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Helmeted Gecko, Tarentola chazaliae, family Phyllodactylidae, from  coastal NW Africa

photographs by Dick Bartlett (with permission)

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The New Guinea Singing Dog, aka New Guinea Dingo,* is an ancient  type of wild/pariah dog originating, possibly, from a migration from present day China to Papua New Guinea in neolithic times. (source.)

*not descended from the Australian Dingo

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Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as Velathri, to the Romans as Volaterrae, is a town in Tuscany. The site is believed to have been continuously inhabited since the end of the 8th century BCE. It became a municipium in the Roman Age and was a bishop’s residence in the 5th century, and its episcopal power was affirmed during the 12th century. With the decline of the episcopate, Volterra became a place of interest of the Florentines, whose forces conquered Volterra. Florentine rule was not always popular, and opposition occasionally broke into rebellion. These rebellions were put down by Florence. Persius, the Roman satirist of Etruscan stock, and the Mannerist painter Daniele da Volterra, were both natives of Volterra. When the Florentine Republic fell in 1530, Volterra came under the control of the Medici family and later followed the history of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. 

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Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant was first released on August 6, 1999.

Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston make an appearance in the film as two train workers being interviewed by Kent after derailment. Frank and Ollie provided the voices to their caricatures.

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MURDER TERMINOLOGY IN LAYMAN’S TERMS

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Marvel Rivals: Hellfire Gala #1 (2025)

written by Paul Allor art by Luca Claretti, Daniel Scalisi, Ig Guara, & Dee Cunniffe

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Inktober Day 5- Ame Onna

Gloom follows her wherever she goes…

Ame onna are a class of yokai that appear on rainy days and nights. They summon rain wherever they go, and are often blamed for kidnapping and spiriting children away. They appear as depraved, haggish women, soaked with rainwater, often licking the rain off of their hands and arms like wild animals.

Ame onna are related to minor rain deities. However, unlike the gods, ame onna are not benevolent. Though the rains they bring might save a village in drought or bring fortune to farmers, ame onna have another purpose in mind: they wander the villages on rainy nights looking for newborn babies. If they should find a child born that night, they snatch it and carry it off into the darkness, spiriting it away to turn it into another ame onna.

Mothers who have their babies snatched away in this manner are sometimes known to transform into ame onna themselves out of grief and despair. Having lost their minds, these transformed women roam the streets at night with large sacks hoping to replace what was stolen from them while they were still human. They sneak into houses where crying children can be heard, and steal them away from their homes into the night. (from Yokai.com)

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Learn useful small talk phrases

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Beelzemon BT19-071

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English is not native to the British Isles. It was brought to Britain in the mid 5th to 7th Centuries by German, Danish, and Dutch settlers. #FACT

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Pecorino is a family of hard Italian cheeses made from sheep’s milk. Of the 6 main varieties, all of which have Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status under EU law, Pecorino Romano is probably the best known outside Italy. Most Pecorino is produced on the island of Sardinia, though production is also allowed in Lazio and in the Tuscan Provinces of Grosseto and Siena. Ancient Roman authors already wrote about this cheese and its production technique.

The other 5 mature PDO cheeses are Pecorino Sardo from Sardinia, Pecorino Toscano, whose production was already attested by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History, Pecorino Siciliano from Sicily, Pecorino di Filiano from Basilicata, and Pecorino Crotonese from Crotone in Calabria. All come in a variety of styles depending on how long they have been aged. The more matured cheeses, referred to as stagionato (“seasoned” or “aged” ), are harder but still crumbly in texture and have buttery and nutty flavors. The other2 types, semi-stagionato and fresco have a softer texture and milder cream tastes.

A variant from Southern Italy is Pecorino Pepato, to which black peppercorns are added. Today many other additions are made, such as walnuts or rocket or tiny pieces of white or black truffle. In Sardinia, the larvae of the cheese fly are intentionally introduced into Pecorino Sardo to produce a local delicacy called casu marzu.

A good Pecorino Stagionato is often the finish of a meal, served with pears and walnuts or drizzled with chestnut honey. It’s also often used to finish pasta dishes, and used to be the natural choice for most Italian regions from Umbria to Sicily, rather than the more expensive Parmigiano-Reggiano. It is still preferred today for the pasta dishes of Rome and Lazio, for example Pasta with sugo all'amatriciana, Cacio e pepe, and Pasta alla Gricia.

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High Evolutionary

“The High Evolutionary intends to build a god fit for the twenty-first century. And you will be his raw materials.” - High Evolutionary

Real Name: Herbert Edgar Wyndham

Aliases:

Dr. Wyndham

God

HE

Lord High Evolutionary

Gender: Male

Height: 6′ 2″ (Variable)

Weight: 200 lbs (91 kg) (Variable)

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown (Variable)

Unusual Features: Digital entity; formerly horribly disfigured face that looked like a mass of different animal features.

Powers:

Superhuman Strength

Superhuman Intelligence

Superhuman Durability

Healing Factor

Telepathic Communication

Astral Projection

Self-Levitation

Mental Invisibility

Force Fields

Mass Manipulation

Psychokinesis

Concussive Force Blasts

Plasmatic Rays

Total Recall Memory

Artificial Evolution

Immortality

Abilities:

Super-Genius Intelligence

Master Geneticist

Equipment:

Evolutionary Exoskeleton

Genetic Manipulation Technology

Universe: Earth-616

Base of Operations:

Counter-Earth

Wundagore Mountain

Wundagore II City of the High Evolutionary

Marital Status: Single

Origin: A.I.; formerly human mutate

Citizenship: British

Occupation:

Deity

Geneticist

Inventor

Scientist

Education: Incomplete Ph.D at Oxford University

First Appearance: Thor #134 (November, 1966)

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A bit of August 7th history…

1428 - Valais witch trial proceedings begin in Valais Canton, Switzerland, 1st organized witch trials

1573 - Francis Drake’s fleet returns to Plymouth after a year spent raiding for Spanish treasure

1782 - George Washington creates the Purple Heart Medal (originally called the Badge of Military Merit)

1882 - Hatfields of south West Virginia and the McCoys of east Kentucky feud, 100 wounded or die (pictured)

1990 - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia beginning Operation Desert Shield

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On this day, 7 August 1963, Ramon Vila Capdevila, a CNT (anarchist union) militant and anti-fascist guerrilla, was killed by Guardia Civil in Manresa, Spain. This is a short biography: https://ift.tt/2M0wVFB https://ift.tt/2vOhYf0

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On this day, 7 August 1842, a mass meeting of 18,000 workers took place in the UK, organised by the Chartist movement. They decided to call a general strike beginning the following day, demanding universal male suffrage. This is a history of the strike: http://libcom.org/history/general-strike-1842 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1182928941892254/?type=3

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On this day, 7 August 1936, revolutionaries in Spain conducted a ceremonial “execution” of the huge Catholic Monument of the Sacred Heart near Madrid, in a location considered the exact centre of Spain. The statue was shot by a firing squad of working class people who had risen up against a fascist military rebellion, and launched a social revolution. The Catholic Church, which for many years had been a brutal and oppressive force in Spain, supported the fascists in their campaign of mass murder and terror against workers and peasants. Learn more about the Spanish civil war and working class anti-clericalism in our podcast episodes 39-40: https://workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e39-the-spanish-civil-war-an-introduction/ Find it and subscribe on Apple and Google podcasts, Spotify or wherever else you get your podcasts. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1778612462323896/?type=3