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Colorful Layers of Sedimentary Rock (Valley of Fire, Nevada) by Sean Bagshaw.

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Everybody give it up for columnar jointing

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A beaver dam in British Columbia showing its ability to hold back sediment pollution during heavy rainfall.

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Aerial view of a volcanic crater. Danakil Depression, Ethiopia Photo credit: Chris John

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hi! i've always got the vibe that you and @transformativeworks are fraternal twins separated at birth. would you like to comment on this theory?

We have deep respect for their work and the work they make accessible! (And their color scheme... great taste)

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Hey you wanna come over and dip bread into olive oil and balsamic vinegar and such?

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Psiloceras planorbis. Ancient elegance, preserved in stone. Over 100 million years old, discovered in Somerset. A natural masterpiece.

Photo: Geologic Gallery

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Entire brick wall smoothed out by the ocean 

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and we scrolled all night on the best blog ever

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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

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as children we were deeply fascinated by the little electronic coupon things in the grocery store aisles that would eject individual coupons

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Vesuvianite from the Jeffrey Mine, Québec, Canada.

Photo: Fabre Minerals

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Pacaya Volcano, Escuintla, Guatemala by Nery Meija

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Took a year to complete this quilt! Pattern is by NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg called Cupola View. Fabrics used were also designed by Karen, the collection is called Earth Views.

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In the 2000s you sat a kid in front of a Neopets pet page and they’d learn the fundamentals of html within the hour

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textures from the houston museum of natural science ✨