My brain?

[necromancelena]

[convolutedcake]

You can pry my little winter booties and knit hat from my cold dead hands, if I die I die.

[macmanx]

[materialsscienceandengineering]

New research aims to ease the process of chemical recycling -- an emerging industry that could turn waste products back into natural resources by physically breaking plastic down into the smaller molecules it was originally produced from.

New research from Cornell University aims to ease the process of chemical recycling – an emerging industry that could turn waste products back into natural resources by physically breaking plastic down into the smaller molecules it was originally produced from.

In a new paper, “Consequential Life Cycle Assessment and Optimization of High-Density Polyethylene Plastic Waste Chemical Recycling,” published in the Sept. 13 issue of the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering and doctoral student Xiang Zhao detail a framework incorporating several mathematical models and methodologies that factor everything from chemical recycling equipment, processes and energy sources, to environmental effects and the market for end products.

The framework is the first comprehensive analysis of its kind that quantifies the life-cycle environmental impacts of plastic waste chemical recycling, such as climate change and human toxicity.

Billions of tons of plastic have been produced since the 1950s, yet most of it – 91%, according to one often cited study – has not been recycled. While growing landfills and contaminated natural areas are among the concerns, the failure to reduce and reuse plastic is also seen by some as a missed economic opportunity.

Read more.

[thatonegreenlandshark]

This is huge ,I’m really ,really excited to see this become a thing ,so we can cut carbon emissions drastically from chemical manufacturing , I’m kinda geeking out on this because it’s bloody awesome!!

[violent-creep]

[feefal]

Life cycle of our Sun, from beginning to end~

[buttonso]

Stardew Valley Inktober Prompts!

OK, y'all-- I was gonna make a pretty graphic for this but, I simply do not have the spoons for it these days and we're already halfway through September, so, in the interest of getting the prompt list out there, I am just gonna post it as plain text.

Many thanks to @voided-k and @luceetheelephant for prompt suggestions!!!

I tried to keep the list open enough that it would work for art or writing, to make it as accessible to as many folks as possible. Any media of art (physical or digital), any form of writing.. whatever you like!

Week-long prompts for larger pieces or longer writing

Oct 1-7: Stardew Valley Fair

Oct: 8-14: Night Market

Oct. 15-21: Dance of the Moonlight Jellies

Oct. 22-31: Spirit’s Eve (extra few days on this one to close out October)

Daily prompts for quick drawings and shorter writing:

1. Junimo

2. Favorite Crop

3. Weather

4. Fishing

5. Cooking

6. Pets

7. Skull Cavern

8. Flower Dance

9. Mail

10. Honey

11. Luck

12. Barn

13. Beach

14. The Stardrop Saloon

15. Gridball

16. Cellar

17. Secret Note

18. Crafting

19. Birds

20. Geode

21. Bulletin Board

22. Zuzu City

23. Grandpa

24. Sword

25. Magic

26. Sign of the Bear

27. Treasure

28. Mushrooms

29. Desert

30. Secret Woods

31. Monster

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((Obviously this is not anything official, and anyone who wants to make their own list is free to do so. If you DO use the list, I would like to be tagged so I can see your lovely work but I do not require a credit or anything like that.))

[thatonegreenlandshark]

Reblogging it so I can maybe do this ??

[purplemushroom2]

How they leave voicemails💜

Alex: Hey, it's me, come over tonight, I ain't askin, I'm tellin, heh, love ya babe.

Sebastian: Answer your phone you little gremlin. Love you.

Sam: One sec I'm on the pho-Oh Heyyyy Miss you, wanna see you, come over? OK bye, love ya, love ya, love ya.

Harvey: Hello Farmer, I was just calling to see if you were free tonight? *clears his throat* I'd like to see you, call me back, I love you sweetheart.

Elliott: My love! Hello! I see I reached your voicemail, no bother, but please call me back when you get this message, or, just stop by my hut when you get a chance, dont forget I adore you, goodbye.

Shane: Oi, pick up, it's Shane, well, obviously you know it's me, so that was stupid of me to say...Erm, yeah, so, PICK UP, I wanna see ya, not in a clingy desperate way or anythin, just, urgh, call me back, k? *mumbles a quick "love you"*

~

[katietheparrsnip]

Lol want some dyspraxia things

- stand still for too lonG LOSE BALANCE

- how do I get out of this building

- whoops goodbye pen

- no seriously how do I leave this building where is the EXIT

- oh boy a foot ball *kicks and misses ball*

- ok so what did you need me to do? Yes j KNOW YOU JUST SAID BUT-

- worst nightmare is someone pulling over to you and asking for directions

- riding a bike is easy, just use you balance! Alright yeah k mate

- how about when I got hit by a car?? Bc I thought I could make the gap hahahahaha ye

- those are some nice shoes would be a shame if someone STEPPED KN THE BACK OF THEM

- oops I’m to close to people

-WHOOPS I JUST KNOCKED OVER A LAMP even though there was ALOTTA ROOM TK GET PAST

- OH FUCK IM SORRY I JUST WALKED INTO YOUR TODDLER

- wait did I write that?? Was I drunk and blind or

- hahaha I cant walk in a straight line inTO THE WALL-

-haha dont chuck me that I wont catch it- told you

- knocked a whole bottle of vodka off the side once… ye mum wasn’t happy

- I’ll just balance that plate there- Ok nvm its smashed everywhere

- what the FUCK DID I COME IN THIS ROOM FOR

- oh that’s a new bruise

- you know when you walk into something that’s the same level of your hips and it feels like you’ve been shot? Completed it mate

- dont ask me to throw you anything I can 110% guarantee it will not go where I’m throwing it

- I’m lost

- ok all those directions that person just gave me are forgotten

- what’s left and right anyway???

- *spends 5 minutes staring at a clock trying to figure out what time to take this pizza*

- ew what theres sweetcorn on it

- like taste not texture blegh

- I CANT PICK THEM OFF TOO SMALL

- come to think of it cant pick anything up with dropping it a few times lol

- I’m still in this buiLDING

Thanks for coming lol

[thatonegreenlandshark]

And the “ oh shit, someone just said something to me ahhhhhhh think of an appropiate response quickly! *cricket noises* .Ah.Fuck.”

[keposhka]

reblog to tell a neurodivergent that they aren’t stupid. i’ve been telling myself for so long that i’m dumb, stupid, slow, and letting other people believe that as well. we’re all just so incredibly important. we take our time. we work at our own pace. we ask our friends for help when asking the teacher seems too hard. we are beautiful. we were never stupid.

[thatonegreenlandshark]

I’m still trying to tell this to my mum and every teacher that teaches me lmao

[just-shower-thoughts]

People who like rocks see cool rocks everywhere. People who like birds see interesting birds everywhere. The tree on your yard could be an exceptional specimen. The world around you could be amazing and magical, but you aren’t enough of a nerd to see it.

[sespursongles-deactivated201906]

I gave my mum Alexandra Horowitz’s On Looking: Eleven Walks Through Expert Eyes for her birthday this year, it’s a book that revolves around this idea: the author invites 11 specialists in different things to walk around a boring city block with her one after the other so they can point out to her the things they see, that she doesn’t notice. There’s an expert in typography talking about what the variety of fonts on urban signs can tell you about the city’s history, an entomologist pointing out all the urban insects no one pays attention to, a geologist, a sound engineer…

[thegreenpea]

See this is what I mean by “there are more wonders in this world than you can ever dream of and all you need to do is listen to its stories and see it’s magic. ”

[thatonegreenlandshark]

Can confirm as a book nerd, I can spend hours staring at bookshelves 

[thatonegreenlandshark]

Idfk what to put here

I love how people think I’m gonna be the one that cures something major like cancer when I tell them I’m gonna be a biomedical scientist, but I pushed a pull door yesterday like , if y’all think I’m the hope for humanity you’re looking in the wrong dang place lmao

[halles-comet]

Some of my favorite fun facts about Alan Turing

He would come to work at Bletchley Park in his pajamas and sometimes used a tie as a belt

He chained his tea mug to the radiator next to his desk because he was convinced someone would steal it due to the lack of cutlery in wartime England

He briefly brewed ale in Hut 8, the same room in which he decrypted Nazi codes, before someone higher up made him stop

He broke the chain on his bicycle and instead of fixing it or getting a new one he calculated exactly how many times he could peddle from point A to B before the whole thing fell apart. 

He also refused to share this number so nobody else could use his bike.

He joined Home Guard (which was kind of like the army reserves) during World War II as a hobby because he wanted to learn how to shoot a gun, and once he learned that he straight up stopped going. 

They told him if he didn’t continue with his shifts he’d be persecuted under military law, and he told them he wouldn’t be, because he had just written “NO” on the terms and conditions sheet when signing up.

He was sent to codebreak in America for awhile and he was overwhelmed by Americans being friendly and chit-chatty so he ended up talking loudly about how he’d been propositioned by a (fellow) gay man at his hotel so everyone would be weirded out and leave him be.

He had a teddy bear named Porgy he would practice his speeches to.

Honestly so much of his life was amazing and tragic but he was also just a weirdo nerd and I love him so much

[thatonegreenlandshark]

Hello humans