Posts by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AmdyuQruYFRy2raVns by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2024-10-03T22:59:43Z
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@futurebird @TucsonSentinel They don't have to apologize any more, like they did a decade or two ago.https://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/allen-apologizes-for-macaca-moment-056212
(DIR) Post #AocSI3VynDiG1PJqoy by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2024-12-02T01:03:45Z
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@futurebird I'm so old I remember the previous cycle of meaning for "dank".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_the_Hippie
(DIR) Post #AojmoFagmwVZvms2Qy by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2024-12-05T13:56:41Z
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@futurebird I had a great HS chemistry teacher, but the most memorable moment was her story, during the lesson on ideal gasses, that she met an old student who remembered nothing except "PV=nRT", and her prediction was that we would all remember that, and indeed that is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of her class.
(DIR) Post #ApkjNzpnjROB6PyVWK by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-01-04T22:45:06Z
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@futurebird "The weirdest thing in the universe is on Earth" (1) might be like "All ravens are black" in that statistical arguments get paradoxical."Hey look at this huge list of things we have observed outside of Earth that are not quite as weird as the weirdest thing you've seen on Earth." Is that evidence for (1)?Or does the knowledge that this list of things is proportionally vanishing (not to mention dimmed by distance) serve as evidence against (1)?Dunno.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_paradox
(DIR) Post #Aq9oINoqWBbRGKUods by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-01-17T01:07:52Z
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@futurebird Orange blossom honey is wonderful, especially with a bit of the comb to chew on.
(DIR) Post #AqrDpIa34znjqa1Vnk by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-02-06T23:46:34Z
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@futurebird Looks very happy to see the cricket you brought.
(DIR) Post #ArtybSUVm3WRkhQp9c by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-03-09T20:25:34Z
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@MissingThePt D.O.D.O.G.E.E. = Department of DOGE EfficiencyRooting our fraud, waste, and abuse in DOGE.
(DIR) Post #As6lxMnipzYK7t0qdk by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-03-16T09:41:45Z
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@futurebird Watching a jumping spider for the first time, I was reminded of a tiny ninja, crawling up a wall, halting and rotating to face a sound, waiting for a bit, and proceeding when all was clear.I didn't even know how cute jumping spiders are in close-up, just that they seemed like extremely competent little fighters on a very important and very tiny mission.
(DIR) Post #AsaVZXPuZsJmmpczlg by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-03-30T17:58:42Z
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@foone Hipsters demanding analog phone lines so they can fully appreciate dial-a-tape.
(DIR) Post #AseqKg431IgQvpzpVA by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-04-01T19:56:56Z
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@GottaLaff How else are you going to get personalized marketing offers from defense contractors?
(DIR) Post #AsuJsQ8ynyzXsPDXkm by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-04-09T07:14:33Z
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@selzero Ironically, rocket-boy Elon couldn't grasp that he was just a first-stage booster rocket for Trump.
(DIR) Post #AuVD5yfIXp1ZAwzKjI by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-05-27T00:23:07Z
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@futurebird @michael_w_busch I'd like to try the Roman garum and find out if it tastes like southeast Asian fish sauce.
(DIR) Post #AvBFSIrnKwbiYSpliq by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-06-16T07:07:25Z
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@futurebird @dansinker The dissonance of reading, say, the NY Times while living in a city center out in the provinces (South of Market, San Francisco) fosters skepticism of national media reporting on things outside their expertise.They don't seem to talk to enough local sources to get more than rumor, spin, and reflections of the biases of others.Local news sources are so valuable. Mission Local (@MLNow) is excellent.
(DIR) Post #AvJTbkRZ82xXJQduUK by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-06-20T06:23:43Z
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@Haikyoneko @jalefkowit Sci-Fi writing prompt: "The B-52 bomber has been flying for so long that there have been B-52 crew members whose father and grandfather were both also B-52 crew members..."
(DIR) Post #Aw6ptZ9tfTDSOsUi9o by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-07-14T01:54:17Z
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@futurebird Maybe land octopuses? I wonder why that hasn't happened in our world.
(DIR) Post #AxLf4QCrcaHXQyh9KS by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-08-20T03:25:44Z
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@futurebird @sewblue @catmisgivings For the I-80 slice of NY / NJ, the John McPhee 'Former World' series of books have some explanations of road cuts. I was just re-reading Basin and Range, which is mostly about Nevada, but starts out on a road cut in the Palisades.
(DIR) Post #Axc5cXWqbsAhKLKXpo by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-08-28T01:38:39Z
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@futurebird Nope. The expression on his face sends me running.YouTube is very bad at learning what I like. Lots of unrelated spam, like that guy.(I do clear cookies often.)
(DIR) Post #AxsdG4oLCtyerOKdsG by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-09-05T01:02:20Z
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@benroyce I thought that was going to be some sarcastic tiktok mash-up, but no it was an actual US Senator disinforming the public about radiation poisoning.
(DIR) Post #Ay34IT6MVScD7Pj25w by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-09-10T02:01:01Z
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@stux I was hoping this was going to be a series, one for each discipline, starting with physics.
(DIR) Post #B06zLIsClXt1FlicOe by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-11-07T22:36:40Z
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@futurebird Two households, both alike in dignity,Two common ponerine ants,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Of possible economic significance,