Building things with completely warranted passion

Who else up thinking about bjj black belt craig jones saying You can give anyone steroids. Despite our best efforts we are yet to give anyone autism.

POLAND. January 27, 1995. A woman lights a candle on the rail tracks leading to the Nazi concentration and extermination camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, during the commemoration of the Soviet liberation of the complex of camps 50 years ago. An estimated 1.5 million people were killed in the Auschwitz complex during Nazi rule.

Photograph: Jacqueline Larma/AP

None of those things have anything to do with each other

vice news writers have not been to college

Me either, but I still know how to write an article

Reading comprehension quiz

1. Why has the author chosen to contrast these two ideas in one sentence? What is the effect this contrast has to the reader?

2. Can we determine the authors opinion on Zuckerberg from the work? What impression of Zukerberg is this work meant to evoke?

highly recommend keeping a small portrait of a historical figure who met a grisly end on your work desk. for perspective.

me: oh thomas cromwell, we're really in it now. every day i get emails.

the postcard of thomas cromwell i keep on my desk: i was on committees with the duke of norfolk. and they beheaded me.

me: yep. good point.

me: cromwell. cromwell this post has got too big and famous and people are starting to misunderstand me on it.

the postcard of thomas cromwell i keep on my desk: oh no! you achieved too much fame and status? and now people are misrepresenting you? should we strip your lands and title? have you been beheaded?

me: YES ALRIGHT FINE

Its like. It's it's really something that the richest man in the world desires internet clout more than anything. Like he wants specifically the kind of clout you get on reddit or 4chan by being a poster like he wants to be a high tier Video Gamer he wants the specific kind of respect you get from being a competitive smash player who posts really good online. But he's just not good. At any of these things . And it's really something. That he has more money than god. But he can't be happy because he can't get a genuine laugh out of the twitch chat.

everyone had that one guy at their wizard school said edgy shit like "dark magic is just misunderstood, not evil" that ended up wanted in three countries for necromancy

A lot of internet-famous people--guy who can pick any lock, guy who can make anything out of chocolate, guy who can drink lots of water without spilling a drop--are like characters a five-year-old would make up for a comic book.

They're late for a presentation

you deserve to be loved with reckless abandon even if you dont think you do

@runes-and-feathers hey you <3

wearing my multitool on my carabiner tonight so if i hear a beautiful femme say "oh no the bartender forgot to open my bottle:(" i can say dont worry princess<3 and take the bottle fumble over it for ten minutes with my multitool smash it to pieces and walk away shaking and crying

I knooooow I look like a teacher's pet I knoooooooooow I look like a brown-noser and a suckup but I can't help it I genuinely enjoy team building exercises and get-to-know-you games, I love going to work parties and solving riddles and learning about my coworkers it is enrichment for me

I hate coming off as a fucking loser nerd kissing the boss's ass but othing nothing nothing nothing is worse than being at a meeting of 20+ grown ass adults stonefaced refusing to engage with a simple meaningless task while one tiny dork in charge desperately scrambles for a lifeline, like come on guys she's dying why can't we do two truths and a lie instead of paperwork why can't we play wastebasket paperball for ten goddamn minutes. Sure its corporate bullshit but there's free muffins and everything. Do you not enjoy crossword puzzles. Did word searches kill your grandma

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Pick a fun little activity, Hank

very strange phenomenon now that many people have learned online not to pet service dogs is that they walk by little bird and me, wave their hands at little bird, and say in a baby voice "oooohh you're so cute! you're so cute! i'm not going to pet you because i know you're working! ooohhhh puppy puppy puppy, i want to pet you but i'm not allowed~" and i have to tell them what they're doing is literally as distracting as petting her. this happens almost every single time i'm out with her.

I’m really grateful you made this post because I don’t think I’d considered how this would be just as distracting. I don’t think I’ve done this, but I wouldn’t have known it was important not to do.

Reblogging for everybody else who maybe never thought this through fully

mutuals i am. placing a very small very friendly baby dragon . in your hand :]

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hey in the meantime, y'all should be wearing a mask, because disabled people deserve equitable access to public spaces without having to worry about dying from covid 👍

Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo and Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University said that they have developed a peptide that can bind to the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 to prevent COVID-19 infections.

The peptide, which is a short chain of amino acids, has shown effectiveness in experiments involving various coronavirus strains attempting to infect human cell lines and hamsters.

Researchers hope to conduct a physician-led clinical trial for possible preventive and therapeutic treatment.

"The peptide comprises 39 natural amino acids, and it is inexpensive and easily synthesized," Institute of Science Tokyo Distinguished Professor Yoshinori Fujiyoshi said. "It only binds to spike proteins, so it can be considered to have no side effects."

The peptide can be stored in powder form at room temperature and be administered to patients through inhalation by dissolving it in physiological saline and converting it into a fine spray using a nebulizer.

The research is slated to be published in the online edition of the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

@reasonsforhope

-via Japan Times, January 23, 2025. So, so, so hoping this pans out. Thanks for tagging me.