Winged Hussar

I think that's self-preservative more than maladaptive. At least, that's what I'm going to tell myself.

So say we all.

Morty's right here, you know.

Honestly, I'd watch that. No protective gear allowed, though.

And when napkins stop being useful, you throw them out.

Yep. This isn't even a tough one. It says what it says. Repeatedly.

I'm just happy (wrong word) that he didn't know. I love Pratchett's writing too much.

Eddings didn't entirely surprise me, for some reason. Card hurt a little. Gaimen was rough. Good Omens ruled my mental list of favorites for a long time.

What a terrible topic.

That'd be me. At least I only really liked him. Other revelations have been worse.

Why you gotta be a downer, Jen? 😁

Rhymes with corruption, etc.

I was too shy.

It was more than that. When told that he misunderstood security (Android in particular), he attacked instead of listening. It just wasn't what you want to hear from someone writing a security sensitive app.

Even by Trump tweet standards, that's barely English.

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The things we're asked to do for our country. Smh.

I can't believe I'm adding this to my library.

Brilliant linguist (from what I'm told), absolute asshat in quite a few other areas.

This is a big deal. They're not wrong, but that fact does not make me happy.

I know this seems niche and most people won't have any idea who IUPAC is, but I can't overstate the importance of this. For chemists, IUPAC is the foundation. They set the language and definitions upon which everything else is built.

*They do many other things too.

It is, therefore, good enough for me.

It's doomsday o'clock everywhere.

Yeah, isn't that great?

I just found out that my spouse makes a PB&J sandwich using the same knife for both toppings, instead of one knife for each separate container.

We've been married for over 16 years. I cannot believe I just discovered this NOW.

Is it 1 knife or 2 when making PB&J? Chime in!

PB on both sides to keep the bread from getting wet from the jelly. Just a skim coat on the second piece.

It is nasty. Peanut butter, tongue, jelly is the correct order.

“Screenshot of a promoted Reddit post by u/AYAGDOS. The post reads: ‘Navigating gender dysphoria? Join our confidential, cross-country study of 18–25 year olds to tell your story, challenge preconceptions, and have YOUR experience reflected in the science.’ Below is a banner graphic with the Northwestern University logo and the text ‘TRANS OR GENDERQUEER? SHARE YOUR STORY.’ The image shows a close-up of a hand with light pink nail polish, partially painted blue, held up against a blurred background. A link to ayagdos.org and a ‘Learn More’ button appear at the bottom, along with Reddit vote and share icons.”

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

Lol, no.

No. Not a single dollar for ICE. Period.

They're not going to do anything you say because they already don't care what's legal and what isn't. This isn't difficult.

Once upon a time, that might have been a reasonable thing to do/say. In the last, idk, 9 years? Oh hell no.