“I have a Roth IRA NFT* and an American Girl Doll Annuity. The values of both are of course dependent on the strength of the Pez Dispenser Exchange.”

*It’s a gif of Van Halen meeting with Sinn Féin at the signing of the Good Friday Agreements. The bidding starts when I retire.

I invested all my Legos in Beanie Babies. 

I believe it.

Same. Employers should absolutely be responsible for on the job injuries no matter where the job is located. But I do have some mixed feelings about this. Does this mean that home offices would need to be up to OSHA spec? Or that your employer reserves the right to insect your home for potential hazards, and deny your…

This Massive Planet Shouldn’t Exist

your mother’s a gas giant.

Carcharodon-0-Con 2021 Baby!

Personally I think they should give a Reno a try one year. I’m sure Nevada will have ocean access eventually.

I call dibs on president of space!

This comes off a bit as “whataboutism”, but I get your point and agree with it. As a species we have done far more damage. And we’re to blame for the impact of cats. House cats didn’t evolve in a vacuum and poor management by humans is sort of the point of the article. 

Aliens land on the White House lawn.

“Hi there. We just wanted to introduce ourselves. I’m Gort and this is my wife Altaira. We live over in Alpha Centauri, head up the local Planet Owners Association, and figured it was time to come by and say hi. And also... we’ve received some complaints. Can you please stop spying…

Oh for sure. Bark cloth is very popular because it’s the Bast!

Well said, and I defer to your expertise. Though I was thinking more along the lines of an interstellar trophic level. :)

Hmm.... possible Fermi Paradox solution?

The reason life doesn’t appear abundant in the cosmos is due to a lack of predation? I like it.

(“Appear”... or at least as far as our ability to detect it is concerned.)

Ancient Penis Worms Commandeered Shells for Self-Defense

I just cited “Simulation of sea surface temperature based on non-sampling error and psychological intervention of music education” this morning! Was I not supposed to? I thought it ended on a positive note...

he thinks the fabricated research got into the journal through hacking.

Without looking into it, I would expect that part of the reason for the limited spread of SARS-CoV-2 in wild North American animal populations may stem from limited interactions with humans. It’s been reported in domesticated animals (though I don’t know how many nasal swabs have been collected from cows), but dogs…

I can’t find dimensions listed clearly anywhere, but most describe the passage as ~10" high. The various schematics indicate that it’s about a meter or two long (maybe that’s where the 80 cm comes from). Or maybe it’s 80 cm across and the distance through the passage is not provided. Either way, it’s tight.

This is a great read*. The more I hear about that cave the more questions I have... But the question that comes to mind is: if someone placed the skull on the ledge intentionally, how did they see what they were doing? How did they find their way in, make deliberate decisions about positioning remains, and find their…

I bet those infected deer agree that they should have masked up from the get go. Because deer, as we all know, have excellent Hind sight.