pfloyd19

Birder, Amateur Naturalist, Reader, History Buff, & on occasion, Political Activist.

[Giggling Ganon @GigglingGanon]

Officers pulled this guy over for a broken tail light and suspicion of DUI. What they got instead was a sobriety test they will never forget.

We’ve seen thousands of hours of body cam footage, but this footage from Conway, Arkansas, remains in a league of its own. Most drivers get a pit in their stomach when the red and blues start flashing—but Blayk Puckett saw a stage.

Blayk, a student at the University of Central Arkansas, was driving home from a late-night study session at the library. A Conway PD officer noticed he had a broken brake light and was driving a bit slow, leading to a pull-over on suspicion of a DUI.

When asked if he had anything on him the officers should know about, Blayk didn't reach for his ID—he mentioned he was a magician and had a "magic wand" in his pocket. Instead of a standard field sobriety test, Blayk made a legendary proposition:

​"I'll do some magic/juggling if you insist."

With the officers’ blessing (and their own phones out to record), Blayk grabbed his juggling pins and went to work right there in the parking lot of a local BBQ joint. His coordination was so flawless that the officers didn't just realize he was sober—they became his biggest fans. You can hear the genuine laughter in the background as one officer admits, “You just made my night.”

No handcuffs, no tickets—just a warning for the brake light and a handshake. Blayk later said he wanted to show that police interactions can be positive and humanizing.

​In a world of high-speed chases and intense legal battles, this remains a gold standard for what happens when a little personality meets a lot of professional courtesy.

This was great to see how the officers were having a good time while on a stop. Something that rarely ever happens.

[pfloyd19 @pfloyd19]

This is a major step forward!

COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could unlock the next revolution in cancer treatment – new research https://t.co/0q3xXNM4WK via @ConversationUS

[Garry Hayes @geotripper]

I'm feeling this so much right now.

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

I used to tell students…the difference between poetry and you is you look in the mirror and say, “I am getting old,” but Shakespeare looks in the mirror and says, “Devouring Time, blunt thou thy lion’s paws.”

—Jim Harrison

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The importance of punctuation
(Commas save lives)

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Stane Street is the modern name of the 91 km-long Roman road in southern England that linked Londinium (London) to Noviomagus Reginorum (Chichester).

This is view southwestwards along Mill Lane to the northeast of Halnaker.

[📷 Glenn Foster]

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

#Today the sun will rise at 12:56 in Utqiagvik (formerly known as Barrow), Alaska to set just 31 minutes later.

It will be the last time the town sees the sun this year. Next sunrise will be on January 22nd, 2025 after 1560 hours of darkness.

https://t.co/Q7iMBtWIZD

[Tommy Siegel @TommySiegel]

bird sounds

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

A brief History of Physics ✍️

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

“The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error... Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim."

― Gustave Le Bon

[pfloyd19 @pfloyd19]

People have been paying attention to detail for a long time.

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

Remarkably-detailed bird pecks out seeds from figs, in this naturalistic detail from a fresco at a luxurious villa believed to be owned by Poppaea, second wife of Nero, in Oplontis, engulfed 2,000 years ago in the eruption of Vesuvius

[pfloyd19 @pfloyd19]

An excellent article on Franklin as a scientist.

Benjamin Franklin: As Much Scientist As Statesman https://t.co/uqCeMkwr4z via @lithub

[Nrken19 @nrken19]

The Scythians used snake poison on their arrows and in ancient times it was called scythicon or toxicon.

[pfloyd19 @pfloyd19]

Wonderful!

[A Beautiful Culture @ABeautifulCult1]

Painting is believed to be Epipaleolithic & is estimated to be around 8k years old.
It depicts a human figure foraging honey: it's the earliest known depiction of bees & the oldest evidence of honey consumption by Homo sapiens.
At Coves de l'Aranya, a group of caves in the municipality of Bicorp in València, Spain.

[After Dinner Conversation @AfterDinnerCon]

There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.

—Ursula K. Le Guin

[pfloyd19 @pfloyd19]

The good ole days?

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

No prizes for guessing who’s expected to do the dishes ~ illustrator Stevan Dohanos wryly depicts a typical household scene in this cover of The Saturday Evening Post, 8 January 1949

[pfloyd19 @pfloyd19]

What a remarkable species!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Turritopsis dohrnii, a species of biologically immortal jellyfish.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Every Veterans Day, November 11 at exactly 11:11 am, the sun aligns perfectly with the Anthem Veterans Memorial in Anthem, Arizona

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How to distinguish the members of the order Crocodylia