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labs that are also churches. to me

(1. annie dillard, teaching a stone to talk 2. the deep underground neutrino experiment, a.k.a. DUNE 3. the large hadron collider 4. the sudbury neutrino observatory)

@nablah

thinking about how a CERN in switzerland, a particle physics lab has shiva / natarajan in front of it.

on that note, the barcelona supercomputing centre, in an old chapel

Male Hysteria is a condition where a prolonged lack of prostate stimulation causes the patient to behave eratic and promiscuous, often to the detriment of his own life and the lives of others. Unfortunately it has never been diagnosed even once because nobody cares about mens mental health

it’s not just about oil (although it involves oil). it’s about destabilizing one of the last remaining sovereign bolivarian socialist governments, which is modeling paths to collective prosperity in the context of global capitalist domination. just be careful not to reduce the war on venezuela to purely ‘trump wants oil’ — this is part of the long war between US imperialism and bolivarismo. yes he wants oil, yes venezuela is rich in oil, but why is venezuela singled out from other oil rich nations? it represents the hope of sovereignty for all people whose life chances are strangled by the US imperialist world system. it is not just about oil, it’s about the threat that venezuelan resource sovereignty poses to the global capitalist system both materially and ideologically. maybe that looks like splitting hairs but i want to get ahead of this narrative now because it was a huge rhetorical error in western opposition to the war on iraq as well; we already know screaming “the bad guy just wants oil” was not enough to stop the genocide in iraq. we need to keep the full historical, social, and political context always in the frame, and we need to oppose this coup by all means available from wherever we are

Hello, I'm Venezuelan. This is insane.

Venezuela doesn't represent any hope, it's government stands for no laudable political ideal and its sovereignty has been thoroughly compromised by corruption and dictatorship for just short of my entire lifetime. It's government is not admirable nor worthy of protection or respect. Is this imperialism? Yes, obviously. But every Venezuelan I know is celebrating because what we've had going on for the past three decades has been worse

the idea that every venezuelan is celebrating the bombing of caracas would be laughable if it wasn’t so insulting. try harder next time, the “I’m X and I think X nation should be couped” formula is a little tired atp

choosing to ignore my weirdly symbolic dream because i have a lot going on rn already

the loss of the audio jack is due to puritan culture hating on penetration

I bet if we all work really hard and put our heads together we can pinpoint exactly when we died and got sent to Hell

worrying is like worshipping the problem

and brother i’m on my knees

you ever have situations that make you want to take people by the shoulders and go "you are not 15 any longer. this behavior is no longer quirky and cute. it is exhausting for you and everyone else to act like a teenager you haven't been in a decade or longer. knock it the fuck off"

lots of ppl making this about adults who have interests they find cringe but let me be clear this is about emotional immaturity. idgaf if you're 35 and like goku okay but can you have an adult conversation without making yourself the victim is the matter at hand here

side quests from my dad: hey bud, can you identify this lizard? can you research search engine optimization for my business?

side quests from my mom: I need you to go into my downstairs closet. There is a crawlspace behind the shoe rack. Inside the crawlspace there is a cardboard Crown Royal box from the liquor store. Inside the box there are a number of cardigans I have not worn since the 1980s, you must find the navy blue one from Talbots and check the pockets. Your great grandfather’s suicide note and art deco ruby ring should be inside the right breast pocket. Have you located it? Can you use the cypher on the ring to transcribe great grandpa’s final message?

im obsessed with the world of donkey kong, where the "barrel" is an abstracted, functionless object that seems to just manifest in the wild

Icelandic folklore requires you avoid saying the names of evil whales, otherwise you’ll draw their attention.

Yall have evil whales?

Iceland does! They are the illhveli, literally “evil whales”, and they live to kill you. They love nothing more than killing and eating humans and sinking their ships. Their greatest enemy is the steypireydur (that’s blue whale to you), which is the greatest of the good whales and the protector of sailors.

All evil whales are, well, evil. So evil that if you speak their name at sea, they will hear it and home in on you. So instead you use all sorts of euphemisms for their names. Also if you try to cook their meat it literally disappears from the pot. That’s right, they’re so evil, you can’t even eat them.

They include such types as the hrosshvalur (horsewhale), with big eyes and a red mane and tail. This is probably the best known and most feared of the lot.

The raudkembingur (redcomb) is especially cruel and bloodthirsty even by illhveli standards. If you manage to escape it, it will die of frustration.

Good luck escaping the mushveli (mousewhale) though, it has legs! And will clamber onto the beach in pursuit!

Or what about death from above? The stökkull (jumper) leaps high into the air and pile-drives boats to pieces.

Meanwhile the skeljungur (shellwhale) sits in the path of boats and lets them get wrecked on its shelly hide…

… while the sverdhvalur (swordwhale) slices through boats with its dorsal fin.

The katthveli (catwhale) is relatively harmless though. It meows.

The same can’t be said of the lyngbakur (heatherback), a classic island fish that lets sailors get on its back and then dives, taking them to a watery grave.

The nauthveli (oxwhale) on the other hand specially targets cattle, attracting them into the sea with its bellow before tearing them apart.

How can you avoid all these murderous whales, like the taumafiskur (bridlefish) here? Any of a number of ways, including getting a steypireydur to help. There are substances, ranging from angelica to sheep dung and chopped fox testicles, that they find abhorrent. And you can distract them with loud noises and barrels.

For more, I assure you this link will answer all your questions.

https://abookofcreatures.com/category/illhveli/

This is also why fairies were referred to as the ‘Good Neighbors’ and why there are so many nicknames for Satan.

The concept of avoidance speech is endlessly fascinating and rife with plot points for writing, but honestly I’m just thrilled about the EVIL WHALES.

To Muscogees & Seminoles: Could this be the reason why there’s that list of animals that goes by nicknames/euphemisms like kaccv = hvccecvpko & eco=laksvfvske & nokose=ponvttvlvste & yvhv=nerefullv?