Doomscrolling checkpoint.

[lizzard@social.tchncs.de]

@structuredsucc you can motivate plant growth by redirecting where the sap flows. This is why cutting branches off a tree (and other plants) can make the remaining branches stronger and yield more fruit in many case.

But did you know that you can also do it more subtly, not by cutting off everything above, but by making a small incision in the bark just above where the branch meets the trunk or main branch it branches off from? Fascinating.

[lizzard@social.tchncs.de]

@kavana @structuredsucc sorry, still confused, explain more!

[alpine_thistle@fandom.ink]

@structuredsucc Christians who venerate saints don't pray TO saints, they pray (to God) WITH saints or ask saints to pray (to God) FOR them.

[kusuriya@masto.hackers.town]

@structuredsucc LLMs actually produce decent results if you take the time to code all the determistic tasks away from it. But that requires humans and the capitalist task masters are not interested in that.

[wizardofdocs@wandering.shop]

@structuredsucc Crochet is one stick, knitting is two or more. And the fabrics only look alike when you go out of your way to make them similar. It's not hard to tell them apart.

[djsouthworth@wandering.shop]

@structuredsucc i bide treasure hunts in books. I tell people. They do not care. It makes me sad. Because I think it is fun.

[benjamincox@writing.exchange]

@structuredsucc Ok but I won’t be held responsible for any back-and-forth that happens in the aftermath.

The Shawshank Redemption is perhaps the most overrated film I’ve ever seen. It’s good but greatest of all time? Nah!

[kavana@scholar.social]

@lizzard @structuredsucc sure distributive justice asks the question "how should resources be allocated for a just society", corrective justice asks "how do we address wrongs done to a person and have them be in the position that they would be, had the wrong not been done". People treat disability as a question of the former (eg. Amartya Sen's need-based allocation of resources). But disablement is a wrong (social barriers to inclusion) that needs correction, making it the latter.

[newpa_hasai@mastodon.social]

@structuredsucc Moon phases and rise/set times are really tightly correlated, so eg: a first quarter moon always rises around noon, is overhead at around sunset, and sets at around midnight.

The *only* author I've ever seen nail this is H. P. Lovecraft of all people.

[haloedrain@toot.cafe]

@c0debabe I haven’t used it seriously in years so I don’t know all the new features, but for tiny one page things that don’t need frameworks or routing or all the other scaffolding I haven’t seen anything that can beat it

[yantor3d@mas.to]

@structuredsucc animation is a medium, not a genre.

[dasparky@spore.social]

@structuredsucc chickens don’t require a rooster in order to form & lay eggs. Only need a rooster for fertilizing eggs for potential chicks to form.

[bolt451@writing.exchange]

@structuredsucc despite pro wrestlings reputation as a right wing interest. The second largest wrestling company in the world (AEW) has had a trans lesbian, a bi cis woman, a gay man and a non binary person all as champions

[yuriel@kind.social]

@structuredsucc

Judge Yuri 👩🏻‍⚖️ (@Yuriel@kind.social)

Ok, let me get SUPER petty for something astonishingly nerdy and trivial: #YouKnowWhatGripesMyAss? movies or TV shows where members of a legislature (or council, or club) raise their hand and say "Point of order!" only to speak. 😒 A Point of Order is used to note a deviation from the rules of the body. It's legislative "um, akshually"-ing. It's not supposed to be used just to seek recognition from the Chair to do normal-ass talking! 😡 Bunch of parliamentary procedure poseurs! :YellsAtCloud:

Be More Kind (kind.social)

[thestrangelet@beige.party]

@structuredsucc You don't need an expensive camera and lens to take great photos.

[joninalbany@beige.party]

@structuredsucc pizza dough is not difficult to make

[feijoa@mastodon.org.uk]

@structuredsucc You can make enjoyable music with any cheap synth.

[libramoon@mastodon.social]

@structuredsucc

astrology is about people being influenced by the movements of celestial objects = myth

[serpicojam@mas.to]

@structuredsucc

Drumming is simple.

[andrewd18@hachyderm.io]

@structuredsucc Despite the polished and risk averse nature of modern movies, movies are still an art form and you can learn just as much about the craft from the bad ones as you can from the good ones.

Watch more bad movies!