Entremet Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh "“Like most people in the US, I grew up knowing the words to this carol and even (shudder) singing them occasionally (singing is not a strong point of mine), but never really thought about what they meant, how the carol originated, or what birds were involved”, says Dr Rasmussen in email. So she decided to figure it out. Dr Rasmussen, who’s tied for third for the most bird discoveries in the world, is probably also the world’s foremost avian sleuth, due to her meticulous detective work a few years ago that uncovered the many ornithological thefts and records frauds in museums that were committed by eminent British ornithologist, Richard Meinertzhagen. But who would ever have thought that an old Christmas carol might also hold an avian mystery? “After all, it’s just a Christmas carol!” Dr Rasmussen points out." https://medium.com/@GrrlScientist/meet-the-real-birds-of-the-twelve-days-of-christmas-fame-grrlscientist-5a8bc09350c9
This raises an interesting question: if you're tech support for a confabulating paranoid narcissist, how do you explain to him that he's been locked out of certain functions on his device without him throwing a tantrum, bearing in mind he still controls the launch codes for nuclear weapons aimed at North Korea?
ReplyDeleteIf it's me I'm telling him, "Mister President, it's a security precaution so the Democrats can't get you onto an infected website which will let them hack into your phone and leak everything to the media." The irony of telling Trump that would be almost irresistible.