Today I went walking in ancient woodlands, https://anne-haile.pixels.com/featured/ancient-woodlands-of-padley-gorge-anne-haile.html #ayearforart
A backronym is a kind of reverse-engineered acronym, formed intentionally for its aptness, e.g. SAD: seasonal affective disorder; BISON: Biodiversity Serving Our Nation
Scientists and policymakers love backronyms. My current favourite is one coined for the condition of sneezing reflexively in bright light: Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Opthalmic Outburst, or ACHOO. #words #etymology #acronyms #language
Utah didn’t ban youth hormone therapy such as testosterone boosters for cis boys. It didn’t ban “gender affirming surgery” such as breast augmentation for cis girls.
Just for trans kids.
You know, in case you’re wondering if lawmakers are really out to “protect the children” like they claim.
Give me a break.
Interesting fact about dobies: they fold up so you can fit them into your luggage.
This is why we called off the #RuralBroadband installations we had planned for today. Climbing roofs in this weather is not a good idea.
The Dog Helper Of The Donbas - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-donbas-war-animal-dogs-aid-volunteer/32245852.html a true hero... #dogs
Official State cruelty.
After 73 years of marriage, this couple is forced to live apart
One (unremarkable at the time, remarkable now) element of #BackToTheFuture: The ability to play Marty's 1985 video camera on Doc's 1955 TV.
With analog, tape-based cameras that was absolutely possible. In today's digital world, you would, at minimum, need a DAC converter, but also likely some special codec to interpret it.
Helen's on a listserv about bees, all bees except honey bees. I really don't think I need to say more. https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2023/01/30/bee-line
Slowly moving to https://circumstances.run/@Szescstopni. This account will stay up for a while.
Living in the #wetlands of #Polesia (#Polesie in Polish) in #EasternPoland. Surrounded by #bogs and #forests, trying not to fuck up surrounding nature too much.
Taking care of a small pack of #dogs (most of them rescue dogs) – #IdąPsięta.
#RuralBroadband provider by accident. Starting a small #LoRaWAN project to monitor our wetlands. Coding, mostly in #Python. Luddite.
#Atheist. I don't believe in #science – science is our defence against belief.
Fuck nazis.
I haven't deleted my account on Twitter, for good reasons, but I'm not using it anymore. https://twitter.com/szescstopni
I check facts before I toot.
I sometimes toot in Polish.
Zdolny, ale leniwy.