“A Republican lawmaker on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee said Thursday that rocks from the White Cliffs of Dover and the California coastline, as well as silt from rivers tumbling into the ocean, are contributing to high sea levels globally.” No. No, no, no.
Mystery fruit flavor! We’re thinking it’ll probably be durian.
Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”
and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”
and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay.
Here’s an interesting looking project on Kickstarter: Unlocking the Magic: A Fantasy Anthology. “Mental illness isn’t magical. Back these stories that take an honest look at mental illness and portray it compassionately in fantasy.”
I really wish it didn’t look like Twitter will be #breakingmytwitter. But I’d rather give up Twitter than be forced to use the their native iOS app or the website (since they don’t even have a native Mac app anymore. Third-party app ecosystem support is crucial.
Ramadan Mubarak to my Muslim friends, acquaintances, and those of you I don’t know! For everyone else, CNN has a quick Ramadan etiquette guide for non-Muslims.
Signs I’m concentrating on work: iTunes makes it four full tracks into an album of Christmas music before I realize what I’m listening to and frantically lunge for the “next album” button. 🎄😲😂
Okay, this is a horrible clickbait-y headline, but: “Science news: Octopuses came to Earth from space as frozen eggs millions of years ago”. The journal article being sensationalized is here. I, for one, welcome our new alien cephalopod overlords!
Today’s stupid humor. Blame an overly tired brain in the middle of the night.
Book seventeen of 2018: Deadhouse Landing, by Ian C. Esslemont. ⭐️⭐️