All our 4 cats always sleep on our bed. When I wake up, the oldest one always comes to my head and starts rubbing her head against my head/beard. Our youngest boy just purs like a freighter and walks from nightstand to nightstand, youngest girl almost always climbs under the covers to snuggle. Last lady just keeps sleeping and snores.
All makes me pretty happy.
That “hoy tu, mañana mi” reddit story.
Pass it forward is a good English phrase we don’t have in my language
I came here to share this tidbit. So instead I’ll add another: Otters collect rocks
Is this site legit? I just got a popup telling me I had a virus on my phone and I should click on the button to remove it. With a countdown from 3 minutes.
Geez, that’s lame. Use an ad blocker
Just checked - got the same bullshit pop-up.
This is all that’s necessary.
There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire solar system.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there are 2 hydrogen atoms in a molecule of water. Do you mean in a drop of water?
Solar systems only got the one star.
Oh no, I fell for it
You weren’t the only one, ha.
Our solar system has only one, some have two.
Or three! Trinary systems exist
Ours is the only Solar system, because our star is named Sol. Other star systems have other names.
The “Sol” name is actually more of a science-fiction, pop-culture thing. It’s just called “the Sun”. “Solar” comes from latin Solaris, meaning “pertaining to the sun”, “sol” itself meaning “sun”.
Better Call Sol
Your MamaSystem
ain’t wholesome
Maybe not specifically, but I had to double-take and reread it, and it got a laugh out of me. Could indirectly cause a wholesome moment if you tell something like that to someone like me.
Just a thought <3
LOL
Yeah and I dropped more shits yesterday than there are stars in the entire solar system.
Because I shit twice yesterday.
There’s fewer people in poverty now than at any point in history.
The world has always been getting better in global measures of health, food and education if you consider all of humanity.
I don’t think that’s actually true. Have the metrics for what we consider poverty changed and adapted with inflation and the perfecting of corporate wealth hoarding? “Poverty” is an ambiguous term, and relative poverty is real. That doesn’t show in a standard-line “poverty” metric. What was considered “extreme poverty” is the lowest, but that’s people living on under $1.90/day. I couldn’t even find information on that metric being updated to reflect the current high inflation and profit-explosion landscape.
Also: if you technically pull people out of poverty by outsourcing to the lowest paying, least labor regulated parts of the world, is the fact that extreme poverty went away in those areas even a good thing?
Check out Factfulness by Hans Rosling
Even during the Dark Ages?
Yup.
They were geographically limited and not as dark as reported
Any recommended reading?
In general or about the dark ages?
Yes
Fiction: If you’re in for a multi-book series, I recommend the Amber chronicles by Roger Zelazny.
Dark Ages related: The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751 or The Long Morning of Medieval Europe
Spiritual/Philosophical: Audiobook of The Art of Mindful Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
I’ve read the Amber Chronicles, although it’s on my re-read list. Is the Dark Ages non-fiction?
Porcupines make adorable sounds: https://youtu.be/NMeuwYvlBI0
It’s like an exhausted minion!
I like hugging my dogs
If you were born near the turn of the century, you will likely see fusion power, peopled-mars missions, an end to colonialism, a shared global peace, and the beginning of a star trek future within your lifetime, thanks to the PRC and many other countries.
I truly wish I shared your optimism. As it stands, I’d be fine with the US not devolving into fascism.
lol what the fuck are you on about
You could have probably stopped before your last word