percy! @percy@qoto.org

Star Trails and the Equinox Sunrise https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190321.html https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1903/lacara_equinocc19_jcc1024.jpg

I sit on my chair, tired. files littering my desk. the chief comes over with a coffee, worried. "you should just drop this, morgan" he says. "cases go cold for a reason. they're gone". I take the coffee and down half of it in a single gulp. "no". I take a file, pin it to my corkboard. "i'll find them". dozens of strings and pictures and articles are pinned across my corkboard. in the middle, written in bright red marker, an equation, and my objective: "Find X"

I'm at the point where I'm seeing decentralization and community control of production as less of a means to slowly move away from capitalism, and more of a crucial effort to ensure our communities' survival when capitalism inevitably and imminently collapses

Once you pay attention, you start to notice that once the 18-wheelers stop coming, most of us are fucked. Especially now, when most of our possessions are designed to be ephemeral to force us to regularly replenish them

You can't rely on the internet to always give you that information once you need it. You need not only the knowledge, but the experience to keep things running after our lifelines are cut. We need DIY culture and local infrastructure now

in abstract algebra, a *ring* is an algebraic structure that spins me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round

Lazy and tired are used interchangeably imho and that's bad. So much of so called laziness is tiredness

does anyone have decent resources for being a not-shitty tutor? i've picked up a couple gigs teaching maths to some bright kids and i don't want to fuck it up but all the books on teaching I've found have a lot to say about managing class behaviour, which isn't . . . really an issue

6,000 Climate Activists Block 5 London Bridges, Demand Urgent Action - https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-activists-london-2620658243.html

We're all worrying about the same thing, but we're parochially certain that the internet's problems are about tech, and not capitalism. Everyone's problems are about capitalism.

tired: Pride and Prejudice is a beautiful love story

wired: Pride and Prejudice is about two characters overcoming their flaws and improving as people.

inspired: Pride and Prejudice is a biting social comedy that makes fun of EVERYONE*.

quantum mechanics dictate that im in a superposition of gay and very gay. so please entangle yourself to me so we can both be very gay together

Why do parents want their kids to be terrified of them?

So, if I wanted to start a second D&D group for queerdos (queer weirdos) from my masto friends and their friends, who would be interested? I'm GMT, and I'm not comfy organising for anything further out of my timezone than GMT +-6 (so EST and CST in the US). Feel free to boost this if you're interested!

My deepest held and most unflinching belief is that all people, unconditionally and without exception, should have the right to accommodation, food, water, sanitation, education, and basic modern utilities like electricity and internet access.

The fact that there are some people who not only disagree with this but consider it to be a radical opinion, is completely unacceptable TBQH.

An interesing article on the life and history of Mammoths and Mastodons. Yes, Mastodon users might find it interesting too. :-)

#Science #Palaeontology #Biology #Nature #Mammoths #Mastodons #Mammals #Ecology

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-mammoths-competed-other-animals-and-lost

Cats don’t help me progress in my trig studies, but they certainly do make it more enjoyable

#Cats #catstodon #mastocats #stuDYING

You wouldn't download an abandoned Viking settlement

The present phase of stagnation in the foundations of physics is not normal
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18493019
#hackernews #tech

One thing that is amazing about watching #CriticalRole is that they are inexperienced gamers. They make /terrible/ plans. It's like watching a slapstick comedy but it's their real plan.

"Let's make a hole in the bottom of the boat!"