Falling Bananas

We'll show them how dumb we can get

[sprixs-deactivated20211203]

[soy-celeste-deactivated20230905]

Her name is Katalin Karikó. Hungarian. Daughter of a butcher. Her thesis work became the basis of the mRNA vaccine technology. Read the article here.

[rat-tail-butch]

My favorite bits from the article include how Dr. Kariko celebrated the fact that the vaccines that used her mRNA research worked

“On Nov. 8, the first results of the Pfizer-BioNTech study came in, showing that the mRNA vaccine offered powerful immunity to the new virus. Dr. Kariko turned to her husband. “Oh, it works,” she said. “I thought so.”

To celebrate, she ate an entire box of Goobers chocolate-covered peanuts. By herself.”

[rainewynd]

I sincerely hope she is recognized more than she currently is.

[the-haiku-bot]

I sincerely hope

she is recognized more than

she currently is.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[cuteness--overload]

[garfield-69]

kimtty

[albertnatural]

ftm macklemore be like

Walk up in the club like what up I got a new cock

Just got it for about thirty dollars from the thrift shop

[albertnatural]

transmasclemore. is this anything

[albertnatural]

is anybody out there?

[albertnatural]

[inferior]

he’s feeling pretty fly by Melanie L

[retrogamingblog2]

[anxietyproblem]

[baharrothbluu]

"Kill them with kindness" wrong. 5th level lightning bolt

[televisionenjoyer]

Hell is when book covers get redesigned with the actors of the show/movie that was made based on it.

[televisionenjoyer]

stop saying there are exceptions to this post there are literally no exceptions!!!

[javierbardem]

TED LASSO 3.06 — Sunflowers.

[teaboot]

Adult ProTip, from a security professional: If a kid tells you, "My parents are gonna kill me / kick my ass / kick me out" for something relatively minor, don't respond with shit like "Really? ;) that sounds a little extreme, don't you think sweetie?" because that shit really does happen.

Instead, respond as though whatever threat they are afraid of is fully valid, and offer whatever you can do to help- ask if they believe they are in danger of being hurt in any way, and work accordingly.

If they're overreacting, they'll usually realize and dial it back, self-correct and begin thinking a bit more rationally.

If they're not overreacting, and the danger is real, then they'll need a level-headed adult in their corner, not another condescending authority figure who doesn't believe them.

[teaboot]

Adult ProTip, from a security professional: If a kid tells you, "My parents are gonna kill me / kick my ass / kick me out" for something relatively minor, don't respond with shit like "Really? ;) that sounds a little extreme, don't you think sweetie?" because that shit really does happen.

Instead, respond as though whatever threat they are afraid of is fully valid, and offer whatever you can do to help- ask if they believe they are in danger of being hurt in any way, and work accordingly.

If they're overreacting, they'll usually realize and dial it back, self-correct and begin thinking a bit more rationally.

If they're not overreacting, and the danger is real, then they'll need a level-headed adult in their corner, not another condescending authority figure who doesn't believe them.

[kaijuno]

[deadstrangeblog]

Larry the Cat, the government-appointed Chief Mouser of Downing Street, has now outlasted 4 UK Prime Ministers and one monarch.

[teathattast]

[riplikeren]

[stay-the-knight]

I still think one of the funniest experiences of my life was watching American Psycho with my sister and afterwards we both went "okay. Lets do something more lighthearted now" and put on the dubbed version of Howl's Moving Castle and we both lost our minds when we heard Howl start talking