Ranti Junus

She/Her. Systems/E-resources Librarian @msulibraries, Cats Owner, Tea Drinker, Chocolate-chip Cookies Muncher. I care about #accessibility #a11y #UX #OpenSource

[Ranti Junus @ranti]

23.5 degrees removed from reality...

[Ryan Claytor @elephanteater]

Today’s the day! The second issue of the Elephant Eater Comics Annual Dispatch just launched on Kickstarter and you can get your copy at the URL listed on this graphic!

[Ranti Junus @ranti]

@elephanteater @LVcomicbookfest My condolences, Ryan. 🙏

[Ryan Claytor @elephanteater]

Hello!!! I'm making moves to launch my next campaign soon and would love for you to visit the URL listed here and CLICK THE NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH button! Thanks and see you there!

[OK Go @okgo]

Today is the 16th anniversary of the White Knuckles music video. We worked with 12 wonderful trainers, who taught the choreography to 14 rescue dogs over the course of 3 months. We had to learn the dance, too. As it turns out, you really can teach old dogs new tricks.

[weird medieval guys NEW BOOK OUT NOVEMBER 5!!! @WeirdMedieval]

nope thats a fish

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

We’ve teamed up with @BWBooks for a new initiative, “For the Love of Books.” By donating to the Internet Archive through October 31, your gift will go towards supporting literacy and preservation 📚❤️

Make your donation here: https://t.co/IJJhxH4C6o

[Derek Featherstone @feather]

Through the entire history of the web... as it morphed from a "utility" into an industry... we've been creating tools and systems that promise to make things faster, more efficient, as we also added complexity.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

The Periodic Table Symbol for lead is 'Pb,' which comes from the Latin 'plumbum,' meaning "lead."

Early pipes were made of lead, so people who worked with pipes became 'plumbers.'

[无人机咻咻咻 @swyxy4484]

有趣的人让旅途不再枯燥

[Ranti Junus @ranti]

@nicole_clash This is brilliant. I made one for beef rendang recipe. 💕

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

PIN Number
ATM Machine
UPC Code
LCD Display

We regret to inform you that this phenomenon has a name: RAS Syndrome.

Redundant Acronym Syndrome…Syndrome.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

The reason we think dandelions are weeds is because of a 1950s marketing campaign.

Dandelions, native to Europe and Asia, were brought to North America in the 1600s by European colonists who grew them deliberately.

Every part is edible. The leaves are a salad green, the flowers were made into wine, and the roots were roasted as a coffee substitute and used medicinally for liver and kidney conditions for thousands of years. They were a kitchen-garden staple well into the 1800s.

The shift happened after World War II, when 2,4-D (originally developed for chemical warfare research) was approved as a residential herbicide. Companies like Scotts built the modern lawn-care industry around the idea that a perfect green lawn meant zero broadleaf plants.

Dandelions, being bright yellow and resistant to mowing, became a visible enemy, and the campaign worked. By the 1970s, "dandelion-free" was synonymous with "well-kept."

They aren't native, but they aren't doing significant ecological harm either. The herbicides used to kill them, on the other hand, kill bees, contaminate groundwater, and have been linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma in humans.

If you hate dandelions, it's most likely due to a marketing campaign that ran before you were born.

[Computer ♥ Records @ComputerLove_]

The Underwater Screen Saver from Windows 98

[たけのこ @Takenoko1080]

急に夫が「結婚してくれてありがとう。これからも俺とずっと一緒にいてほしい。愛してるよ」とか言い出したから「浮気でもしてんの？借金？分かった！来月から無職なんだ！」って言ったら、そのデカイ図体のどこから捻り出したのか分からないくらいのか細い声で「子猫拾っちゃったぁ…」と言った

[Ranti Junus @ranti]

I honestly prefer people to tell me the first one. It's straight to the point. The second one doesn't sound sincere. Also, why the LinkedIn speak...

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”

-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable

“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”

-powerful
-commanding
-honest

[MSU Museum @MSUMuseum]

Happy #517Day from the MSU Museum! Today we are celebrating all things mid-Michigan. The MSU Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM. Admission is free for all visitors.

[Ranti Junus @ranti]

@MSUMuseum Cindy Lou 💕

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

"There’s something weirdly magical about the early internet with its clunky fan sites, pixelated GIFs, and blogs with neon text. And while most of it vanished years ago, the Wayback Machine lets you return and experience it all over again." - Sam Singleton, @pcmag https://t.co/meflCQBqe8

[Ranti Junus @ranti]

@psyckology thoughts and prayers 🙏