Sabrina Shroff, a lawyer for Mr. Dunn, …

Ms. Shroff described the case to jurors as profoundly unserious.

Sabrina if you’re here- great work

Lmao. I understand where they’re coming from - being mauled by a bear and all - but they could do with sounding less like a villain in a bear movie (read: a movie made by and for bears)

Vaxxed?

Open faced sandwiches are just charcuterie served on an edible platter (aka big ol canapés)

‘Gonna need to see your license for that PBJ’

This has rattled me to my core

“if i stick these two unrolled flautas together, is it a sandwich”

It’s one of those things like the Hoover Dam - certainly an impressive finished product- but the number of engineering/construction innovations that made it possible (e.g. concrete curing methodology) and then disseminated to the industry at large is even more impressive (imo).

For instance I’m so excited about this:

The 200MW heat generated by the reactor is not used directly to drive the ship, according to Hu. Instead, it powers a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) generator using the Brayton cycle – a highly efficient thermodynamic process that converts heat into electricity far more effectively than traditional steam turbines.

The Brayton cycle uses compressed gas – in this case, carbon dioxide – heated to extreme temperatures, then expanded through turbines to generate power. Supercritical CO2 behaves like both a liquid and a gas, allowing for compact, high-efficiency systems.

And about molten salt reactors in general (honestly I’ll take any meaningful innovation at this point).

To sound like a gamer, it does make me feel like a CIV scientist working a space race victory but being obviously far behind other countries. Very happy someone is making progress, hopeful it will spread to my backwater nation, and annoyed that the nation which employs me constantly switches to pursuit of a domination victory (which they also are woefully flailing at).

The 200MW heat generated by the reactor is not used directly to drive the ship, according to Hu. Instead, it powers a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) generator using the Brayton cycle – a highly efficient thermodynamic process that converts heat into electricity far more effectively than traditional steam turbines.

The Brayton cycle uses compressed gas – in this case, carbon dioxide – heated to extreme temperatures, then expanded through turbines to generate power. Supercritical CO2 behaves like both a liquid and a gas, allowing for compact, high-efficiency systems.

This technology is so cool!!!

God is in his heaven, all is right with the world, but we sure could use more electrons down here!

Lmao this made me realize that modern Genji would be hilarious- pitching the EVA program to politicians who have no idea what he’s talking about, only to have his funding pulled for [austerity, because he has a beard, hiring woke DEI scientists and security (read ‘women’), etc/latest fad]. Not the child labor - which NERV receives a tax break for - and don’t worry about their mental state, they have an employee assistance hotline they can call in the event of an existential crisis. Ultimately the NERV contract goes to a suspiciously well-connected son in law, who promises to “add more electrons to the primordial soup” to “boost synchronicity”; and recommends that the angels be used offensively to secure more oil.

And the riffs are the funniest thing in the world, but require a decade minimum of friend-lore to comprehend

The Electron clown model

Not a damn chance I’m clicking that lol

lol. Can’t tell you about their lives, but I can tell you about the dnd one-off we ran, and inevitably got too stoned and lost the plot of.

It is funny though - letting the mask of socially-mandated small talk fall off, and just being in the presence of people you know you vibe with. Could do better with expressing the deep care for one another, but if we haven’t driven each other off yet with our antics throughout the process of emotionally maturing, we feel the care, connection, and acceptance of all we do. One reason the “Will and Harper” documentary made me sob; just undaunted support between friends who are there for who you are with no other expectations.

Plug for Flatbush Cats , an NYC charity I like seeing on social media - couldn’t imagine being a lil kitty in the big city

Soil!!!

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223301239_Soil_Water_Repellency_Its_Causes_Characteristics_and_Hydro-geomorphological_Significance

If the soil is really dried out I’ll water from the bottom too- set the container in another container filled with water, and let the soil pull the water up itself. Some soils can become hydrophobic when they reeeeally dry out, and this helps it to slooooowly pull moisture back in (vs just percolating through).

For most houseplants this is how I primarily water. Think of it like trying to drink as much water as you can from a glass with a straw vs from that same glass poured over your face all at once.

With larger outdoor containers I’ll replicate this by doing a “storage layer” of large rock at the bottom, and adding drain holes above that. That way the plants don’t risk drowning, but have a reservoir of moisture to keep soil moisture from getting too low

If you’re in the US many university extension offices have good info on houseplants - as well as agriculture - and identifying ailments based on leaves, etc

Edit - various extension links: https://essex.cce.cornell.edu/gardening/houseplants

https://extension.illinois.edu/houseplants/care

https://extension.umn.edu/find-plants/houseplants

https://extension.psu.edu/caring-for-houseplants

Goofy. As well as silly. Chock full of japes, gaffes, gags, asides, and wisecracks too

Edit- ironically though it’s been running the smoothest for me in months lol

Don’t threaten me with a good time!