Geeky Girl Engineer

Photos from my visit to Legislative Assembly of Ontario www.geekygirlengineer.com/2025/08/03/l...

My cruise ship is currently docked at the Lake Erie entrance of the Welland Canal. A link to to a slide show I created of photos of a giant cargo ship passing our cruise ship and entering the canal. www.geekygirlengineer.com/2025/08/01/w...

This is true. If anyone tries to take my emdashes, I'll stab them. With the emdashes.

I'm in this picture and I'm not sorry—I refuse to under-season my prose

Are we still tariffing the penguins tho

“Locked in Kristi Noem’s dungeon”
😭😭

Photos of my visit to the Ford Piquette Plant in Detroit www.geekygirlengineer.com/2025/07/30/f...

my cousin works on container ships and he indeed had to rely on celestial navigation (which he was trained on at the maritime academy) earlier this year when DOGE suddenly shut down a government tool he’d been using

See also: Virginia and Washington National Airport.

The Sears Tower looking insanely creepy during a blackout, including the impression of a scary face topped by a crown of spikes. It looks like a giant humanoid evil robot or a demonic Minecraft creature.

"It's ok, honey. The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout won't hurt you!"

The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout:

The universities are indoctrinating students!

Actual universities:

Photos of Parry Sound and a cruise around the 30,000 islands area, an absolutely gorgeous place www.geekygirlengineer.com/2025/07/27/p...

Photos of my boat trip exploring the Sault Ste. Marie locks www.geekygirlengineer.com/2025/07/26/s...

Photos from my visit to Mackinac Island www.geekygirlengineer.com/2025/07/25/m...

Photos of the Mackinac Bridge as seen from my small cruise ship www.geekygirlengineer.com/2025/07/25/m...

Photos from my visit to Muskegon, MI while on my Great Lakes cruise www.geekygirlengineer.com/2025/07/24/m...

Just saw a flag in Muskegon MI that said “Let’s go TACO”

In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes.
So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.

A television labeled news mix with six different news channels in small tiles next to each other filling the screen.

I’ve gotten to the point where I can’t watch much news anymore. This is an anxiety attack.

Mammoth-sized marmot spotted in Kamloops park “It’s the fattest marmot I’ve ever seen.”

The Marmost

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This is exactly what the internet is for.

Watch this cucumber squirt out its seeds at ballistic speeds Many factors must interact perfectly to disperse the seeds efficiently without destroying the plant too early.

Scientists recently took a series of high-speed videos, both in the wild and in the lab, to learn more about the underlying biomechanics of this plant's method of seed dispersal.

an AI slop map of the united states that seems to be trying to indicate what the most popular food is in every state. it contains such gems as Alaska's favorite food being a reddish slab labeled "ALASKA", Oregon's favorite food being what looks like a steak sitting on top of a cereal bowl labeled "APPLE", California's being simultaneously a goblet full of red liquid labeled "SHRIMP COCKTAIL" and a beige slab labeled "TATO", Wyoming's being a crudely drawn bison labeled "WYMONG" and an oblong apple on Alabama labeled "CRANFISH". There is also a square to the right of Florida that just says "SALMON" for no reason.

the same image in context of a reddit post from the subreddit "r/dataisbeautiful" saying it's "the most popular food of each state from voting [OC]"

some frankly amazing AI slop that someone decided to try and post on the r/dataisbeautiful subreddit

‘Felt hopeless': Virginia family frightened by armed bondsman making late night immigration arrest An Arlington County family feared for their lives, they say, when a man in plain clothes knocked on their door late at night to make an immigration arrest. The man didn’t identify himself and pulled o...

This story is wild

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/v...

why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world, but for WHALES?

Picture of a man with a grey handlebar mustache and sunglasses on an e-trike. The review reads: Disabled Veteran And His Wife!! We Love Riding Our Trikes! We bought one for my husband (disabled Veteran) so I could get him out of the house as he can't walk but maybe 100 steps. We don't do much together because of that. Out neighbor got his dad to buy a trike so they could do more together. He showed it to us and we immediately bought one for Hubby. He loved it so I got one as well, so we can ride together!!! OMG!! It only took me 35 years to find something we could do together!!! WE LOVE OUR TRIKES BABY!!! We kid about "we got TRIKES" and we're "GOIN RIDIEN!!" I love my husband and am Sooo happy to ride with him!!! We are building up to ride around presque Isle!

Photo of an old man on an e-trike with the most amazing smile on his face. The photo has the text "Ramblin' Ralph" on it. The review reads: Great Ride For A Senior. I'm 91 years old, 92 next month. My trike lets me exercise my heart, lungs, and legs while having fun. You should see the looks I get from my neighbors when I ride by. Never planned to live this long, don't know how to act but me and my trike have fun every day.

A photo of an old man with a goatee on an e-trike next to his granddaughter on a pink bike. The review reads: I'm going to be 74 next month and have always wanted one. I took it out of box and put everything that needed done myself, except changing the seat out. My friend that is 82 loves it too. So easy to ride.

Photo of a woman on an e-trike on a nature trail by a lake. The review reads: My wife loves her trike, happiest I've ever seen her and we've been together for 44 years. She wants to ride constantly. We visited Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake and rode up there and we are going to Hilton Head in 10 days and taking them there. I have an xp3. LectricEbikes support has been outstanding and the bikes are trouble free.

If you ever want feel-good tears, go read the reviews of electric tricycles.

There are so many great stories and photos of people regaining mobility, reconnecting with their spouse/friends/family, and just having fun.

Police foil smugglers in possession of valuable 'whale vomit' — here's what you need to know Police arrested three people who possessed ambergris, otherwise known as "whale's vomit."

"So, what are you in for?" - A guy in prison about to get a very interesting lesson in marine biology and the history of human exploitation of marine life www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/spe...

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.

The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.

This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

My feed is weird

Watching. Always watching.