I've Seen Posts Going Around Claiming That Petting Animals Is Basically Tricking Them Into Thinking They're

When I see mosses, I think about how they function similarly to sensors or organic bioindicators. For example, you can potentially determine when an environment is contending with pollution merely by looking at moss from a distance. But moss can also be collected and thoroughly examined in a laboratory.

today i learnt that you can knock out large portions of a mouse's genome, and it can still bear children and live a long and healthy life

because large portions of the genome just do not do anything

Both my biologist and math friends are constantly giving me new ways of looking at the world. I have a rich inner life because of this.

people should learn more history so that when it comes time to make comparisons it’s not Everything Is Transatlantic Slavery Or The Holocaust

I worry that fake depictions of the middle ages are so pervasive that you couldn't even make an historically accurate one.

A list of pleasant things: lists, autumn, winter, walks, computers, libgen, z-lib, coffee, birds, space, music, podcasts, robots, anime.

Cladonia sp. / Begerlav sp.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: one of the only few bad things about Tolkien's legendarium is that it makes 90% of all other fantasy worlds look either completely or somewhat mediocre in comparison.

Like, what do you mean you don't have a fictional language for your fantasy world? WEAKLINGS

The trilemma of fast, good, and cheap: you may attain two of these properties, but probably not all three. If it is fast and good, it probably won't be cheap. If it is good and cheap, it probably won't be fast. If it is cheap and fast, it probably won't be good.

Bonus: The concept of "cheap" is context-dependent and may not necessarily pertain to a thing's monetary cost.

I fucking love snowclones. They are resilient. They happen everywhere. You can enjoy them. Snowclones are the best.

I fucking love dandelions. They are resilient. They grow everywhere. You can eat them. Dandelions are the best.