wip

I like when fic length/book length/movie length is its own punchline

NO! Where’s the non-metals and metaloids?!

are they hydrogen or helium

oxygen, carbon, sulfur, xenon, iodine, neon, etc etc.

ooo okay i see the confusion. you're listing off a bunch of metals there

…. You’re breaking my chemistry nerd brain. Hhhuuuhhhh???

im an astrophysicist

but but, science is science?!

and different fields of science have different conventions and definitions for their unique contexts

you ever think about how a clock face is a dial because sundials existed and there is no reason they could not have made a pair of linked drums with numbers on the exterior and a frame the norm? you ever think about how the number of minutes in an hour (and thus the length of a minute) and the number of seconds in a minute are to do with divisibility and nothing intrinsic about the periodicity of time? you ever think that the same is true about the number of hours in the day and thus the length of an hour? you ever think that all units of measurement are essentially arbitrary and initially human-centred and related to "ease of maths" and "ease of measurement" [i.e. divisibility/multiplicability, this is the same length as my arm, etc, easy reference points] and are not intrinsic or even fixed? you ever think about how this is evident in the way that just about every human culture to exist had its own methods and measurements? you ever think about what this suggests about the world? you ever think that the guy (non gender specific) who invented the concept of numbers probably didn't even realise they were going to have all these freakish rules and was just trying to keep track of sheep or some shit?

well i don't and neither should you, it's sinful

unfortunately very true. Doing Better does not always mean never being upset or never being triggered or never having trouble. often Doing Better means experiencing those things and being able to keep going/cope healthily/move on. if you’re in a bubble with no sensation, if you’re numbing yourself out, that’s not what recovering really is. it won’t help you have a happier life it’ll just make your world smaller and smaller until you can’t fit anywhere anymore. gotta learn to make peace with the hard stuff too, that’s the only way to keep going

i know the way people talk about their pets now is probably how we’ve been doing it for all of history. a cat owner in ancient rome saw their cat lounging on the dining pillows and commented “he thinks himself to be the senator claudius 🤣”

The first attested cat in Japan was given to a young 9th century emperor and his diary about it includes such gems as 'I affixed a bow about its neck, but it did not remain for long.", "The color of the fur is peerless. None could find the words to describe it, although one said it was reminiscent of the deepest ink.", "When it lies down, it curls in a circle like a coin. You cannot see its feet. It’s as if it were circular Bi disk." and "I am convinced it is superior to all other cats.” Basically posting about how his void is the best little void and so good at getting really round

oh my god and it's a Canada Goose so this is the equivalent of befriending a small demon

OP you're wrong. Duck, duck is the most perfect name for a goose, ever.

Official ornithology post

I had to find out what this was immediately: this is Minneapolis' Annual Wedge Cat Tour! Returning June 24th 2026 for its 9th year! I am intensely jealous this doesn't happen closer to me 🥺

Let’s fucking go

5. If the words are Google's, this solidifies the position of universities who demand that all answers from AI are fully cited. If all the in-line citations now have to be (Google, 2026), that's going to make it obvious when someone's trying to use Google as a source. There's still the difficulty with people who are academically dishonest by trying to pass off the AI writing as their own. 6. 91% accuracy is officially too low to use as a source of references, which means the AI can't be used as a source of references either. This makes it less legitimate for such purposes than Wikipedia of all places (Wikipedia might need date/time proof of when it was accessed for the reference to be valid, but at least it is possible to prove the link existed at a particular date and time). 7. This will help encourage the rollout of courses on how to avoid AI search for students who need academic accuracy, because it's statistically not good enough to use. 8. This strengthens the case intellectual property authors have against Google in the EU, as this is proof that an intellectual property transfer took place.