Notices by eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social), page 5

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Roberts' Treefrog (Sarcohyla robertsorum) photographed by Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

#Art #Japanese A Japanese painting depicting two European generals

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Mourning Tree Frog (Sarcohyla pentheter) photographed by Juan Daniel Peña Martínez

@sk76 "Let's get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini."

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Tezuitlán Spikethumb Frog (Sarcohyla pachyderma) photographed by the Smithsonian institution

@joby I highly recommend the review of this book on the If Books Could Kill podcast. https://www.ifbookspod.com/

@kevinrothrock shocking indeed, who knew that that old racist still had $14.5 million to his name?

@joby Along with my colleagues, I was given my very own personal copy of WMMC. It's the most insulting and humiliating thing any employer has ever done to me. (Not my current employer, I might add.)

@zenheathen I'm afraid that an actual zen priest using a four-letter word is too much for corporate America to handle.

@evdelen "Oh yeah?! Well, my inner senerity can beat the SHIT out of your inner serenity!!!"

@ArneBab So long as I hit my KPIs and we ship on time, I have their blessing. Or to put it another way, no fucking way.

My employer's email inviting all employees to practice mindfulness and do yoga reminded me of this classic:

By the way, shout out to @v_for_verbosity for having the most appropriate username to favorite this toot.

@srfirehorseart Some "streets" are barely wide enough for one (skinny) person, and the buildings on either end are three stories high --somewhat claustrophobic.

Once in a while, an alleyway will open into a small square with a random church, but there's nothing even remotely like a thoroughfare. Well, apart from the Grand Canal.

I really think this is what Paris was like before they tore it all down to build the big avenues.

The difference between Slovenia and the Netherlands:

In Slovenia, supermarkets sell hard liquor (like vodka and whisky). While you're waiting in line to pay, they have them in the "impulse-buy" section, next to chewing gum and candy bars, as small bottles, like you'd get on an airplane.

In the Netherlands, two grey-haired French ladies were trying to talk to the checkout girl. I acted as interpreter. They wanted cigarettes. Dutch supermarkets are banned from selling cigarettes as from 2024.

Superimpose - To impose in a really great way. #WrongDefinitions

After we had visited the Basilica di San Marco in Venice, we decided to make our way back to the train station on foot. The journey took us through a seemingly endless maze of narrow streets. As dusk fell, we ran into a group of Spanish-speaking tourists with a guide, blasting Latin American music on a speaker as they navigated the alleyways. It took me a while to realize that the music served a practical purpose: it was a way for stragglers to find the group again in this labyrinthine city.

#Art A rare Japanese scroll painting depicting a dissection scene by Dutch doctors. Edo period, early 19th century, artist unknown

At first my vore fetish was pretty harmless, but recently this obsession has become all-consuming. #puns

Keel-snouted Tree Frog (Sarcohyla mykter), photographer unknown