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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

-Bertrand Russell

@RustyBertrand I’m sure he’s seen some stuff.
Well, half of some stuff.

🚨 BIG EXOPLANET NEWS! 🚨

Our team has released FIVE papers today on the most COMPREHENSIVE study of an #exoplanet atmosphere to date!

Using #JWST we obtained four transit observations of #WASP-39b early in the telescope's operations to study both the planet itself, and the telescope's capabilities to observe exoplanet atmospheres.

We detected numerous molecules in the planet's atmosphere, including CO2, CO, H2O, and SO2 🧵

The future is here! ⭐ 🪐 🔭 #Astrodon #Science

webbtelescope.org/contents/new

@ShortyMcStompy Fingers crossed for you! DM me if you need to chat it through (although not sure how it works here...) with someone who's been there.

Q: Do people actually say “mamma mia!”?
<overhears Italian-speaking chap on the phone>
A: Yes. Yes they do.

@ShortyMcStompy Having lived through precisely this, I feel for you. 🤞

Kie estas miaj mastadontaj disgefratoj? Saluton!🖖

We have a new applicant for a moderator position here. If anyone objects or wants to add their opinions, please reply here. Me and the other moderators will consider the communities input in deciding if we make them a moderator or not, thank you.

@trinsec @khird @barefootstache

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With the ever growing number of users and in the spirit of open source (FLOSS), one should contribute where one can. Thus I am allowing myself to b...

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@barefootstache retooted one of my terrible jokes, so gets a :blobfoxsignyip: from me, FWTW. Alternatively, it may show questionable taste… 🙃

My distaste for Indico has been elevated by 450±10% today. 🤢

I thought I'd bookmarked a massive list of sportsball-related hashtags to ignore. Turns out I didn't and now I have to trawl around to find them in order to ignore them. Balls.

here's a list of all 922 possible hashtags for the upcoming football thing, in case you want to mute them in advance.

gist.github.com/yetzt/f15b6bcb

Me: “Mina, would you like another walk? It’s not raining now.”
Mina:

@happysinger “Zoodles” is a much better name than “courgetti”.

@freemo I’d like to say “thank you” for being a bastion of reason in what seems to be a ceaseless flood of toxic irrationality and egotism.

Self explanatory statements below. I have a theory on this.
Please boost if you take part
Thanks
#poll #extrovert #introvert #mastodon

Gah! Legitimately had a DIY-related excuse to buy Swarfega but failed to buy Swarfega! Mmm, … 🤤

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