I'm partial to the theory that us mammals were the best at fending off fungal infections in the cold wake of the asteroid.

Meatspace, now with new smells™️

Aside from a social obligation to clear misunderstanding, infodumps can be interesting conversation. I personally strive to condense my stories to be very short, with "beg-the-question" hooks. No offense taken if they couldn't care less and we move on. It's a win if they have some barely adjacent experience to share

Looks like it was hit with a blowtorch. Can this even occur naturally?

You can ice the area beforehand, and leave the med on the counter to warm to room temp. Both should reduce pain. You can also take paracetamol 30 min before. It is normal to be averse to pain, and if it hurts less the process will become easier

Looking forward to reading what you find. Do you plan to send these to news outlets or something? It seems like journalists would be all over this FOIA process already

And if you give her a normal hairline she might resemble a teenager

Given how many wordy reddit comments I made over a decade -- replete with em dashes -- I can't help but see myself in these little LLM guys. Brings a tear to my eye

Baby account battle: "not a communication" vs "nonconfrontational" edition

Trans fats were gradually banned in the US from 2008 to 2018

It is really cool to perceive some of the structure of your visual cortex in cases like this. Another example is watching the patterns when your eyes are closed for a while in a dark room. Those spreading waves you can sometimes see resemble the activity recorded from cortex at rest.

Why did grandma say she never answered the door after the first time the BBC man came to collect?

Don't be mad, this joke is so old and tired that a sunagogue considered it safe to tweet in 2021