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she/they/it, ona/ony/to, 24 nonbinary, aroace, technocratic, INTP, foxkin/divinekin, melancholic Sudetenland Bring tiling managers baaack Factorio

[linka-r9-vysocina]

bejt ve fb skupině typu "praha 3 novinky" člověku skutečně dost otevře oči ohledně toho, jak vidí svět lidi co mají auto jako svůj primární prostředek pohybu a (především) vidění světa. v něčem mi připomínají americké evangelíky, kteří neustále pláčou, jak jsou perzekuovaní, přestože se jim přizpůsobuje celý systém a to, co je pohoršuje, jsou droboulinké kroky k tomu, aby se to trochu vyrovnalo.

skutečně, k tomu, aby někdo takový postoval pohoršený příspěvek do skupiny a pod ním se sešlo 300 lidí přitakávajících, že "to jsou ti piráti" (je jedno, jestli vůbec nějací na radnici konkrétní městské části jsou nebo ne, vždycky jsou to piráti), stačí někde maličko rozšířit chodník tak, aby si chodec při přecházení nemusel vybírat, jestli ho srazí auto, nebo tramvaj.

ach, maličký, někdo ti lehce zúžil silnici, a tobě se tam teď hůř jezdí s tím strojem, co má i ve městě povoleno řítit se rychlostí 50 km/h, váží několik tun, je celý ze železa a při kolizi s chodcem se ti v něm skoro nic nestane? Božíčku, ty musíš někde maličko zpomalit a zpozornět a tvoje ranní cesta do práce se ti tak možná protáhne o minutu, a to jen proto, aby se snížila šance, že babi Miluška skončí někomu pod kolama na kaši? chudáčku malý, už běžím pro kapesníček, vydrž.

[eixin]

Všem tzv. pravičákům bych nasadila tržní ceny za parkování

[eixin]

Never going to touch a cig again

[echo-khaos]

ཐིᗢཋྀ DCST Constant Band AU

Sound check

[legally-i-am-death]

Matka, za volantem: nevím proč škytám pořád. Štve mě to.

Já: hmm.

Já: myslíš že existuje porno video s mým otcem?

Matka, šťastně rozvedená:

Já:

Matka: pochybuju.

Já: hmm, já taky.

Matka:

Já:

Matka:

Já: ale už neškytáš.

Matka:

[keyjamm]

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨♡୧⋆ ˚｡⋆Villainous friends in a nutshell⋆ ˚｡⋆୨♡୧⋆ ˚｡⋆

[socialanxietypersonified]

má míra konzumace těstovin dosahuje takových výšin, že už to ani není vtipný

[eixin]

To zní jako ten jeden týden, kdy přežívám jen na mekáči

[dogpuppy]

[hyumjim]

Starting a collection

[hyumjim]

[yaomao052113]

miss him like crazy

[world-beauty]

A Phoenix Aurora over Iceland

Credits: Hallgrimur P. Helgason, Judy Schmidt

[world-beauty]

NGC 3132: The Southern Ring Nebula

Credits: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA, Donald Waid

[beremy-from-trigun]

blindly drew stanleys gauntlets cause i wasnt able to pull up a reference for them 😭

[druid-for-hire]

There's this sort of anthropomorphizing that inherently happens in language that really gets me sometimes. I'm still not over the terminology of "gravity assist," the technique where we launch satellites into the orbit of other planets so that we can build momentum via the astounding and literally astronomical strength of their gravitational forces, to "slingshot" them into the direction we need with a speed that we could never, ever, ever create ourselves. I mean, some of these slingshots easily get probes hurtling through space at tens of thousands of miles per hour. Wikipedia has a handy diagram of the Voyager 1 satellite doing such a thing.

"Gravity assist." "Slingshot." Of course, on a very basic and objective level, yes, we are taking advantage of forces generated by outside objects to specifically help in our goals. We're getting help from objects in the same way a river can power a mill. And of course we call it a "slingshot," because the motion is very similar (mentally at least; I can't be sure about the exact physics).

Plus, especially compared to the other sciences, the terminology for astrophysics is like, really straightforward. "Black hole?" Damn yeah it sure is. "Big bang?" It sure was. "Galactic cluster?" Buddy you're never gonna guess what this is. I think it's an effect of the fact that language is generally developed for life on earth and all the strange variances that happen on its surface, that applying it to something as alien and vast as space, general terms tend to suffice very well in a lot more places than, like... idk, botany.

But, like. "Gravity assist." I still can't get the notion out of my head that such language implies us receiving active help from our celestial neighbors. They come to our aid. We are working together. We are assisted. Jupiter and the other planets saw our little messengers coming from its pale blue molecular cousin, and we set up the physics just right, so that they could help us send them out to far stranger places than this, to tell us all about what they find out there.

We are assisted.

And there is no better way to illustrate my feelings on the matter than to just show you guys one of my favorite paintings, this 1973 NASA art by Rick Guidice to show the Pioneer probe doing this exact thing:

"... You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. ..."

Gravity assist.

[ambrosial-sunshine]

For the painting especially there’s a beauty in depicting some of our most advanced technology as synonymous with the most ancient. Very few people throughout history have had the privilege of seeing the face of Jupiter but many would recognize the sling thrower immediately.

[dragongirlbunny]

the fact that human bodies arent modular is really inconvenient. i would love to replace my digestive tract with one that works.

[umaphilemon]

Merry Christmas!! The kids' gifts are all wrapped, now it's time for a nap :D

[i-am-a-lesbigwen]

does anyone have that 4chan post about the guy who got like. deradicalised from being an incel because he started taking care of shrimp?

[nyxwoven]

i can't post pictures in replies so here u go

[i-am-a-lesbigwen]

thats the one! thank you!

[ziggy-scardust]

I think of shrimp guy often and I hope he and his shrimp are doing great and if I ever meet him I would love to ask about them

[creekfiend]

gender essentialism is soooo funny bc it's like "this is what women are like" and you're like "I've met women and many of them, if not the majority, have not been like that" and it's like "well women SHOULD be like that" and you're like "why should women be like that" and its like "because that's what women are like"

[animperfectangelsblog]