where I'm set alight

there are places in the world today that are experiencing 40°C for the first time in recorded history. of course there's no way to know whether chucking billionaires into volcanos will appease the sun god but i feel we're doing the scientific method a disservice if we don't at least try

chromosomes? no sorry i use firefox

"it's so fucking over" yeah dude it's 11pm it's the end of the day it's time for you to go to bed. and tomorrow you'll be so fucking back because you'll be awake. go tuck yourself in dude you'll be ok

the aroace read of ryland grace is so personal and haunting. "you don't even have a dog." was it not enough to love the world for the sake of living in it. was it not enough to live for the thrill of discovery. was it not enough to smile at your students. was it not enough to be afraid.

project hail mary really surprised me in the latter half of the book by completely subverting my expectations about what kind of person ryland grace was. so many scifi books with similar plots have very noble, heroic, and selfless protagonists who love humanity and derive a sense of purpose and accomplishment from their mission to save it, and they usually are this way from the beginning. which isn't a bad thing to be clear, i love those characters too. but ryland grace is not noble or heroic or selfless at first. he's selfish and cowardly and frightened and he doesn't WANT to save earth and he doesn't WANT to sacrifice himself, and he literally has to be dragged kicking & screaming into it. but he rises to the occasion anyway because he is fundamentally good at heart even if he's also fundamentally human. he's a weak-willed coward who makes all the right choices when it matters most. ryland grace the man that you are

“there’s an ai tool for that” okay ?? there’s probably an ed sheeran song for it too who gives a fuck