George Budd @Gbudd@qoto.org

Productivity tip: get a cat.

That way even if it takes you two hours to write 500 words you can just glance over to the cat that spent that entire time sleeping on the radiator and think that at least you got something done.

Granted, you will envy the cat’s lifestyle.

You go talk to kindergartners or 1st-grade kids,
you find a class full of science enthusiasts. They
ask deep questions. They ask, "What is a dream, why do we have toes, why is the moon round, what is the birthday of the world, why is grass green?" These are profound, important questions. They just bubble right out of them.
You go talk to 12th graders & there's none of
that. They've become incurious. Something terrible has happened between kindergarten and 12th grade.

#CarlSagan #science

Mid-sneeze. This is my favorite picture ever taken of him.

Brought the bear back to <form> controls with CSS :has() and the CSS anchoring API ✨

ʕ´•ᴥ•`ʔ

Update paw position based on focused input 👇

:root:has([type=password]:focus) .paw {
top: anchor(--password, top);
}

The password reveal toggle is also anchored to the password input. No need for wrappers, etc.

You can get a lot done with CSS and HTML state alone 💪

#BlackMastodon When I started off in engineering, I told a senior colleague that I wanted to have a career a generalist instead of specializing in one area of expertise. His response was dismissive "Jack-Of-All-Trades. Master of none."

I've since come to find out that the actual full quote is:
"Jack of all trades is master of none, but oftentimes better of a master of none."

With respect to all the specialists, don't let anybody shame you for being a generalist.

If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏

Thanks to anyone who can do this. It is really appreciated! This server is small but will be hosting several #peace #SocialJustice and #Humanistic groups, so it is for a good cause.

#kind #kindness

#ArtAdventCalendar day 6 is this adorable miniature schnauzer in bright colors! This was drawn with pastels in 2017. I really like the way the dog turned out, but if I had it to do again I would pick a different background. The reference photo was of the dog sitting in a grassy field.

https://rebeccawangart.com/featured/colorful-miniature-schnauzer-dog-rebecca-wang.html

#Art #MastoArt #FediGiftShop #ArtMatters #dog #TraditionalArt #AnimalArt #PastelDrawing #Schnauzer

noticed this "brag document" blog post I wrote going around again. I think a really nice way to do it is in a group of people who support each other during perf review season. Sometimes it's easier for someone else to see how great your work is!

https://jvns.ca/blog/brag-documents/

Rim-Lit Red.

During the winter months in Scotland, when the sun remains low in the sky, it can cast shards of light through a woodland, lighting parts up, leaving the rest in shade.

Here I used such light, and exposed for it (not the overall scene as my eyes were seeing it) to get this effect, showing just the illuminated rim of the squirrel's fur, and nothing much else.

Thanks for all the fantastic comments, likes and boosts on my images. Very humbling. 😊

#RedSquirrel #ScottishWildlife

We are all stardust.

That oxygen you breath? That comes from dying massive stars, ending their light in a supernova.

The iron in your blood? Some massive stars dying, but mainly white dwarfs, the leftovers of dwarf stars like our own Sun, exploding.

The gold ring on your finger? Mostly merging neutron stars, leftovers from supernovae.

#astrodon #scicomm #astronomy

The energy produced by fusing Hydrogen into Helium sustains our sun. Larger #stars make successively heavier elements as you go deeper into the core, each new round of #fusion producing #energy. Until Iron. To fuse further would take energy. Once the star runs out of usefully fusable #elements, a core collapse #supernova occurs.

#astrodon #universe #Astrophysics #sciencerocks #science #space #scicomm

Source: https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/analyze/wiki/cc_supernovae.html

Marie Curie's notebooks, which are radioactive and must be stored in a lead-lined box in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Curie’s corpse is also radioactive. Her coffin is lined in an inch of lead. Both will remain radioactive for 1,500+ years.

More info: https://www.sciencealert.com/these-personal-effects-of-marie-curie-will-be-radioactive-for-another-1-500-years

#HistSci #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #science #scientist #HistoryOfScience #HistMed #WomenInStem #TIL #TheMoreYouKnow #WeirdHistory