Yeah, there’s a bit of a discussion about this further down the thread. Yahweh was originally some sort of god of war (and maybe storms? See the great flood), but as his worship became more prominent he assumed the attributes (and name, even) of the chief god of the pantheon, El.

Oh well.

Great spot. Did you walk around to the EIRE sign as well?

a 5th of a bottle

No, a fifth is a bottle size in the US, it’d be a 750ml bottle outside of the US.

$451m in trade deficit with Russia just in January and February this year.

That’s more than Lesotho for the whole of last year, but Lesotho had a 50% tariff applied.

Yes, $3bn worth last year.

The US consistently runs a trade deficit with Russia.

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c4621.html

The US has a trade surplus with the UK, but still applied a 10% tariff to them.

He slapped a 50% tarrif on Lesotho, so it’s clearly not about size or impact.

And the UK got a 10% tariff applied even though the US doesn’t have a goods trade deficit with them.

Claire Daly is absolutely pro-Russian, yeah.

No longer an MEP thankfully, her and that other clown Mick Wallace were both voted out…

On the Giant Water Bug (bottom left) they aren’t even mouthparts, those are it’s first pair of legs.

The use of “urchin” to refer to children is separate from its original meaning.

Maybe it became that as a word for something underfoot?

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You can see that the figure on the left has a ring on their right hand. The lady in red has the same ring.

I don’t think I’m responsible for other adults’ reactions to my life choices or my lived experiences. my suggesting that they or their spouses changing their surnames upon marriage implies some sort of ownership.

Hrrm, maybe have a think about it.

Cool little Crab Spider, nice photo!