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Personal Me: performative despair is not a political strategy. You do not need to read it, boost it, otherwise encourage it or absorb it. Taking time offline is a super good idea today.

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PERFORMATIVE DESPAIR IS NOT A POLITICAL STRATEGY. Do not conjure your own imagined demise. In particular, don't do it collectively, on a communication system meant to amplify emotional contagion. (simpler/more esoteric: don't do death magic at collective scale on your own minds, for fuck's sake)

Personal Me: performative despair is not a political strategy. You do not need to read it, boost it, otherwise encourage it or absorb it. Taking time offline is a super good idea today.

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Boat expert here. This isn’t funny or cute. Boats only do this when they’re really distressed

I heard there was a boat stuck and I ran here for the shitposts. I see no boat stuck shitposts. This place really has changed 😭 We used to be a great app. We used to celebrate boat stuck.

Cargo ship has grounded in the River Nene, Cambridgeshirewww.bbc.com "This is a rare situation to happen," says a spokesperson at the port.

Let's be honest. Martha-Ann does all the heavy lifting in that household.

Guys, he's still alive. He just pulled his back lifting a load of vindictive, hateful, highly specific flags.

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The larger Pacific striped octopus is unusually social. It was recognized by scientists in 2015. Reporter Kenna Hughes-Castleberry joins to talk about Panamanian diver and artist Arcadio Rodaniche, who first found the octopus in 1990, but no one believed him.

Why It Took Decades For This Octopus To Be Recognizedwww.sciencefriday.com The larger Pacific striped octopus is unusually social. But it wasn’t recognized by scientists until 2015, despite one man’s efforts.

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Today on SciFri 📻

Abominable.

Four NYPL branches had broken air conditioning this week amid 90-degree temperatures, despite being city-designated "cooling centers." Library officials blame $750,000 in deferred maintenance exacerbated by Mayor Eric Adams’s recent budget reductions.

After budget cuts, NYC's libraries can't fix broken air conditioners amid heat wavegothamist.com The air conditioning was out in at least four New York Public Library branches on Tuesday, forcing two Staten Island sites to close.

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"I analyzed data on cardiac incidents from 13 seasons of Doctor Who (2005 to 2023), pored over the cardiovascular literature on humans and other species, and consulted various experts in these and related fields ... for plausible answers to my questions about the Time Lord’s two hearts." 🧪

Doctor Who’s Time Lords Have Two Hearts. Here’s How Their Dual Cardiac System Could Workwww.scientificamerican.com A Doctor Who superfan explains how the unusual cardiovascular system of the alien Time Lords could evolve and function

CATNIP #Cats #CatsofBluesky @darthbluesky.bsky.social

I am watching Skinamarink at home alone like a dumbass, because giving myself a heart attack sounds like fun.

If you could pick one fictional doctor to tell you you were going to die, who would it be?

How old was Shohreh Aghdashloo when she started sounding like Shohreh Aghdashloo?

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HALP. I live in a 3rd floor apt. with a wee covered balcony & a mourning dove nest in a hanging basket. They have quiet & privacy & security, & are shaded & safe from high winds; but with the heat wave coming, I'm really scared they're going to get broiled out there. 1/ #BirdSky #Bird #Birds

This is fucking horrifying. This is ACAB. Please donate what you can to help allay the cost of Linda's hospice care, and ease the financial and logistical burden on her loved ones.

Jesus, this is terrible. Just crushing. A journalist shot in the eye by Minneapolis police during the George Floyd protests is dying from her injury, and is now in hospice care. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/please-hel...

Please Help Journalist Linda Tiradowww.everythingishorrible.net Linda has a traumatic brain injury and needs support for her family and for end of life.

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This week is #CephalopodWeek, our annual celebration of all things octopus, squid, and cuttlefish. In today's episode, we explore one of the many things that make cephalopods unique: their ink. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284

Severe heat injury can be insidious, sneaking up on even the most seasoned weather veteran. There are many unexpected dangers, and even the simplest, cheapest precautions can help you to keep yourself and others safe through dangerously high temperatures. Pass it along.

Take it easy this week if you're under the heat dome, where Vermont will be hotter than Miami. Here's why & what to expect, by @andreatweather.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/inte...

Intense Heat Dome Will Bring Record-Breaking Temperatures to the Eastwww.scientificamerican.com A heat dome is sending temperatures soaring across the U.S. Midwest and East

TIL that April Ludgate Karate Dwyer likes...bagels. I rested 1/4 of a naked bagel on the armrest for a second, & she jumped up & dragged it away like Pizza Rat. When I chased her to get it back, she GROWLED at me. Then I had to sit on the ground because I was laughing so hard & she bit my toe. #Cat

Hacks is incredible.

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Doctor Who: Sutekh the Destroyer, God of Death, has returned to wipe out all life in creation. Fans: UNIT’s employment practices are a bit sus. Sometimes, I genuinely love fandom.

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nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: voyager's a zombie nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* voyager's a zombie

GUESS WHO IS SENDING BACK DATA FROM ALL FOUR OF ITS OPERATIONAL SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS?? Voyager 1 we love you

This is a very simple, reliable, and cost-effective way to cool off during high heat. As more and more people try to stay safe in the face of record temperatures while facing down staggering energy prices, lengthy heat waves, and power outages, it could really help. Pass it along.

Cooling your face, palms of your hands and soles of your feet is an efficient way to cool off when you're hot. Those patches of skin have special blood vessels that shunt blood from arteries to veins directly, bypassing capillaries 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

How to Cool Down Fast in Summer Heatwww.scientificamerican.com Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it.

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the other day my friend was over and he looked up and saw a possum crossing the wire over my street and was like OMG POSSUM and without skipping a beat I said “oh that’s Rebecca” And later I realized he thought I said “that’s Rebecca’s,” and thought I had a neighbor with a roaming pet possum

BAD ANGLE SELFIE FAIL DELETE DELETE DELETE

I have watched this conservatively 60 times. www.instagram.com/reel/C8KhldM...

Explaining The Universe on Instagram: "Follow (us) @ExplainingTheUniverse to learn something NEW everyday 💫 That was personal #reels #octopus #viral #explore"www.instagram.com 568K likes, 2,495 comments - explainingtheuniverse on June 13, 2024: "Follow (us) @ExplainingTheUniverse to learn something NEW everyday 💫 That was personal #reels #octopus #viral #explore".

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Dead is the only age that's too late to start being an author.