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Vidi e Vici. ⚫⚪ - 27

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abstract landscapes by jason anderson (british, 2020)

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Cheat a raven once and it will remember your face for weeks, maybe years. The bird being wrapped in this little shawl is one of the smartest, toughest animals alive, and it almost certainly has the upper hand here.

The whole joke is that it needs warming up. Ravens stay active through Arctic winters that hit 40 below, cold enough to give you frostbite in minutes. They live up there all year and never fly south. Some even sit on eggs in late winter, with snow still on the ground. They manage it by running hot and eating enough to keep an inner furnace going. A raven is about the last animal on Earth that needs help staying warm.

Its brain is only the size of a walnut. In 2016, scientists counted the cells inside the brains of 28 kinds of birds. Crows, ravens, and parrots pack about twice as many brain cells into a brain the same size, so a big raven carries as many cells in the thinking part of its head as a monkey whose brain is far larger. People used 'bird brain' as an insult for years. They had it backwards.

In a 2017 lab study in Sweden, ravens learned that one tool would pop open a box of food. Researchers then took the box away and brought it back up to 17 hours later, and most birds still picked the right tool from a pile of junk and kept it. Offered a small snack right away instead of the tool and a bigger reward later, nearly three out of four turned down the snack. At planning and patience they matched chimpanzees, and at trading they did better.

They also seem to know when they are being watched. In a 2016 Vienna experiment, ravens were given food to hide while a speaker played another raven's call through a small hole in the wall. With no other bird in sight, they rushed to cover their food as if a thief were watching. Block the hole and the sounds stopped bothering them. The grudge works the same way. After someone cheated a raven in a food trade, it kept away from that face a month later, and the scientists think the grudge can last years.

So the little bird in the blanket can outlast a winter that would kill a grown adult. It can tell what you are able to see, and it will remember you if you ever do it wrong. By the time someone reached for that shawl, the raven had already worked the whole thing out.

[Heidi @bokumowakaran]

I Can Fix It by Justin Novak

[alexei @alexeixbt]

get money
stay pretty
handle your business
enjoy life
and stop giving a f*ck

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Imagine being so talented you could make marble appear soft to the touch. Gian Lorenzo Bernini was only 23 years old when he created this breathtaking masterpiece in the 1600s.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was just 23 years old when he finished The Abduction of Proserpina in 1622. Widely regarded as one of the greatest achievements of the Baroque era, the sculpture is celebrated for making solid Carrara marble appear remarkably soft and lifelike. Its most famous detail depicts Pluto’s fingers sinking into Proserpina’s thigh, creating the astonishing illusion of flesh yielding under pressure.

Through dramatic movement, deep shadows, and exquisitely polished surfaces, Bernini transformed rigid stone into what seems like flowing fabric, delicate skin, and even tears. Today, this extraordinary display of artistry and emotion can be seen at the Galleria Borghese in Rome.

[Aristo @aristomarinetti]

One thing I like about Albert Camus is that he named his cat Cigarette.