been this sick this year. I hate this. I need to sleep fuller nights, because there are few worst things to weaken an immune system...
(Of course two previous COVID infections didn't help. This isn't COVID though.)
As the national debate intensifies around immigration, a new study from the University of California School of Global Policy and Strategy is challenging conventional wisdom about "brain drain"—the idea that when skilled workers emigrate from developing countries, their home economies suffer.
Usaa responded to the complaint I filed at CFPB just now:
Hi William,
Thank you for bringing your concern to our attention. My team at USAA Federal Savings Bank works in conjunction with the CEO’s office, and I’m researching what occurred. I’ll contact you shortly to discuss this further.
If you need to reach me, please feel free to call me at 210-531-USAA (8722), 800-531-8722, (TTY:711/TRS) or #8722 on a mobile device and enter extension 54205 when prompted.
Sincerely,
Carolyn
Member Advocacy
USAA Federal Savings Bank
Very interesting. And thanks, again to Senator Warren. And fuck the MAGAs who undercut CFPB funding.
I'm about halfway through moving my banking from USAA to SoFi. Most of it is easy, just a lot. Connecting PayPal and Schwab and my credit union and HEB and probably others I've not thought of is time consuming and has to be done with care for obvious reasons. Plus things are still happening so I've got to be sure I have money where it should be when it should be there.
I've got half a dozen various auto deposits coming into the USAA account and have to track each one down and change it. The first was my military pension. That was actually not too bad. I did make the change but it will not take effect until my July paycheck. I actually have some USAA checks so I can deposit money into SoFi that way. I did the first today. If that works I'll just keep doing that until everything is moved over and automated.
The big glitch, turns out, is Social Security. Thanks to Elon I can't make a direct deposit change without physically going to a SS office. I'm not attempting to make an appointment to do that. When I went to their page I found this note:
The Austin and Georgetown offices have shifted to an appointment focused enumeration model for both original and replacement SSN Cards. If using ESS to assist caller with scheduling, please input the Online Control Number. Walk-ins may not be accommodated. Callers should complete OSSNAP and schedule an appointment. If caller has a driver's license/ID card, iSSNRC will allow them to complete the process without visiting the FO.
Can you imagine the majority of people who need to go to the office now due to Elon's edicts and they get this message. I actually do not know what all of that means but have called to request an appointment and am waiting for a call back.
Well while I was writing that I got a very nice lady from Georgetown on the phone who said I could drop in and make a Direct Deposit change without an appointment. She said the paragraph above had to do with getting or replacing a card. So strange.
At least it appears that it should be straightforward if annoying to go there and make the change. But I'm resolved to leave USAA behind with or without my $500.
Flowers grow stems, leaves and petals in a perfect pattern again and again. A new Cornell study shows that even in this precise, patterned formation in plants, gene activity inside individual cells is far more chaotic than it appears from the outside.
Understanding how Earth's climate has naturally fluctuated during the Holocene—the current geological epoch spanning the last 11,700 years—is crucial for contextualizing modern human-driven warming and improving future climate projections. However, the climate history of tropical Australasia has remained unclear, with scientists often divided over interpretations of paleoclimate records.
The mere presence of a dead counterpart elicits strong responses across species. For example, many insects such as bees and ants will instinctively remove dead members from the hive, seemingly to keep the nest clear of any potential pathogens. Research from a team at the University of Michigan describes a similar aversion to decedents among the roundworm C. elegans.
A team of international astronomers led by Richard Teague, the Kerr-McGee Career Development Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), has gathered the most sensitive and detailed observations of 15 protoplanetary disks to date, giving the astronomy community a new look at the mechanisms of early planetary formation.
A new NASA study reveals a surprising way planetary cores may have formed—one that could reshape how scientists understand the early evolution of rocky planets like Mars.
Quite late this evening, I realised that I hadn't taken a single 365-able photo today! Needs must, so I hauled this out of the appropriate cupboard. Although Funko is known these days for its Pop! figures, which are absolutely everywhere and frankly don't interest me much, that wasn't always so. Come back with me to 2012 or so, and we had these. Show-style figures of My Little Pony characters. They were pretty decent for the price (£15-ish, from memory) and a fairly large range was produced. Sadly, when Pop! started to take over the world, Funko decided to call a halt to the show-style series. One or two of the most keenly awaited characters only made it to prototype stage, and a couple of other late releases are now rare and expensive. My heart won't ever quite forgive Funko for doing that, however much my head acknowledges the commercial realities. Anyway, here's Rainbow Dash. AA battery for scale.
Magnets and superconductors go together like oil and water—or so scientists have thought. But a new finding by MIT physicists is challenging this century-old assumption.
Imagine looking at thousands of scattered puzzle pieces and trying to guess what picture they create. Without any reference point, it's nearly impossible.
Most people have encountered the black, gray, or pink stains of bacterial biofilms built up on the bathroom tiles or kitchen sink. Even with vigorous scrubbing and strong cleaning chemicals, this grime can be difficult to remove and often returns with vengeance. A new study, published in the Chemical Engineering Journal, reports a novel, two-step method to effectively dismantle bacterial biofilms and prevent regrowth.
Skeletal editing is a modern approach to chemical synthesis. By making precise alterations at the atomic level, researchers are able to directly convert existing drug scaffolds into new, biologically relevant compounds.
DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not every bit of DNA helps the species survive. Some pieces of DNA are more like parasites, along for the ride and their own survival.
Fluorescent molecules that absorb and emit light in the near-infrared (NIR) and short-wave infrared (SWIR) regions have significant potential for various applications. These molecules can serve as markers for imaging biological tissues deep within the body, enhance solar cell efficiency by capturing more sunlight, or be incorporated into laser-protection eyewear to block harmful radiation from reaching the eyes. However, designing organic compounds with strong NIR emission is challenging.
" ‘It’s totally unacceptable’: Mark Carney demands ‘immediate’ explanation after shots fired near Canadians in West Bank
The Israeli military apologized for the incident, which occurred after the delegation “deviated from the approved route” of their visit.”
The joint declaration between France, Canada and the UK a few days ago felt like a turning point to me. Then an "accident" like this is pouring fuel on the fire. It's clear that Trudeau had a Bidenian sense of himself as a Zionist, and it's unclear yet if Carney shares this disposition. I think these early signs say no. Also Trump has been taking to Hamas directly, keeping the Israelis out of the loop. That's the most sensible thing an American administration has done since Obama withheld the American veto on some UNGA or SC resolution in 2015. Qatar and the Saudis have been pressure-hosing gold down Trump's gullet, something that the Israelis can't do. I feel like we might be at all inflexion point...
An international research team led by the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has measured the radius of the nucleus of muonic helium-3 with unprecedented precision. The results are an important stress test for theories and future experiments in atomic physics.
An asteroid strike 66 million years ago caused millions of species to go extinct—including many mollusks. By studying the impacts of this ancient event, scientists hope to ensure that mussels, scallops and their bivalve relatives will survive the threats pushing them toward extinction today.
As the ocean warms across its temperate regions, kelp forests are collapsing and turf algae species are taking over. This shift from dense canopies of tall kelp to low-lying mats of turf algae is driving biodiversity loss and altering the flow of energy and nutrients through reef ecosystems.
Proteins catalyze life by changing shape when they interact with other molecules. The result is a muscle twitching, the perception of light, or a bit of energy extracted from food. But this crucial ability has eluded the growing field of AI-augmented protein engineering.
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through lice rather than ticks, and how it gained and lost genes in the process.
It's a cold miserable day and once again, I have not left the house all day. (It's only cold for the time of year; it would be considered moderately warm if this was winter.)
Finally got to talk to my tax preparer, and I think my taxes will be finalised by the end of the day. That will be a relief.
Later: Tax guy called back just now. I'm getting a refund! This is a very pleasant surprise, because I was expecting to have to pay something. I do, however, have to arrange to have tax withheld from some of my investments if I want to avoid paying tax from now on. On the other hand, if I don't have the tax withheld, I'll continue to earn interest right up until I have to pay the tax.
I've been playing ukulele for years now, but never really felt like I knew how to play. But I just had an experience that really changed the way I feel about it. Back when The Talented Mr. Ripley first came out, I learned the words to "Tu Vuò Fa' L' Americano", and then I forgot about it for a long time. Today S. mentioned the song and I discovered I still remembered the words, so I pulled up the ukulele chords. To my surprise, I was able to play a passable version with literally five minutes!
What if we could design a machine that could read your emotions and intentions, write thoughtful, empathetic, perfectly timed responses—and seemingly know exactly what you need to hear? A machine so seductive, you wouldn't even realize it's artificial. What if we already have?
Earth's largest gold reserves are not kept inside Fort Knox, the United States Bullion Depository. In fact, they are hidden much deeper in the ground than one would expect. More than 99.999% of Earth's stores of gold and other precious metals lie buried under 3,000 km of solid rock, locked away within Earth's metallic core and far beyond the reaches of humankind.
A small international team of astronomers has confirmed that a binary star system with an odd signal has a companion—a planet roughly twice the size of Jupiter, which may have emerged from a circumbinary orbit or from a second-generation protoplanetary disk.
A deep-sea training and engineering dive off the coast of San Diego provided an opportunity for never-before-seen imagery of the U.S. Navy submarine USS F-1, lost at sea in an accident on December 17, 1917, that resulted in the death of 19 crew members. The detailed, high-definition images of the final resting place of the WWI-era sub were made possible by a group of interagency teams, as well as advanced deep-sea imaging technology.
Throughout its nearly 100-year manufacturing history, the crack resistance of natural rubber—one of the world's most widely used biomaterials—hasn't improved much. Until now. Materials researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have devised a way to produce natural rubber that retains its key properties of stretchiness and durability while greatly improving its ability to resist cracking, even after repeated cycles of use.
Research teams have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord with exceptional accuracy. These delivery systems are a significant step toward future precise gene therapy for the brain that could safely control errant brain activity with high precision. In contrast, current therapies for brain disorders mostly treat only symptoms.
The axolotl is renowned for its extensive ability to regenerate organs and body parts, including its spinal cord. Studies on spinal cord regeneration, however, have focused on axolotl cells next to an injury site, leaving the brain's role in regeneration a relative mystery.
Things I need to remember: • Asking for help is not, as it turns out, fatal. • Laughing is easier than pulling your hair out, and doesn't have the unfortunate side effect of making you look like a plague victim. • Even the biggest tasks can be defeated if taken a bit at a time. • I can write a paper the night before it's due, but the results are not all they could be. • Be thorough, but focused. • Trust yourself. • Honesty, always.
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