Flame Skimmer (Libellula Saturata), Libellulidae, Chambers Bay, Pierce Co., WA, USA

Is there a better way to pass the time than collecting fun facts about various fields of science? I don't think so.

Stop excluding me from your secret clubs.

The White House bragging about how many different countries have reached out to negotiate in response to the tariffs reminds me of that part of Disco Elysium where you have the option to put a loaded gun in your mouth and threaten to pull the trigger as a negotiating tactic. It is certainly one way to start a conversation!

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it does suggest that "friendship" is a rare and serendipitous thing

why should anyone be friends with anyone else? what do they get out of it?

maybe everyone else has, like, peripheral ports and protocols that make it click

TFW when people try to remove information from Wikipedia but it just gets put back up with ten extra citations.

There are three versions of yourself: the version of you that you see, the version of you that others see, and you as you really are.

staging changes to my post.

commiting my post.

pushing my post to the remote repository.

2 mutuals approve my changes.

my post is merged into the main branch.

4 issues immediately created.

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.