What is this thing?

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Seen passing through the sky while eating lunch. Too big to be a balloon in our opinion. It appears to be rotating or fluttering

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What is this insect (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by urandom@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
 
 

It’s about 2-3mm in length. Central European location.

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Located between patio slabs at a house in Southern California. Am looking to possibly replace it during the cosmetic repairs planned for the area. Even if I don't replace it, am wondering what this stuff is called and what it's supposed to do.

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I drove by it yesterday and wondered about the weird bowling pin shape.

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I remember he wore a yellow sweater.

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what the - (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by imjustmsk@lemmy.ml to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
 
 

My and ma friend got bored and was playing OpenGuesser or whatever and randomly came across this- our telepathic link instantly had the same thought anyway but wha the actual fudge is this.

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I know it’s some sort of gas bottle, but I’m hoping someone can be more specific based on the brass tap on top.

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I have been trying to identify this cylinder that I found on a walk. What could it's purpose be?

Top of the cylinder with wiring on the top

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by merde@sh.itjust.works to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
 
 

a friend gave it to me ±15 years ago. He thought it was impossible to get the ring out. Maybe it's faulty and they cut the rope shorter than they should have.

We don't know what this is 🤷

a baby toy?

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Little sprout (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Kaffeburk@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
 
 

Few weeks edit; new pictures attached. I recognise it but plantnet didn't seem very confident

Coming up in my garden right next to some forest (primarily oak mixed with beech, birch, maple) in southwest Sweden. Last year i dug the area out and removed (most) roots. Not much came up but this little sprout. I suppose it could be roots reaching in from the adjacent forest.

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Looks like something has been cleaning my garden table :)

Any idea what did this? I live in western/central-ish europe.

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Went to a camping in the Laurentians in Québec (Ste-Agathe) and there were those things near some camp sites. The sites are only accessible by footpaths. No car access. And if you bring a bike, you have to walk it up a hill, so I doubt they are bike racks.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by TheGenuineGT@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
 
 

I've got a shelf for a living room set that I bought third hand in Germany. I want to hang this shelf, but its got strange brackets and I don't know what they're called to look for the respective hardware that actually goes on the wall.

Unsure if this post fits in this community, so I'm sorry in advance if it doesn't 🙏 It's driving me crazy that I can't figure it out

Edit: for reference, the screw on the right is the upward/top side of the shelf

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by IWW4@lemmy.zip to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
 
 

Here are more pics

A buddy and I were riding our jet skis to Chesapeake and Delaware canal.

There are a series of these towers in the water. The have lights at the top that made me think the towers are associated with an airport, I don’t know if any airport is near there.

My first thought was, it was just a cell tower, but then the fact there’s like a series of them in the line, maybe go kind-of X-Fileish about them.

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Western Washington, near puget sound, looked large, sorry for potato quality.

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It looks like it came from some form of pest, but there are no obvious holes or material above it. It's between glass and a screen with no obvious openings or holes. None of my other windows have it. We did have the house re-insulated recently, but I don't think it looked like this. Any help identifying what's going on?

I'm geographically located in Northern NJ I'm the US in the suburbs.

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It looks like some sort of wiring inside

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Took this audio recording while walking my dogs near a river valley in Central Illinois. The noise I'm not sure about is like a low whooshing sound. Kind of like someone spinning a jump rope really fast through the air.

If I had to guess the noise was on the other side of a 500ft clearing in a tree line. The Merlin app wasn't able to identify it as a bird of any sort and I have no idea what sort of mammal would make this noise in the midwest. It's not like any bobcat, fox, or coyote call I've ever encountered and I cant imagine it was something smaller than that still.

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Trying to replicate my local sushi places dishes so I can make them at home but don't know what salad greens they are using

I think one of them is a type of lettuce but indent know which type

Image was taken from here: (Teriyaki Chicken Bowl) https://www.sushisushi.com.au/our-menu

Edit: I know what the furikake topping is on top

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