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A Possum, Playing Possum.
By: Dig • Other • 65 Comments • 8 Likes • 3 years ago
Earlier, I let my dog Polly out for an evening bathroom visit, and when I went to call her back in she wouldn't come. I slipped on some shoes, went out after her, and discovered what was keeping her. She had apparently surprised a possum out by the bird feeders, so much so that it went into...
New Year, New Camera
By: Dig • Other • 33 Comments • 7 Likes • 3 years ago
I've been getting interested in photography lately, so I decided to move up a step from regular old point and shoots to a new superzoom bridge camera. It's a Panasonic Lumix FZ80, with a 60x optical zoom and a digital zoom that doubles it to 120x. Not top of the line or anything, but not bottom...
Capital in the 21st Century
Via: Dig • Watch This! • 27 Comments • 2 Likes • 4 years ago
This is a documentary based on the 2013 book of the same name by French economist Thomas Piketty. I have a copy of it sitting on a bookshelf, but even if you've never read it you might recall the stir it made at the time, which was pretty impressive for a book about economics. In it, Piketty...
An absolutely unprecedented level of deceit. Is this evil, or just insanity?
By: Dig • News & Politics • 255 Comments • 11 Likes • 4 years ago
After years of Trump's incessant lies and hyperbolic blathering, I almost became numb to it all. I didn't think anything coming out of his mouth would ever really shock me again, but I was wrong. Boy, was I wrong. What follows is without a doubt the most shocking and contemptible display of...
People we should be extra thankful for this Thanksgiving
By: Dig • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 6 Likes • 4 years ago
People we should be extra thankful for this Thanksgiving Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers. ***** Farm workers. ***** People working at food banks, and everyone who donates to them. If anyone ever wants proof that stock markets aren't good measures of the real economy,...
Saints & Strangers
Via: Dig • Watch This! • 8 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
This year is the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' voyage to the New World (1620-2020). With Thanksgiving coming this week, there's no better time to revisit this 2-part 2015 miniseries than the present. The title Saints & Strangers comes from the Puritan separatists referring to...
Hitler's Circle of Evil
Via: Dig • Watch This! • 6 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 years ago
This is from 2017, but I only discovered it on Netflix last week. Consisting of 10 hour-long episodes, it runs the gamut from the very beginning of the Nazi Party to the end, and is positively loaded with details for history buffs. It's a fantastic and highly informative chronology. I really...