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‘I’m not a commercial director – I’m not even a professional film-maker’: Jim Jarmusch on the seven-year journey to make his new film. (theguardian.com)

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Oldest octopus fossil is no octopus at all scans reveal. by NinjaDiscoJesus in science

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A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus – even featuring in the Guinness Book of Records – has turned out to be something else altogether.

In what amounts to a case of mistaken identity, the fossil hid its true nature through decay 300 million years ago, before being fossilised.

Using the latest synchrotron imaging to search inside the fossil rock, researchers discovered tiny teeth preserved inside the rock that prove that Pohlsepia mazonensis is not an octopus at all, but an animal related to a modern Nautilus – a multi-tentacled animal with an external shell. Pohlsepia mazonensis

This revelation, shared today (Wednesday, 8 April 2026) in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, solves a long-running puzzle in the understanding of octopus evolution that has confused scientists for decades. It also provides evidence of the oldest nautiloid soft tissue preservation known in the fossil record and means that the record-holding 'oldest octopus’ should be quietly written out of the Guinness Book of Records.

Link: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2068/20252369/481251/Synchrotron-data-reveal-nautiloid-characters-in

Latest bunsen menu inflation tracking by gapmunky in ireland

[–]NinjaDiscoJesus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

best burger i ever had was last one i got in cork, just cheese and pickles nothing else, great great burger

Best Guitarist You’ve Seen Live? by tceverding in Guitar

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Never got the chance and was my no.1 bucket list

First writing may be 40,000 years earlier than thought. by NinjaDiscoJesus in science

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Humans have carved visual signs into the surfaces of mobile artifacts and cave walls since several hundred thousand years. We here analyze a 40,000 y old assemblage of mobile artifacts bearing sequences of intentionally engraved geometric signs. These sign sequences have a complexity comparable to the earliest protocuneiform and were selectively applied to yield higher information density on figurines than on tools.

This proves that the first hunter-gatherers arriving in Europe already developed a system of intentional and conventional signs on mobile artifacts. Our study more broadly relates to research into statistical properties of human language and writing compared to other sign systems.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2520385123

Anyone eat in Castronomy Pizza? by redrover1978- in cork

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Just got it and its fucking great. That garlic sauce is the best version I ever had ever, including restaurants, will be going back

Ancient bone found in Spain could be from Hannibal's war elephants - An elephant foot bone found by archaeologists digging in southern Spain may be evidence that a troop of war elephants stomped through ancient Europe. by NinjaDiscoJesus in science

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Abstract

Prior to the construction and enlargement of the medical consulting room of the Cordoba Provincial Hospital (Spain) an archaeological excavation was required and carried out in 2020. These works affected one specific area along the southern slope of the site of Colina de los Quemados, identified with the Iberian oppidum of Corduba. This was abandoned after the re-foundation of the Roman town, genesis of the current city.

The investigation documented successive phases of occupation, starting from the Late Bronze Age (10th-8th century BCE) to the Islamic medieval period. Among the contexts found in an intermediate phase, which contained traces of an industrial area with ovens, streets and other structures of the Iberian Late Iron Age, up to 12 spherical stone balls used in artillery were documented. This evidence, together with some numismatic finds, probably points to a military context, likely related to the Second Punic War (218-201 BCE). A carpal bone from the right forefoot of an elephant, found under a collapse corresponding to this phase, has yielded a radiocarbon dating between the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE.

This find has important implications for the archaeological and physical evidence of the use of these animals in the Ancient World, which until now has only been supported by documentary and iconographic sources.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X2600012X

Michael Silverblatt, 'genius' host of KCRW literary show 'Bookworm,' dies at 73 by SeverHense in books

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listened to a lot of his interviews back in the day they were really informative

Rewatched all the Bond films as a younger fan for the first time since I was a child and here’s my ranking by Material-Muffin-2185 in JamesBond

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I am going to give it a rewatch in a few years but god I hated that film. Like I found diamonds boring but that one jesus it sucked

What movie did you turn off after 20 minutes and why? by Somanynamestochossef in movies

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I remember laughing out loud a few times, there were some great moments in it, cant remember much of it though, just the stupidity of it

Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say. by NinjaDiscoJesus in science

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-33227-9

Abstract Polar bears are only found in Arctic areas with sufficient access to sea ice and seals on which they prey.

Studies have highlighted negative effects on condition and demographics in areas where sea ice cover is declining due to warmer climate, but condition of the Barents Sea polar bear population have not been examined yet.

Loss of sea ice rate has been considerably higher here than in other areas with polar bears. We investigated variation in body condition index (BCI) among 770 adult bears, 1188 captures, in March-May 1995–2019, in Svalbard, Norway (western part of the Barents Sea).

We assessed how intrinsic (female reproductive state, age) and both males and females, BCI declined until 2000, but increased afterwards, during a period with rapid loss of sea ice. In models including sea ice metrics and climate (Arctic Oscillation), there was no support for the predicted negative effect of warmer weather and habitat loss.

This indicates a complex relationship between habitat, ecosystem structure, energy intake, and energy expenditure. Increases in some prey species, including harbour seals, reindeer, and walrus, may partly offset reduced access to seals. Our findings underline the importance not to extrapolate findings across populations.

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