Today I learned that there’s a world where types of houseplants go in and out of style.

That is not a world I have time for.

The vivid red-purple of fuchsia, the color, comes from fuchsia, the flower, which is in turn named for 16th-century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs. (His last name, by the way, comes from the German word for “fox.”) And if you think fuchsia and magenta are the same color, you’re closer than you might think: Magenta was originally an aniline dye named fuchsine, named after the fuchsia flower. The name was changed in 1859, the year it was patented, in honor of the French victory at the Battle of Magenta. That apparently helped the dye become a stunning success.

Sheriff’s offices in Macon and Clay counties were searching for an AR-15 missing from a school.

Officials said the sheriff’s department issued AR-15 and a tactical vest were stolen from Red Boiling Springs School in Macon County.

Macon County Superintendent Tony Boles told News 2 the SRO’s office at the school was broken into overnight. The gun and a tactical vest were taken.

This baby had both of its parents killed in the El Paso attack.

The sheriff’s office declined to provide additional information on the alleged assault, including motive. But Taylor Hennick, who attended the event, told local news outlets that she overheard the attack near the Mineral County Fair and Rodeo’s entrance, just as the national anthem began to play.

The woman said she heard a “pop,” and turned to see the boy writhing on the ground.

“He was bleeding out of his ears, seizing on the ground, just not coherent,” Hennick told the Missoulian. As startled spectators closed in on Brockway, Hennick said he offered a simple defense for his actions.

“He said [the boy] was disrespecting the national anthem, so he had every right to do that,” she added.

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Oh, look:

The attorney for a 39-year-old man charged with assaulting a child who didn’t take his hat off for the national anthem says his client, compromised by a traumatic brain injury, believes he was acting on an order from President Donald Trump.

Vox.

Stock markets in the U.S. will face major pains if President Donald Trump fails to win a second term in the White House, widely followed investor Mark Mobius predicts.

Holy crap! Eek!

Surely this prediction is supported by data? Surely you can just tell by looking at a chart of daily Dow Jones closing values and see a clear difference between the Trump era of awesomeness and the Obama era of failure?

Not seeing it.

Guess that’s why I’m not a money manager.

Google has a new programming language called “go”.

You’d think Google would know better than to name something with an essentially unsearchable name.

This Black-and-White photo uses color grid lines to trick your brain:

Quote:

About 72% of traumatic brain injury-related emergency department visits among children are attributable to consumer products, found the study published in the journal Brain Injury on Monday.
The study found that the top 10 leading products contributing to non-fatal traumatic brain injuries in children younger than a year to 19 years old are:

• floors
• …

I think I’ve read enough.