I still maintain that season 1 of Disco was a sly attempt to reboot all of trek into the alternate timeline Calvin-verse. I can’t prove this though. To me, the aesthetics are all a closer match to what’s going on in the recent Trek movies than anything done before all that. Season 2 saw the producers backpedal hard after fan backlash.
It’s actually against the flag code, which is not law. So it’s at worst deeply disrespectful, depending on how seriously you take that kind of thing. But we also have this freedom of expression thing going on, which includes being obnoxious or disrespectful, so one might have a hard time getting the flag code into law in the first place.
Even better: it still makes sense in every order. Try vertical.
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This is the part I hate the most about this. It’s one thing that we have this “squint a little and you’ll see it” kind of graft and corruption. It’s another entirely that the going rate for sending us all down the river is appallingly low. Especially since the kind of money a corporation can make for a favorable legal change could be a thousand times that, or more.
Exactly. There’s a reason why all these traits are in the genome.
I have a feeling you’re going to get a lot of use out of this template.
Directions unclear: am now critical navigation equipment for starship.
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I see they put O’Brien on this list, but then which one is Odo?
Well, there are men’s ballet leggings and whatever folks wear to your local renaissance festival, but I see your point. Neither really has the fit or look of women’s athletic gear or cozy/comfy stuff.
Recently, I learned that a (female) friend of mine has what can only be described as a body hair fetish. As in, “you’re not hairy enough for my taste,” level of fetish. You might be surprised.
Independent Contributor shows up, chainsaws through the tree, then hucks the easily lifted parts onto the shoulder. Then offers some kurt but important advice:
“Like this next time.”
Sometimes, it takes an expert to train people in the moment.
Oof. I’ve been on projects that really could be described as “road maintenance in Centralia, PA.” Never again.
Good point. “Rock the vote, not the boat” may as well be the campaign slogan.
I think the mitochondria thing was more a case of ancient cells incorporating other cells as organelles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiogenesis#From_endosymbionts_to_organelles
I couldn’t get into that 2nd season since it was very dark. I’ll have to give it another go.
This. Also, it actually takes a lot of muscle and endurance to maintain proper sitting posture for any length of time. You need to move and stretch just to keep from cramping up.
Exactly. I think this advice has everything to do with how far your eyeballs are from the seat of your chair, assuming good posture.
As a tall-ish person, the “standard” position for a laptop screen or old-school CRT absolutely tears my rear neck muscles up. Eyeglasses have a lot to do with this, as the focal point is dead-ahead, so I have to crane my whole noggin down to see clearly. This all creates headaches by referring pain to my scalp and, strangely, sinuses and eye sockets. I might be okay with looking down past my nose with bifocals, reading glasses, or contacts as the illustration shows, but here we are.
I’m in an in-between camp because of the above. Good posture, chin up, looking dead ahead to an elevated screen through glasses. This also works in the standing position too.
That’s not too far off from the truth. Viruses hijack your cells’ machinery to reproduce. Some are choosy about which cells/tissues they target, but some are not.
Fever, histamine, a whole slew of different immune mechanisms all cooperate to tackle these invaders. In turn, our immune system also provides a lot of strong evolutionary pressure on these bugs, which spurs high mutation rates like we’ve seen with COVID. What I find fascinating is that, over time, a lot of viruses have evolved to take advantage of our habits and behaviors including leaning into our immune response(s). The common cold (rhinovirus) is a good example here as it causes just enough sneezing in social settings to propagate, but is not aggressive enough to kill the host or keep you bedridden. Norovirus is another one, opting to incubate for a bit, then overwhelm the host with a big mess, and finally leaving you feeling a-okay to socialize while still being contagious (in the grossest way possible).
And the icing on the cake? Some cells survive to incorporate viral DNA into that cell’s genetic code, while still being perfectly healthy. Human DNA is littered with many such encodings, suggesting we all carry the genetic memory of some ancient pandemics.
Edit: the Anime “Cells at Work” is a very fun romp into this world. Highly recommended.
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I’ll admit, even the optimal path in front of us is not looking too good. And I’m the guy in the office that’s saying “no worries” most of the time. A Biden win still leaves us with a corrupt supreme court and equally corrupt and deadlocked congress.
Thanks for saying this. Perhaps our greatest export is our culture, but it would seem that’s the good, bad, and ugly all at once. I really do wish it was only the good stuff.