"some personal news": i'm starting a newsletter thing on the forbidden platform. it is called **GLUNKER STEW**. intro post is up now, first meaty post to follow tomorrow ("Notes toward Proto-World, part 1")

I’ve heard of boba tea, but there’s a new place in the neighborhood that sells something they call Kiki tea, so I got some to try

this mf said "turmp"

fine whatever, but really they should do a sequel where it's zohran and turmp taking a walk together and coming to appreciate each other despite -- or maybe because of??? -- their differences :)

"The maternal mouthbrooding African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni broods developing young inside the mouth for approximately 14 days, then provides post-release maternal care by protecting fry inside the mouth when threatened. Following the post-release maternal care phase,

claude-specific alarm substance

"conspecific alarm substance" is a pretty cool term

embarrassing how true this is

Museveni: “You Gen Z what have you done so far? When I was 26, we started the FRONASA movement to liberate this country. But for you Gen Z, all I hear is “vibe, vibe.” What is your vibe doing for the country?”

I also like how he does a riff on "population ethics": ...If we had never been created -- What would have been the harm to us? Am I to be persuaded Our life lay cringing in a mire of misery and dark Until the dawning of Creation lit us with its spark? For anyone who has been

new benchmark just dropped

this is having an effect on what ads i'm shown

"Lactating mothers display highly robust and reliable parental behavior, whereas fathers and virgin females show weaker and more variable caregiving and virgin males are typically aggressive or neglectful towards pups" …in mice 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉

oh god is the crop/scaling really as bad as it seems on my end

Father specific inputs?

I'm just a Tang Dynasty Alchemist trying to live my life in this Neo-Confucianist World. 🙏🏻😭

you know what i like to engage in a robust exchange of? views

instead of everyone choosing lions or eagles, a countrys national animal should be their most prominent invasive export. China gets the spotted lanternfly, USA gets the raccoon or potato beetle and several european countries get to fight over the zebra mussel

what did he mean by this

low-temperature @lucresnooker (h/t @norvid_studies)

Massive new @Nature study: castration increases lifespan across vertebrates (zoo mammals, rodents, wild animals). This aligns with historical human data: Korean eunuchs lived 14-19 years longer than their peers. Your move, @Bryan_Johnson.