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Leaf your leaves on the ground (no, seriously.) They provide so much for bugs, places to lay eggs places to hibernate. This comic does a great job at showing WHY we don't see our little friends as often, because our systems and social expectations are anti-earth and anti-life. Don't eradicate your friends (maybe just that one) let the leaves lay
i beat myself up for not knowing enough about my special interests a lot but then i remember the average person off the street has no idea what the carboniferous is and i feel better
are you really bad at it or are you in "good at it" spaces
"are you really bad at it or are you in 'good at it' spaces" has derailed so much self-hate since I read it
this is a load bearing sentence in my psyche and I can't believe it's only 2 months old
Welcome to the Far Side of the Moon
A crescent Earth sets behind the Moon.
On April 6, 2026, the Artemis II astronauts flew around the Moon, observing the far side – which we never see on Earth thanks to tidal locking – with their own eyes and with cameras.
See more of the Moon:
Some is better than none. Some is better than none. Some is better than none. Walking for three minutes, is better than nothing. Drinking a glass of water and eating a snack, is better than nothing. Wiping down the counter, is better than nothing. Small things are not nothing. Small things are not nothing. Small things are not nothing. You don’t have to achieve grand things if all you’re capable of right now is the smaller things. They are still achievements. Don’t do nothing just because you don’t think you’re capable of doing bigger things, just do something you’re capable of today. 
Just a reminder for those that feel like they’re failing or somehow “less than” or “lazy” because habits and routine don’t come easy to them:
The “21 days” thing is a myth. Depending on the energy investment of the habit- or how big it feels to you- and your own personality and “brain chemistry,” you can spend months doing a thing day in and day out and STILL not feel like it’s actually automatic (habit or routine), still have to consciously and with great effort force yourself to do the thing.
If you’re trying and really can’t seem to make something you want into an automatic habit, that’s normal.
Also bc @hifibriguy reminded me of the research:
One study (DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.674) that looked at time it took for people to turn various health-promoting behaviors into habits found:
Habit development rarely actually reached 100% automaticity. (Note: “automaticity” is a measure of how automatic doing the behavior felt based on a particular self-report scale that goes from 0-42; I’m converting this into a percent to make it feel more intuitive. 100% would be a score of 42 on the scale and would mean it was entirely automatic, involving nearly no thought on their part, whereas 0% or 0 would be essentially mean there was nothing automatic about it, would feel very purposeful/intentional.)
Some people (nearly 15% of participants) literally NEVER developed the habit. This is defined as an increase in automaticity to reach at least 50% automaticity (21/42) *based on mathematical model* that spanned not just the few months of the study but went out much further than that. Meaning that likely, even with multiple MONTHS of intentionally doing a thing, 15% of people might not be able to actually turn that into a true habit.
Most people who DID develop a habit developed it in a “asymptotic” way (about 51% of total participants). Meaning, the automaticity of the habit felt like it was increasing rapidly at first, then tapered off, approaching but never quite reaching a theoretical “maximum” automaticity. (If you’re interested, of the other 34%, a little over half had no good model or pattern to their automaticity- not even a linear pattern. Also, almost 5% of participants did show an asymptotic relationship between days doing the habit and automaticity but did not develop automaticity above 50% and thus were not classified as actually developing the habit).
Of the people who showed this pattern, the average “maximum” was 83% (35/42). Meaning on average, most people weren’t getting truly close to 100% totally automatic- there was still some level of purposefulness and/or ease (or low amounts of discomfort) in skipping the habit here or there.
Habits took anywhere from 18-254 days (some of this is based on model) with an average of 66 days to reach 95% of this “maximum.” That’s averaging a little over 2 months but spanning anywhere from a little over half a month to a little over 8 months + 1 week. While exercise behaviors took longer (average about 91 days) to achieve than eating or drinking habits, this wasn’t statistically significant. This is a very large span and indicates overall that individuals may differ in how long habits take to develop, and some habits may be quicker or slower to develop (perhaps based on effort or difficulty of the behavior change).
And the best of all: missing a day here or there (as long as it was isolated/not multiple in a row) didn’t actually affect automaticity all that much. The following day might have had to be just a little more purposeful, but only a very small amount on average. Essentially, if you miss one Monday gym session, it isn’t damning. If you fall asleep before you can brush your teeth Thursday night after a shit day of work, you’re probably not gonna totally forget again on Friday.
I know all of that is a lot to get through but basically, about 15% of us probs won’t develop some habits even over several months, those of us who do develop habits don’t develop them as quickly or even as strongly as sometimes we are lead to believe, and “breaking a streak” doesn’t automatically mean a habit you’ve developed is actually gone.
heres my old post/info about habit formation and the breakdown of one study
NEW EARTH PHOTO JUST DROPPED FROM ARTEMIS II
thats my home
you can see the atmosphere. that halo around the edge, that's my air. the green on the upper right is my aurora. those are my clouds, my sunlight.
and its yours! this is your home. this is the home of everyone you ever heard of and everyone you will ever meet. every animal you've been curious about. every plant you've ever picked, and sniffed. its mine and its yours and its theirs. everything is here. its all that i have. its all that you have too.
thinking about “you haven’t met all the people who will love you” and like!!! you also haven’t found all the things that will make you happy!!!! there will always be new authors and musicians and artists whose work you will one day discover and love!!!! there will always be new hobbies and skills for you to learn and feel fulfilled by!!! there will always be new things around the corner that will bring sudden and unexpected happiness!!!!!!!!!!!
“No one is coming to save you.” I disagree ! I believe many people made up of many small moments come to save pieces of you , even if just briefly. The mentor who believed in you . The friend who said they’re proud of you. The family member that makes you laugh . The random person who held the door for you out of nothing but kindness. The teacher who took extra time to help you understand. The person who smiled at you when you walked into a store. The little kid who looks up to you. The person who randomly complimented you. Being “saved” isn’t about being whisked away and all your hardships gone, it’s about the people and things that remind you life is not all hardships, it is kindness, love, gentleness, softness, care, thoughtfulness. It is many moments made up of your lifetime that keeps you going and showing you the world is still beautiful, and will always be. Despite.
"we live in an uncaring universe." sorry the special planet full of beauty and animals and food literally growing out of the ground isnt good enough for you. i guess
Good Morning, let’s make it a great day!
let's goooo
Last week, no "normal" workouts have been done. Instead, I spent most of my days in the garden - in the rain and mud - to build a fence and plant a nice edible hedge (blueberries, red currant, patio pear tree). That corner of the garden has been an eye sore for years now and I'm glad I changed it. Now it's time to wait for it to grow :)
here's a photo dump of the muddy mess 😅
And then I went running with the "beginners" social run club. But the actual beginners weren't there so things escalated quickly and I struggled 😂
Important Fitness habits that have nothing to do with burning or restricting calories:
Sleep hygiene
Prioritizing rest
Drinking hydrating fluids
Eating a variety of fruits & veggies
Eating a variety of protein sources
I did not include exercise related fitness habits like improving endurance or mobility or muscle mass, because moving obviously burns calories, and I want to highlight the fact that there are many beneficial fitness habits to choose from even if you have no interest in exercise at all.
This bears repeating. Exercise is not the end all be all of fitness. There are other avenues to explore if you're not interested in movement, but still want to improve your general fitness.
Remember that if you want to do more of something, you have to do less of something else. It's that time of year where people set goals for the new year and they have plans and hopes and it's always focusing on what they want to do more of. More studying, more exercise, more crafting, more socialising, more making things from scratch. Okay, great. What are you going to do less of in order to have the time and energy to do more of those things you really want to do?
And if your answer to this is "less doomscrolling" or "less bedrotting" then great, but please think about why you're doing those things. No one's doomscrolling or bedrotting because they don't have things they'd rather be doing. Actually, I'm willing to bet you have a lot of things you'd rather be doing and you spend your life internally screaming at yourself to do literally any one of the many things you want to be doing instead, but you don't have the energy for them all and you can't work out how to prioritize them, so doomscrolling spares you from making that decision. Or perhaps you're burned out from taking on too many projects and you need to rest your brain, so you lie in bed because you don't even have the energy to get started anymore.
This is going to be a really hard pill to swallow, but the truth is you might not be able to balance all your hobbies and all your projects the way you'd like. If you want to finish writing that book, you might have to reduce your daily drawing habit to a couple of times a week. If you want to do yoga every morning, you might have to accept not cooking from scratch as often. If you want to spend more time with your family, you might have to cut down on your yearly reading goal. I'm not saying give up on your hobbies; I'm be realistic with your time and your energy and be kind to yourself. Stop expecting yourself to do more and do better every single year. You don't have to constantly be growing upwards and reaching for the stars; you can be content with where you are, or even cut parts of yourself back to make space for other things in your life to bloom.
Think about what your priorities are and make peace with doing less of other things. Less is okay. Less is not failing. Less is self care.
fucks me up that by total coincidence the sun and moon's size difference is exactly matched to their difference in distance from us, thus making our beautiful total solar eclipses where you can see the silver threads of the sun's corona possible because the moon just covers the sun completely
The stars (literally) aligned just right for this experience to be possible. It's likely that aliens don't have this
The moon is also absolutely gargantuan by moon standards. It isn't the largest moon in the solar system, but it is BY FAR the largest in comparison with its planet. Ganymede is the largest satellite of Jupiter and the largest moon in the solar system. Its diameter is only about 3.8% of Jupiter's. Titan's radius is 4.4% of Saturn's. Callisto and Io are the next largest in the neighborhood, with 3.4% and 2.6% the diameter of Jupiter respectively.
Our moon is number 5. It is smaller in direct comparison to the above moons. The diameter of the moon is 3475 km. That is a full 27% of the diameter of the Earth. More than a quarter. That's ridiculous. It's unheard of. The universe is large enough that the word unique probably doesn't mean a lot, but this might be about as close as you get.
This has had a huge impact on our planet. Other things aliens might not have are significant tides. One of Mars's dumpy little potatoes wouldn't be able to move oceans the way our moon does.
Our moon has also stabilized our axis to a massive degree. Without her up there our axis would wobble all over the place and our climate would be far more chaotic. Aliens might not be quite so lucky.
I guess what I am really trying to say is that the moon is extremely cool. I like the moon.
Just want to add that the reason we have such a large moon is because a whole planet crashed into proto-Earth. Theia (the planet) and Earth got so superheated by this collision that their component cores fused and the impact jettisoned a lot of material into space. That massive amount of jettisoned material became our moon. So Earth and the moon have very similar composition. This does not seem to be a common method of lunar formation.
what if the answer to the fermi paradox is that life cant exist without a moon like luna
I got a serious beef with the Fermi paradox. There is no Fermi paradox. There stopped being a Fermi paradox once the first radio telescopes went up, and we began to get a true sense of the sheer scale of the universe.
Space is big, empty, and loud. Sunspots can cause enough interference to affect global communications. We’re not even loud enough to talk over our own sun. On our own planet. We can barely communicate with Voyager, and we know exactly where it is and what its signal sounds like.
The Fermi paradox is like doubting the existence of Belfast, because you stood on a windy New York beach shouting towards it and didn’t get an answer.
i didn't realise we were drowned out by our own sun :(
She is screaming so loud
I watched this interview with Alex Honnold and he said something along the lines of how climbing has changed his perspective on failure because as climbers we fail on a daily basis and we are constantly trying things that are ever so slightly more difficult for us everytime and failing somehow makes us better and it changes something in me. As someone who entered the community a little while ago, a place that gave me not only comfort but also the space to fail with all my heart, to come crashing down, to fall, to get stuck, to get confused, hell, it was even recommended. "Fall a few time and you'll lose the fear of falling", was what was told to me on my first day and yesterday I found myself handing out the same advice, so I guess climbing changed my perspective on failing and falling too. It sometimes feels so too good to be true, a community that claps when you fail, not because you failed but because you tried and thats all that matters - the fact that you gave it a shot. How are we as humans made to constantly believe that failing is horrible and never made to understand that failing is just as important ? It took me 2 months to be okay with falling and I think I'll do it again because - as climbers we fail on a daily basis and we are constantly trying things that are ever so slightly more difficult for us everytime and somehow that makes us better and maybe, just maybe, failing and falling might just make me cable enough to work out the route for life as well.
All about the balance. Family time, good food, enjoying movement and enjoy a snack or drink every now and then :)
