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AThing4String
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Peak orphan crushing machine
In another life, I attended a large geology conference and went to a session with talks about this. They had two speakers back to back, one boiled down to "it was the asteroid" and the other "it wasn't the asteroid".
Not only did the speakers get heated in each other's question sections, the whole ROOM felt like it was about to get into a fistfight - everyone basically taking over each other to the person to their left, right, front, back. Extremely hostile!
I can't remember the evidence but I do distinctly remember thinking that it wasn't my subject matter and I should probably avoid forming an opinion on it for my physical safety in my career.
Now I'm free to offend paleontologists both professionally and unprofessionally and I can't remember how to :'(
Sent a relatively new and somewhat nervous co-worker a "grandpasimpsonleave.gif" responding to the 8 billionth mutual emergency of the day followed immediately by "I kid, I kid, we'll fix it! 😉 [Relevant follow up question]?"
Guess which of those two messages was the last one unaffected by the outage? Yep. I got to watch her devolve into a panic as her messages reached me and my responses didn't get sent to her, and THEN delivered in the worst order/selection possible. Felt like the more critical the message, the less likely to send.
And! She's on the other side of the continent and all her location's phones are through teams also! And it was time sensitive.
Rough Friday.
This is such a five-head move I had never considered before and I WILL be stealing it
Thank you random internet genius, I am sorry I don't have a solution for the damp pillowcases to give you in return
I never considered this might be why I'm good at our system design and maintenance - I do a little bit of everything and every day is different!
I moved to Edmonton, AB from the US South and holy crap, the darkness is unreal. Even the locals struggle with this pitch-black 4pm nonsense.
That said, the city has a lot of focus on indoor spaces that really saves it. I used to go to West Ed mall just to walk around somewhere without a coat for free, you know?
The real gem of the city is the Muttart Conservatory though - and a year-long pass is like $30?? For an indoor rainforest??
Makes it worth living in the winter.
Less to do with "not getting caught" and more to do with "no consequences despite being caught"
Texas DA will not pursue case against constable accused of pulling gun, threatening to kill children
In this case, it wasn't just him either. It was his wife and kids he was threatening.
Sometimes true, but not in this case.
Various other proposed explanations why the unusual attack occurred included that the coyotes might have been larger and bolder than normal coyotes because they were crosses with wolves or domestic dogs, rabid, starving, or protecting a carcass.None of these suggestions were subsequently borne out
They just got tough and mean on their own.
Yeah those fines were a joke. $140k over two years for a place that likely charges that much per year for each of its 170 residents? They don't care.
This deserves its own post