“Life is about understanding opportunities. Understanding how rarely they come along, and then rising to meet them when they do.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed
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“You know what I’m doing for Easter? I’m gonna be hanging with my Peeps.”
—Jay Leno
A bit of fun from Pennsylvania-based Just Born, the company that makes Peeps:
(Fair warning, I’ve never actually made any of these recipes. I just eat the Peeps.)
Happy Easter!
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I’m still watching the Fish Doorbell (it’s been quiet at the times I’m on but it’s still fun), and now I’ve added a new livestream to my list of “things to watch when I need a minute of chill.”
If you also need a minute of chill, check this out:
Livestream of moose migrating to their summer pastures fascinates millions | AP News
Before Swedish slow TV hit “The Great Moose Migration” began airing Tuesday, Ulla Malmgren stocked up on coffee and prepared meals so she doesn’t miss a moment of the 20-day, 24-hour event.
“Sleep? Forget it. I don’t sleep,” she said.
Here’s the direct link to this distillation of slow Swedishness: Den stora älgvandringen – Idag 00-00 | SVT Play
Despite the many ongoing challenges of animals in the modern world, there’s something deeply comforting about this reminder that the non-human world continues to turn.
And moose are still on the loose.
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We’re coming up on Easter weekend, which often means sugar-crazed energy spikes, loud family gatherings, and other high-energy experiences. If you happen to be an introvert, or just need a break with a bit of science in it, try going outside at night and doing a little meteor spotting.
The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to dazzle the night sky beginning this week
“You’re not going to see meteors from downtown Manhattan or Central Park,” Cooke said. “You need to find the darkest sky you can, you need to lay flat on your back and look away from the moon.”
Give yourself 30 to 45 minutes for your eyes to adjust to the dark, Cooke said — and from there, simply enjoy the show.
And if you’re watching the sky this weekend, you may see the Lyrids overlap with another meteor shower, the Eta Aquariids, which is a thing I just learned about. For more on meteors and their schedules, visit the Meteor Shower Calendar from the American Meteor Society.
So lay back, relax, and wave hello to these visitors from outer space.
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Just going to post this here because cool!
Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system
Observations by the James Webb space telescope of a planet called K2-18 b appear to reveal the chemical fingerprints of two compounds that, on Earth, are only known to be produced by life.
Is it life? Maybe yes, maybe no, but either way? It’s progress. Very cool progress!
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Getting stuck is part of the process. If you’re never stuck, you’re not doing anything thrilling, important, and/or daunting. Be patient, be kind, and rather than focus on where you’re stuck, do something to shift the stuckness.
— Michael Bungay Stanier
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It’s Tax Day in America. On the off chance that you have yet to file, there’s still time to get your paperwork in by tonight’s deadline. Need an extension? Here are some details on how to make that happen:
When Is the 2025 Tax Deadline, How Can You Get an Extension? | TIME
It may also be comforting to know that taxes have been with us for a long, long time. Here’s a bit of ancient history on that subject.
The World’s Earliest Evidence of Taxation
What remains today, such as stone inscriptions, clay tablets and bamboo records, tells a story far beyond administration. These tax relics reveal how early states governed, what they valued and how they balanced power with the burden on taxpayers. From Sumer to China, civilizations devised ingenious, and sometimes bizarre, ways to track, collect and enforce taxes, leaving behind vivid clues of how they funded their ambitions—and proved that even in the Bronze Age, nothing was certain but death and taxes.
(And given the timeframes involved, I’m going to give this round to taxes.)
Taxes can hurt but they do have benefits. And once you’ve sent off your paperwork, check out these sweet Tax Day food deals 2025.
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Well, I’ve started off the day with a tax-related injury, words I never thought I’d say. Not serious but it is kind of funny.
Thanks, Monday!
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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity.”
― Gilda Radner
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“It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.”
— Mae Jemison, Doctor, Astronaut
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