What, and I cannot emphasize this enough, the fuck

And leeches. Can't forget the leeches.

Damn this one's good, I only noticed when scrolling back up.

These sets of concentric shells contain a thin layer of positive mass tucked inside an outer layer of negative mass.

So how much evidence is there for negative mass, then? Sounds like just replacing one unknown with another.

What if I choose another president's EO's and policy initiatives? The question doesn't restrict itself to only 45/47.

I was going to make fun of the title (which is basically "Sick ants stink, the others don't like it and make it stop") but IMO this is the important bit:

Then, the team conducted an experiment showing that the sick pupae only produce the smell when worker ants are nearby, proving it is a deliberate signal for destruction.

That does go beyond just smelling bad due to illness.

Cyborg-like implants. I want titanium joints and UV vision and magnetic field sensors and charging my phone by laying it on my belly. Uncap each finger to reveal a small tool: screwdriver, USB key, cutting blade, etc.

Note that none of that includes or requires a constant connection to a network/internet. I want to augment my interactions with the real world, not replace them with a virtual world.

No scholar would ever tell anyone else to become a scholar. More like "Run! Run while you can! Get away from this cursed existence!"

Feynman, mainly because he was an amazing professor and knows how to talk to people.

Einstein and Newton disliked people, so they would be terrible conversationslists outside their areas of expertise. I think that was true of Leonardo as well. Edison is also out because he was a dick.

gestures wildly to Canada

Edit if you're wondering what I mean: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/0_QvI6tfalo

Gotta love oligotrophy. Some lichens grow inside rocks... definitely can't replicate that in a lab (although not for lack of trying).

The reasoning behind the API changes, the CEO's entitlement, the ever-more-annoying interface changes (I hate the "More Posts You May Like", the algorithm is pathetically shitty).

I refuse to install apps to navigate websites. If your site is decent, it should work in a browser. If not, I'll just go elsewhere.

In the crafting world, these are called orts. And some people get super creative with them! I've seen them user to decorate cards, to make collage art, to fill little clear Christmas ornaments or felt animals, etc. I've been saving the ones from my current project because I want to take a picture of the finished cross stitch next to all its orts. It feels like a visual representation of "you can't make omelet without breaking a few eggs", you know?

The formula starts with CH, which means the universe is organic.

Wearing super preppy clothes to school/college. I was mistaken for a teacher in 11th grade. In college, I once wore a pencil skirt, black tights, white sweater, and high heels... to a regular Tuesday afternoon class, just because I wanted to.

Hobby: Telescopes upside-down or back-to-front, pointed through windows, with aperture caps on, without eyepieces, under heavy light pollution and glare, magically show Hubble-level images of something only visible from the opposite hemisphere.

Job: The Government knows everything about you and any employee can pull up any info on anyone in seconds. Ffs we can't even get two departments to cooperate on a common database format.

Sounds just like the sounds newer trucks make when they back up: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Wt1_51EVA

Yeah, Wikimedia is disappointing... The CEO makes over $500k and there are half a dozen other people who each make over $300k. I am seriously reconsidering my monthly donation to them. I love Wikipedia with all my heart, but it looks like my money would go further if I donated to the Internet Archive instead.

Charmeleon! Wartortle,

Mewtwo, Tentacruel, Aerodactyl,

Omanyte, Slowpoke...

That's all I've got. I will shed a single tear in remembrance of happier days.

One of my proudest moments was when a cardiologist looked at my ECG and asked if he could show it in his course the next day. Unfortunately I can't remember what he saw, and the arrythmia that led me to consult went away once I quit a major source of stress.