Doggust day 3: Jagdterrier (and rock purslane.) I see this type of succulent a lot, always super tall and leaning in an illustrative manner. Almost ideal for a small dog to walk under. #doggust2026
Anna Biela
@nuclearanna.bsky.social
Nuclear engineer, enby queer, and collector of hobbies. Any pronouns.
sometimes i just wake up and think about the singular whale who spent over fifty years sinking so many ships in the bosporus and dardenelles that he has a whole wikipedia page just about the shit he got up to
Porphyrios (whale) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Fella with metal detector finds 2800 year old sword near Gdansk www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
A Man Unearthed a Mysterious Metal Object Sticking Straight Up From the Ground. It Turned Out to Be a 2,700-Year-Old Sword
Marcin Wiśniewski found the weapon while metal detecting in a forest near the Polish city of Gdańsk. Experts told him that it likely dates to between 900 and 700 B.C.E.
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I love zotero. I started using it in grad school for research, but needed up using it for the dozens of other topics and hobbies I read about Instead of having infinite Firefox tabs open, I just stick stuff in categories in zotero. And then it’s still there, even if the page gets deleted!
alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · 6d agoyall (writers, researchers, etc) are using zotero, right. open-source bibliography software that saves all your sources & notes? i realize i sound like an insta influencer but it's the only thing in my life that is even slightly organized. i still have my notes from grad school!!
Don Frue vs Yoshihiro Takayama (2002) #critterposting
Rii Abrego@riibrego.bsky.social · last wk.new cat tree is going well
It’s been too long. I’ve forgotten the TRM associated with 1/4 bundle emergency car hat accidents.
I think "quarter height nuclear fuel assembly" should replace "golf bag" as the UOM for trunk capacity.
Anna Biela@nuclearanna.bsky.social · last wk.Did you know: the Hyundai Elantra is perfectly sized to fit one (1) quarter height nuclear fuel assembly in its trunk?
Did you know: the Hyundai Elantra is perfectly sized to fit one (1) quarter height nuclear fuel assembly in its trunk?
Wrote about the Masculinity Scam, or how selling reactionary ideas about what makes a man helps a small number of bad people profit and makes everyone else (including men) miserable www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
a lot of people who learned media criticism from fandom boards getting a rude awakening upon first contact with academia
Reminds me of a report that referred to a major nuclear accident at [redacted] in 1986. oh man I wonder what plant that could be
Micah@rincewind.run · last wk."well I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic" from the Oceangate interviews remains the funniest identity redaction I've ever seen the man knows the ocean
Saw the new avatar series trailer, read some comments, and I’m left wondering: when are people going to understand that these writers aren’t interested in doing the same thing, playing in the exact same world with the same characters forever? New avatar is “different.” Yeah. It should be.
If you believe both “some orcas are mean for fun” and “orcas are non-human persons,” you must reconcile with the fact that orcas are capable of evil I say “you” but I really mean me. I must reconcile with the fact orcas are capable of evil
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoOrcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game
I was waffling between two effen birds t-shirts and missed the sale 🥲
Excuse me have you heard the good word about Lake Michigan (which is it exists)
I purchased this rug, brought it home, and realized I do not want to step on him
Here's the FDA's clarification on the state of the diarrhea outbreak investigation posted today
something I love about humans is that when you are sitting in a coffee shop with its doors open and a tiny bird hippity-hops inside to peck around under your tables, every busy-looking adult with headphones and a laptop stops what they are doing just to watch the little guy until he leaves again
