Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...
If you were serious about military preparedness, you would perhaps not want your troops to be vulnerable to highly contagious and relatively preventable illnesses.
Recently started biking for real, and holy f-ck - the cars. I swear to absolute fucking God. The cars man. I've never in my 30+ year life seen so many stupid fucking idiots in traffic. Blind motherfuckers. They are making my blood boil. Today someone decided it was a great time to make a U-turn in the middle of the street. I kept distance but the car was jerking and was indecisive and just stopped forcing me to go right on the curb making me fall head over the handle bar and crash. Not a care in the world the driver just looked at me and drove off. Never in my life have I seen so many stupid people that can't drive. And I've had a drivers license for over 20 years soon.
A common thread among newer cyclists is realizing just how awful drivers are. There are things you simply don't notice — behavior that has been normalized — when you mostly drive. Biking, walking, or rolling through the world changes that.
The pasta sauce company "prego" is now selling a recording device to put on your table to record your dinner conversations.
Because they really think their customers are that stupid
The fact that every major police union endorsed Donald Trump is under appreciated in our political discourse.
Two Mourning Doves at a bird feeder with a built-in camera. One dove is in profile, very close to the camera, and appears to be looking at it, and the other dove is further back, but also looks like it’s staring straight into the lens.
These two Mourning Doves at my feeder cam look like they just rang my doorbell because Tony Soprano sent them to collect a debt I owe.
I assume it's in homage or tribute to Michael Jackson's famous armbands?
These are really cool and important courses, I think that's a great idea
Wish me luck - for my undergrad "Math for Chemistry" class (for @pittchemistry.bsky.social majors) .. I'm going to give a lecture tomorrow about ML and LLMs.
I think I fit the basics in…
Discussion question:
"Why can a model like ChatGPT give fluent but wrong chemistry answers?
#chemsky
When you're too tired to even bother making instant ramen but still want the masochistic hit of buldak
Someones salts crusted up this ion funnel, with even a really big pink goober
Today was all meetings, also trying to get 4 mass spectrometers and 2 NMR instruments back online.... and then people *also* demanding documents and paperwork.
Oh, and folks want a proposal done ASAP.
Bakeout begins. This giant block of steel has to get to 85°C and that takes several hours. It'll take at least 10-12 hours to cool off when it's done
Me neither, but I also don't know if it's true lol
And dont get me started on how they manage GFCIs. (though there is a charm to it being on the outlet, the way circuits can be mapped out makes it sometimes less convenient than just being an RCD breaker)
And thus the constant re-inserting of plugs only accelerates the loosening.
American outlooks are loosey goosey, and the lack of a switch (combined with questionable safety standards), means its often better to just leave stuff unplugged.
The UK doesnt do a lot of things right, but the UK outlets are top tier.
Robust, reliable ground, and a switch.
Artemis II reached a peak speed of 25,000mph but sure a robot running 13 miles in an hour is worth the click bait?
I'm pretty sure Kezia comes from a well-intentioned place. And I'm all for good faith engagement with people whose minds have been poisoned against trans people. But this is madness: JK Rowling is a toxic sewer of hate, aligned with fascists, and it's unforgivable for Stonewall to praise her.
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My favourite sounds are wood pigeons and gentle waves crashing on the beach. Also the sound of a cork popping.
My least favourite sounds are people banging on doors in TV shows, sirens on radio music.
Things that make you think you've actually got to do something but it's not real. I hate it.
A real national treasure
I'm kinda bummed Olivia Coleman ditched heartstopper.
I'm sure she's got valid reasons and she, like everyone, owes no one anything, and yet I'm still sad.
I also wonder how much is the subtitles.
On the hbo release, all the Italian is actually translated. But the other versions I've seen is usually just [Speaking Italian] or [Arguing in Italian] and the whole political undercurrent to the film is lost without the translation
But, a good number of the times I watched it before are on an airplane so a 5" screen and a lot of whisky and maybe that's more to play with what it is.
Or, the airlines edited the film (they do sometimes). But the things I'm noticing are so minor and yet, interesting.
I'm watching call me by your name -- despite, yes, both leads being cancelled -- and I've seen it a dozen times and yet I'm noticing things in it I haven't seen before and I almost wonder if HBO has a different edit.
I’ve had the same editor since 1967. Many times he has said to me over the years or asked me, Why would you use a semicolon instead of a colon? And many times over the years I have said to him things like: I will never speak to you again. Forever. Goodbye. That is it. Thank you very much. And I leave. Then I read the piece and I think of his suggestions. I send him a telegram that says, OK, so you’re right. So what? Don’t ever mention this to me again. If you do, I will never speak to you again
Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited
I enjoy the headline makes it sound very fancy and exotic and the photo is just 80/20 and a laser table.