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10 September 2026

๐ŸŽ‰ World Suicide Prevention Day

Photo of the Day

Partielle Sonnenfinsternis 12.08.2026, 20:10, aufgemommen auf der Handalm in der Weststeiermark. Zuerst von einem Wolkenband verdeckt, ist die Sonne kurz vor dem Untergang zum Vorschein gekommen.
Photo by Klaus Freidl on Unsplash

Word of the Day

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"Young shoots and twigs."


Quote of the Day

"Hope is not some abstract, softheaded concept. It is an idea with an engine."
โ€” Don Maruska

Creature of the Day

bakeneko

bakeneko

"The bakeneko is a type of Japanese yลkai, or supernatural entity; more specifically, it is a kaibyล, or supernatural cat. It is often confused with the nekomata, another cat-like yลkai. The distinction between them is often ambiguous, but the largest difference is that the nekomata has two tails, while the bakeneko has only one."


On this Day in History


Pun of the Day

Taking a solid kilo of pure Colombian powder directly to the skull is a truly crushing blow.

Artwork of the Day

Torso of the Belvedere

Alphonse Legros, 1837โ€“1911

Torso of the Belvedere

Medium: Metalpoint on white paper
Courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY


Trivia Question of the Day

In the children's book "The Little Engine That Could",what is the engine attempting to deliver?

Limerick Attempt of the Day

Theme: imported guitar

Limerick Illustration
A sleek, imported wooden guitar, Thought its melodies would travel far. But when strummed with great might, It just squeaked, day and night, Like a mouse trapped inside of a jar.

Fortune Cookie of the Day

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"Have a firm handshake."
Lucky Numbers: 8, 15, 26, 29, 41, 48

Bucket List Idea of the Day

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Launch a podcast.

Dream of the Day

Mood: wistful | Archetype: Rebel
Elements: adjoining bank mean

Dream Illustration

I was standing at the edge of a wide, slow-moving river, my gaze fixed on the opposite bank. Not just any bank, but *my* bank โ€“ a grand, imposing edifice of grey stone, ancient and unyielding, a monument to rules and established order. A profound wistfulness settled over me like a damp cloak, a familiar ache for a freedom I rarely touched. It was a legacy, a burden of stone and ledgers that tethered me, a quiet, melancholic hum of discontent vibrating beneath my skin.

My rebellious spirit chafed against the very idea of it. I remembered flashes from the dream: fantasizing about scaling its impenetrable walls to scrawl defiant poetry, or perhaps, with a sudden surge of audacious joy, throwing open its heavy brass doors and declaring every account balance null, a complete reset. There was a restless fire in my chest, a constant urge to dismantle the predictable gears of its operation, to let chaos bloom where only rigid order had ever been.

But the bank remained, solid and impassive, reflecting the muted sky in its dark windows. The wistfulness deepened, a yearning for the simpler act of walking away, of turning my back on the weight of its expectation and letting my wilder nature truly take hold. The dream was a perpetual negotiation between the defiant roar in my heart and the unmoving reality of what was supposedly mine.


Classic Literature Recommendation

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

A diverse group of medieval pilgrims embarks on a journey, agreeing to entertain one another by telling stories along the way. These lively and often scandalous tales offer a vibrant exploration of human nature, societal classes, and the enduring complexities of morality, all filtered through timeless wit and observation.

Death โ€ข English Narrative poetry โ€ข Juvenile poetry


Articles of the Day

CNN

Fossilized eggs of the largest known dinosaurs have been unearthed in an unexpected place

A remarkable discovery of fossilized dinosaur eggs reveals that Earth's largest dinosaurs could reproduce far from typical nesting sites. This sheds new light on the reproductive habits of these ancient giants.

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Space Daily

A shipping container falling off a cargo ship in 1992 spilled 28,000 rubber ducks and other bath toys into the Pacific, and oceanographers spent the next 20 years tracking where they washed ashore to map the world's ocean currents.

An accidental spill of 28,000 rubber ducks in 1992 led to an unexpected scientific breakthrough. Oceanographers tracked their global journey for two decades, using the bath toys to map intricate ocean currents worldwide.

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Gizmodo.com

Google Mapped a Fruit Flyโ€™s Brain. Now Itโ€™s Playing Doom and Super Mario 64

Researchers have successfully mapped a male fruit fly's entire nervous system, a monumental achievement in neuroscience. Remarkably, programmers are already utilizing this data to make the virtual brain play video games like Doom.

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