today on science twitter.......
an article about the incident. michael eisen is jewish and has israeli family and they fired him for "siding" with palestine
if you're in science and particularly academia, you can sign onto the letter of support for michael eisen here. they allow anonymous signatures as well.
Hence the invention of the Porch
(except please don't do that in an earthquake! Shelter in place under something sturdy like a table to protect yourself from falling objects. Remember Drop. Cover. Hold on.)
FOR REAL DUDE? I GREW UP IN CALIFORNIA WHERE WE WERE ALWAYS PREPARING FOR THE BIG ONE. IS THAT NOT WHAT WE'RE MEANT TO DO NOW? I don't live on a fault line rn AT ALL but I'm legit freaked out now please elaborate.
@oldearthaccretionist wait no seriously pls explain bc I also was taught my entire childhood (I did not live in Cali, but we were in AZ and the assumption was that we would probably go to SoCal at some point) that you didn't hide under furniture you went to a doorway bc it was structurally the most supported and least likely to collapse????
@ruffboijuliaburnsides straight from the CDC website:
DO NOT stand in a doorway. You are safer under a table. In modern houses, doorways are no stronger than any other part of the house. Doorways do not protect you from the most likely source of injury − falling or flying objects. Most earthquake-related injuries and deaths are caused by falling or flying objects (such as TVs, lamps, glass, or bookcases), or by being knocked to the ground.
yeah due to our house not being modern construction and having very sturdy doorframe posts, and our table (the sturdiest furniture we have that we can get under) being kind of cheap-ass and very likely to collapse if anything lands on it, I'm going with either "outside" or "in a doorway" in the unlikely event of a large earthquake in the midwest, but that makes sense for general advice.
i am totally going to come across as a boomer in this post but as an engineer it's common sense to not build systems with a single point of failure. and i'm starting to realize that our usage of the smart phone is exactly that. a single point of failure. the calling/texting is the implied function of the smartphone, which is fine. that's what it's built for. but nowadays we don't think to keep a physical map or atlas or gps unit in our car because our phone has google maps. we don't keep address books anymore because it's all stored in our contacts. i serve customers who no longer carry a wallet/physical card because it's all on their phone. this is literally a single point of failure. if you lose or break your phone when you are in a foreign place you are fucking screwed. maybe you're still screwed even in your home town because so many people have become accustomed to using a smart phone to take them anywhere.
This but with so, so, so many things
it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.
yeah bro it's a character study. the 2 thousand words of blowjob is vital to the study of the character
Exchange "damn, I didn't do that thing I wanted to do for two whole weeks, I'm such a failure I might as well give up" with "now that I'm finally feeling better, I'll return to working on that habit again" and you'll get a whole lot further in life!
i know a lot of people mock when certain songs are overused on character playlists but I will never judge someone for putting bubblegum bitch on one. If you decided that your little tv guy is miss sugar pink liquor liquor lips who am I to say he’s not
It's a lot healthier to go for a daily walk than to sign up for a gym membership you won't be using because you hate that kind of exercise. It's a lot healthier to eat a frozen meal than to skip a meal because you were too tired to cook something healthy. It's a lot healthier to take a quick shower than to procrastinate an elaborate routine for days. Don't aim so high that you won't be hitting anything!