Ze Frank's True Facts: Bees Can Do Math!

Ze Frank’s True Facts: Bees Can Do Math!

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These flying fuzzy friends can also push, pull, and dance! And they like to watch!

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Dr Lars Chittka, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Martin Giurfa, Sorbonne University
Dr Charles Abramson, Oklahoma State University
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Dr Joanna Brebner, CRCA, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, CNRS, France
Dr Hiruni Samadi Galpayage Dona, Università di Trento
Dr Charles Walcott, Cornell University
Dr Constance Blary, University of Montpellier
Patrick Sainton
Ben Hoksch: https://www.youtube.com/@ephemeral4355
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TarHellion Apr 27, 2024 • 3:16:14pm

Bees are just effing amazing.

nines09 Apr 27, 2024 • 3:26:23pm

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 27, 2024 • 3:26:50pm

Oligarch Looted Cash to Buy $100M+ of U.S. Properties: Suit

A member of the ex-Kazakhstan president’s inner circle is accused of plundering the assets of an opposition leader to buy luxury homes, including a $30 million Trump apartment.

When Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud sold his $75 million triplex in the Heritage at Trump Place building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the anonymous buyer of the 10,500-square-foot manse, complete with a hair salon, a sushi bar, and three bulletproof panic rooms, was a mystery.

A real estate listing deemed the home ideal for a “member of the global elite.” The new resident would walk upon slabs of sumptuous Tuscan Calacatta marble, glide through doors of Makassar ebony, and sleep beneath ceilings of the finest Venetian plaster. The 2018 sale made headlines; the transaction was co-brokered by Robert De Niro’s son Raphael. However, the purchaser’s true identity remained frustratingly cloaked behind a web of LLCs.

Now, the previously nameless owner of the unit has been revealed as a Kazakhstani oligarch who allegedly stole a coal mine out from under the former Soviet republic’s top opposition leader during his unjust imprisonment on sham political charges, then snatched up the New York City spread at the relative bargain-basement price of $30 million—or, about 7,500 times the average annual household income in Kazakhstan.

That’s according to a bombshell lawsuit obtained by The Daily Beast, in which businessman and politician Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, arguably the Eurasian country’s highest-profile pro-democracy dissident, accuses Eduard Ogai, a member of autocratic former President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s “inner circle,” of plundering his mining operation’s assets and pouring them into more than $100 million worth of luxury U.S. real estate.

thedailybeast.com

b.d. Apr 27, 2024 • 3:37:45pm

Bees are Democrats, Wasps are MAGA.

Cheechako Apr 27, 2024 • 3:38:21pm

No big surprises.

A global study just revealed the world’s biggest known plastic polluters

Out of more than 1.8 million pieces of plastic surveyed, close to 910,000 had visible brands. (Plastics can lose their brand markers through exposure to sunlight and weather.) And of those hundreds of thousands of pieces of plastic, the top companies responsible were Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé and Danone.

nines09 Apr 27, 2024 • 3:50:35pm

If you wish to watch it’s the Key Bridge cleanup. 24/7 live, click it to youtube to watch live.
They are doing one hell of a job.
I always liked Baltimore.
I like the water and what is drawn to it.
The old piers and docks in Philly were a bike ride away. Watched it all go and reborn as high end.
In every major city, there are graves.
Where I grew up in North Philly, you could hit clam and oyster shells two feet digging.
Along with bottles and bones.
We tried to ignore the bones.

Youtube Video

Belafon Apr 27, 2024 • 4:01:42pm

This is an interesting article. Atlanta, the series that included Donald Glover, took influences from Twin Peeks, Louie, and Adventure Time.

slashfilm.com

Thor Heyerdahl Apr 27, 2024 • 4:08:26pm

“So who does your taxes?”
“Some operation called Busy Bee Accountants LLBee.”

The Ghost of a Flea Apr 27, 2024 • 4:14:52pm

A Message from the Chancellor on the Recent Student Protest

The Ghost of a Flea Apr 27, 2024 • 4:26:40pm

Fun to look back at this now in the context of certain people reversing their positions on whether offensive speech should be allowed. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…

— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) 2024-04-27T16:40:16.816Z

nines09 Apr 27, 2024 • 4:27:42pm

re: #9 The Ghost of a Flea

I know it’s satire, and that cuts close and deep to the bone.

Long ago and far away, someone asked “But, why?”
He was bludgeoned to death, and what what was your question?

The O’Jays - For The Love of Money (Audio)

The Ghost of a Flea Apr 27, 2024 • 4:29:50pm

re: #11 nines09

Wild, that’s a song I so readily recognize from the initial hook but could never have told you the artists. I learned something.

goddamnedfrank Apr 27, 2024 • 4:31:54pm

well there you have it, folks. case closed!

— Matt Binder (@mattbinder.bsky.social) 2024-04-27T15:54:06.809Z

nines09 Apr 27, 2024 • 4:37:22pm

re: #12 The Ghost of a Flea
Lived on soul back when…

The O’Jays - Back Stabbers (Official Audio)

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 27, 2024 • 4:48:31pm

Memories of seeing the O’Jays in the late 70s at Pittsburgh’s Holiday House…oh those were the days…

nines09 Apr 27, 2024 • 4:50:03pm

re: #15 Joe Bacon ✅

If you are of a certain age, and you were paying attention, you heard magic.

b.d. Apr 27, 2024 • 4:53:42pm

re: #10 The Ghost of a Flea

Not spending $80 a year to read his article. I like Serwer’s writings too.

They really need to transform the past payment system into today’s.

Paper mister? That kid didn’t tie you down for a whole year subscription.

Guess I’ll pick up a hard copy, maybe?

Lancelot Link Returns! Apr 27, 2024 • 4:54:55pm

re: #14 nines09

Warning; it is not always a good idea to play that song on a jukebox in a bar.

mmmirele Apr 27, 2024 • 4:56:15pm

I learned from that Ze Frank video that small balls are the “ooh, shiny!” of bees.

HRH Stanley Sea Apr 27, 2024 • 4:57:46pm

re: #17 b.d.

Not spending $80 a year to read his article. I like Serwer’s writings too.

They really need to transform the past payment system into today’s.

Paper mister? That kid didn’t tie you down for a whole year subscription.

Guess I’ll pick up a hard copy, maybe?

It’s my best sub. I read the hard copy (heh) magazine slowly & thoroughly. It’s so very good.

nines09 Apr 27, 2024 • 5:00:13pm

re: #18 Lancelot Link Returns!

Warning; it is not always a good idea to play that song on a jukebox in a bar.

Why?

The Ghost of a Flea Apr 27, 2024 • 5:02:58pm

I for one am furious about the rampant antisemitism taking over college campuses.*

(*which is obviously funded and coordinated by a Jewish billionaire who is also replacing white people with brown immigrants to solidify his position as the puppetmaster who secretly runs the world)

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) 2024-04-27T14:14:33.752Z

Decatur Deb Apr 27, 2024 • 5:06:09pm

re: #22 The Ghost of a Flea

They propose “Soros” because they can’t spell “Rothschild”.

b.d. Apr 27, 2024 • 5:06:20pm

re: #20 HRH Stanley Sea

It’s my best sub. I read the hard copy (heh) magazine slowly & thoroughly. It’s so very good.

Hard to narrow it down, I have a few subs but can’t get them all. Mail me your hard copy so I can read this!

The Ghost of a Flea Apr 27, 2024 • 5:07:04pm

Yeah are we ever going to treat as a serious issue that American reactionaries and the Israeli reactionaries in charge seem to be coordinating on their talking points, which include using antisemitic narratives against their Jewish detractors? Because that shit I just posted is a line I keep picking up in both US and Israeli news: conservatives say the people they don’t like are Cultural Marxist or funded by Soros.

Shit, Netanyahu and Orban bonded over Soros conspiracy stuff.

Like, Ben Gvir by himself is a red flag, but there’s more than one guy that’s been talking in ways that are just…eliminationist.

Like all the downstream social media explain-ification of Gaza just kind of doesn’t jibe with the dudes in charge saying “yeah, Gazans should be pushed to leave until there’s very few left” or worse. Why aren’t these statements taken seriously?

Because that feels like a notable thing in the context of deciding to give them more weapons. Like, we have eighty years of precedent on arming reactionaries and the results are never “they did a great job with precise goals reached in an efficient manner.”

Lancelot Link Returns! Apr 27, 2024 • 5:08:18pm

re: #21 nines09

I’ve seen fights break out.
Didn’t happen with “Love Train”

William Lewis Apr 27, 2024 • 5:08:32pm

Cray-cray skies this morning 😉

William Lewis Apr 27, 2024 • 5:08:46pm

steve_davis Apr 27, 2024 • 5:12:06pm

This has been damned good. Used on tomato slices on sandwiches and as part of a marinade on chicken. I’ll find other uses I’m sure.

William Lewis Apr 27, 2024 • 5:14:42pm

re: #29 steve_davis

This has been damned good. Used on tomato slices on sandwiches and as part of a marinade on chicken. I’ll find other uses I’m sure.

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You mean you’re not supposed to just grab a little bit from the big jug of white vinegar under the sink for cleaning stuff?

sizzzzlerz Apr 27, 2024 • 5:16:04pm

re: #26 Lancelot Link Returns!

I’ve seen fights break out.
Didn’t happen with “Love Train”

To be fair, there doesn’t need to be much of a reason for a fight to break out in a bar.

Ace Rothstein Apr 27, 2024 • 5:18:04pm

Belafon Apr 27, 2024 • 5:18:54pm

Innovative location for a dentist office according to Google maps, between the two directions of I-30 here in Rockwall:

The Ghost of a Flea Apr 27, 2024 • 5:19:03pm

for all of the “there are no snipers at Indiana University crowd” here’s a picture taken on campus of the two snipers being walked through campus by a administrator this morning.
Photo by Aidan Khamis

— Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) (@brainnotonyet.bsky.social) 2024-04-27T16:41:26.340Z

Charles Johnson Apr 27, 2024 • 5:24:13pm

Anyone interested in watching the White House Dysfunctional Correspondents Dinner?

May post the live feed. I admit I’m a bit curious how Joe Biden’s gonna do with the obvious animosity coming from some of those fuckers.

— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-04-28T00:23:19.000Z

Charmingly Persistent Apr 27, 2024 • 5:26:22pm

re: #9 The Ghost of a Flea

A Message from the Chancellor on the Recent Student Protest

Ha ha:

We will not look back and regret this decision. Although we were wrong about not admitting women, abolitioning racial quotas, US involvement in Vietnam, and divesting from apartheid South Africa, we are confident that this time is different.

PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 27, 2024 • 5:28:04pm

re: #35 Charles Johnson

With the sharp Irish wit he has used for most of his political career.

GlutenFreeJesus Apr 27, 2024 • 5:32:11pm

Guess the house. I had forgotten all these years how close by it is.

Charmingly Persistent Apr 27, 2024 • 5:33:09pm

re: #17 b.d.

Not spending $80 a year to read his article. I like Serwer’s writings too.

They really need to transform the past payment system into today’s.

Paper mister? That kid didn’t tie you down for a whole year subscription.

Guess I’ll pick up a hard copy, maybe?

I can get the articles on Apple News + (which I get as part of a package). Not that I can really recommend it - the search is terrible and stuff doesn’t go up right away. This article isn’t up yet. But it does have a ton of papers and magazines

The Ghost of a Flea Apr 27, 2024 • 5:36:30pm

Conservative Legal Philosophy Was All a Lie, Too

b.d. Apr 27, 2024 • 5:37:33pm

re: #35 Charles Johnson

The shear lameness of the media these days has me disinterested, not the headliner.

Today’s White House correspondents don’t deserve this gala. They are entitled stars that make a lot more money than their subjects, work less and have an asshole, contrarian, smarter than thou attitude which they think they can absolve themselves by putting the word both in a paragraph. They are all about the horse race and not right or wrong, downplaying horrific things about Trump and not taking a side whether democracy vanishing is a good thing or a bad thing.

Too harsh?

Hope they enjoy their evening, they won’t if anyone says a bad thing about them.

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 27, 2024 • 5:40:56pm

re: #23 Decatur Deb

They propose “Soros” because they can’t spell “Rothschild”.

Memories of High School Hell when I repeatedly heard “Rothschild”…

Charles Johnson Apr 27, 2024 • 5:41:11pm

re: #40 The Ghost of a Flea

Conservative Legal Philosophy Was All a Lie, Too

The Continuing Awakening of Jonathan Last.

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 27, 2024 • 5:42:02pm

Just when I think Kentucky has embarrassed us enough…

Clark County business accused of witchcraft, owner says it’s not true

WINCHESTER, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Clark County business that will celebrate its first anniversary in June got some unexpected backlash this month.

The Crystal Coven Mystic Cottage has been accused of practices that its owner says aren’t true.

Owner and operator Shannon Tipton says, “I have a multitude of stones, crystals, jewelry, incense, herbs, spices, teas…”

Crystal Coven Mystic Cottage has been in Winchester for a while.

Tipton explains, “All of the stones are meant for some type of energy protection, energy healing.”

Tipton says the past couple of weeks have been rough. It started when she got a heads-up from a customer about a message from local leaders.

She says, “They were trying to say I was a religion. I’m not a religion, I’m a business, I’m a metaphysical shop.”

the rest of the article is just bonkers

Charles Johnson Apr 27, 2024 • 5:42:44pm

Realizing that everything about modern conservatism was a complete fucking lie was the shock to the system it took to wake me up from my post-9/11 dumbass stupor.

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 27, 2024 • 5:43:30pm

Part of me wants to see Dark Brandon whip out a flamethrower and roast the New York Times.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 27, 2024 • 5:47:13pm

re: #46 Joe Bacon ✅

Part of me wants to see Dark Brandon whip out a flamethrower and roast the New York Times.

More then part of me wants that.

Charles Johnson Apr 27, 2024 • 5:47:20pm

re: #46 Joe Bacon ✅

Part of me wants to see Dark Brandon whip out a flamethrower and roast the New York Times.

They’ve gotta be extremely pissed off that he gave Howard Stern an interview before them. HOW DARE HE.

I Would Prefer Not To Apr 27, 2024 • 5:48:21pm

re: #46 Joe Bacon ✅

Part of me wants to see Dark Brandon whip out a flamethrower and roast the New York Times.

Biden: “Some of you are journalists, some of you work for the NY Times.”

Decatur Deb Apr 27, 2024 • 5:48:22pm

re: #44 Backwoods Sleuth

Just when I think Kentucky has embarrassed us enough…

Clark County business accused of witchcraft, owner says it’s not true

the rest of the article is just bonkers

Not a witch—she just does granny magic.

Ace Rothstein Apr 27, 2024 • 5:49:03pm

Pretty amazing that Gnome’s dog story got to an editor and when asked if she really wanted it in the book Gnome was like “Fuck yeah.”

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 27, 2024 • 5:50:14pm

re: #50 Decatur Deb

Not a witch—she just does granny magic.

Oh my! Is she Granny Goodwitch trying to keep her Sugar Crisp from Sugar Bear?

Post Sugar Crisp Sugar Bear vs Granny Goodwitch Cereal Commercial

Backwoods Sleuth Apr 27, 2024 • 5:52:35pm

re: #50 Decatur Deb

Not a witch—she just does granny magic.

Those people in Clark County best stay there and not venture out here to the backwoods of eastern Kentucky.

sizzzzlerz Apr 27, 2024 • 5:53:21pm

re: #50 Decatur Deb

Not a witch—she just does granny magic.

ah, but does she weigh more than a duck?

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 27, 2024 • 5:56:23pm

Is CSPAN gonna carry Presstitutepalooza?

jaunte Apr 27, 2024 • 5:56:28pm

This is the logic of domestic abusers.

thebulwark.com

teleskiguy Apr 27, 2024 • 5:56:58pm

re: #38 GlutenFreeJesus

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 27, 2024 • 5:57:21pm

re: #55 Joe Bacon ✅

Is CSPAN gonna carry Presstitutepalooza?

Yes.

2024 White House Correspondents Dinner

Decatur Deb Apr 27, 2024 • 5:57:26pm

re: #53 Backwoods Sleuth

Those people in Clark County best stay there and not venture out here to the backwoods of eastern Kentucky.

On one survey for UK, I hit a farm in Carter Co. The gateposts over their road were decorated with some serious Blair Witchcraft stuff.

Charles Johnson Apr 27, 2024 • 5:57:39pm

Realizing that everything about modern conservatism was a complete fucking lie was the shock to the system it took to wake me up from my post-9/11 dumbass stupor.

— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-04-28T00:43:48.000Z

b.d. Apr 27, 2024 • 5:57:46pm

re: #55 Joe Bacon ✅

Is CSPAN gonna carry Presstitutepalooza?

It’s their Super Bowl

nines09 Apr 27, 2024 • 5:58:34pm

re: #26 Lancelot Link Returns!

I’ve seen fights break out.
Didn’t happen with “Love Train”

Music can do both.
Incite.
Inspire.
I just tried to recall what music if any was playing last throwdown I was witness to.
Drawing a blank.

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 27, 2024 • 5:58:38pm

re: #61 b.d.

It’s their Super Bowl

More like a toilet bowl that is in dire need of flushing and a heavy dose of Lysol to disinfect!

teleskiguy Apr 27, 2024 • 5:58:41pm

The owners of the White residence in Breaking Bad had to erect a 10-foot-tall metal fence around their entire property and install a slew of security cameras.

TedStriker Apr 27, 2024 • 7:08:28pm

re: #38 GlutenFreeJesus

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Guess the house. I had forgotten all these years how close by it is.

The Bundy house from Married with Children…, I do believe.

Edit: tsg beat me to it.

TedStriker Apr 27, 2024 • 7:11:41pm

re: #64 teleskiguy

The owners of the White residence in Breaking Bad had to erect a 10-foot-tall metal fence around their entire property and install a slew of security cameras.

Because people were throwing pizzas onto the roof, for one thing, IIRC.

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