BREAKING NEWS: with productivity gains due to AI, Sisyphus now able to push rock up hill 10x more often
If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
I’m sorry, but if you bring gypsum - or any damn mineral below 3 on the Mohs scale at all - to a job interview, you’re disqualified. It’s not hard, people.
I knew some birds could mimic sounds and human talk but it is freaky (insta @mikostorm_). What species is this?
This idea applies to other things. If you wear a big sun hat, a polo shirt, and a pair of baggy cargo shorts to the zoo, you can tell people wholly fabricated, rather incorrect information about the animals and they will believe you.
Mike from Burke (now Cville)@mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 2mo agoA friend of mine says that a reasonably clean-cut guy in a blue blazer and tie can go almost anywhere without being challenged.
In 1900, Swiss physician & naturalist Auguste Forel noted that honeybees visited his breakfast table at the same time every morning, even when food was absent. He wondered idly if they had a sense of time. This began a chain reaction that ended *55 years later* with JET-LAGGED BEES. I'll explain.
This is amazing; everything is very stupid. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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In 1924, the son of the president of the United States, with access to the best medical treatment, got a blister on his foot playing tennis, it got infected, there were no antibiotics, and he died of sepsis.
Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 3mo agoYeah, see, the thing is, a lot of them didn’t. Survive, that is.
the missiles are programmed to take out anyone keeping accurate scores
OSINTRadar@osintradar.bsky.social · 3mo agoTrump was guarded by an Avenger air defense system while playing golf.
You can't predict the turns this sentence takes. Extreme heat is threatening Italy’s “cheese banks,” where hundreds of thousands of Parmigiano-Reggiano wheels are stored as loan collateral. fortune.com/2026/08/10/i...
Italy's $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral | Fortune
Extreme heat is straining the vaults that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral, and economists say the damage runs wider than the vault
fortune.com
college admissions people talk about this too - you can throw out the entire admitted class of an elite college and pick a new one from the rejected students and they will be completely indistinguishable in terms of achievements for competitive positions there's never any objective best candidate
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3mo agoof course he wasn't 'more qualified than every other candidate' because *it's very rare that that kind of clear distinction actually exists in hiring, especially in oversubscribed and underresourced jobs like academia.*. It always becomes somewhat arbitrary at the end.
Cornell University has banned the processing of wild game in residential kitchens on campus after two students carved up a bear carcass to make “black-bear pastrami”
Students Skinned a Bear in a Dorm. Cornell Realized It Should Ban That.
After two Cornell University students skinned a black bear in a communal kitchen last year to make a meal, the school changed the rules.
nytimes.com
The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.
A ghost ship with a crew of cats? Empty boat near Tacoma beach full of mews
The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.
bit.ly
For YEARS, I been waiting for this to happen every time I watch the news
I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.
Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · 3mo agoTurns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
Why is Ukraine attacking a ship carrying the Iranian weapons that would kill their civilians called "a widening of the conflict".....when Iran supplying them in the first place was not?