Speed Hump
Every time I see a road sign that says “Speed Hump” I think, dang, glad I’m a lesbian because generally lesbians are not like that…
My dream...
My dream, naturally, is to develop an especially simple way to measure manganese and market it as ManganEasy!
(All my business ideas are really just puns)
Circular gradients with central focal points
When OpenAI’s sphincter-like logo became successful, it created a template that said, “This is what serious AI looks like.” Now, any new AI company that doesn’t resemble a colorful anatomical opening risks being seen as unserious or unprofessional.
Proactive
Lots of people study reactive oxygen species. My dream, obviously, is to discover a proactive oxygen species.
Why I'm not in charge of things
We have a mentor/mentee seminar series. If I was in charge—and this is why they don’t put me in charge of things—we’d have a mentor/mentos/mentee/manatee seminar!
Sharing jokes
I saw a goofy joke about polyamory online and realized that being in a polycule means I always have several people I can share goofy polyamory jokes with!
Doomsday Clock Artist-In-Residence
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is proud to announce the appointment of Kronos Quartet as its first ever Doomsday Clock Artist-in-Residence.
I guess I just never imagined a “Doomsday Clock” artist-in-residence, the world is, as always, full of surprises.
"Transcritical" Meaning Thermodynamics
Having an interest in refrigeration in general I’ve sort of wondered how R-744, carbon dioxide works in more detail since it’s going to end up being a supercritical fluid in at least part of the cycle.
Turns out this is described as a “transcritical cycle” and I’m just really pleased to be seeing “transcritical” meaning something thermodynamic rather than an attack on human rights, happiness, and flourishing!
So anyway the carbon dioxide ends up above the critical temperature and pressure and rejects heat as a supercritical fluid before being brought down below the critical pressure and turned into a liquid and gas mix, the liquid sent to the evaporator(s) for cooling and the gas passing directly back to the compressor.
The Sun Moved Back
I wrote this on 2024-10-18:
This time of year there is a short bit of road on my drive to work where, if the sky is clear, I get the bright rising sun glaring into my peripheral vision from the left and the bright reflected sun off the windows of a building glaring into my peripheral vision from the right! It’s an experience!
That stopped after a few weeks when the whole thing with the seasons caused the sun to be rising farther to the south and no longer lining up. But now, it’s back! The sun is moving back the other way, due to the seasons thing!
This is one of the most predictable things in the world and yet it’s still an amazing new thing every time!
The Two Sides Of Tumblr
The two sides of Tumblr are like, Queer Tumblr is
you are a ✨valid✨ queer person even if you have long hair
and Horny Tumblr is…stuff…like…
everyone’s always like ohhh the bottoms sexual fantasies are always so fucking compilated and convoluted they always wanna be like some kind of European wild hamster digging through the undergrowth and you have to be the relentless bird of prey that is hovering over their den and ready to strike with deadly talons, and maybe the bed is a sand dune thats allows for the predator to take maximum advantage of the terrain. What about the top’s fantasies huh when does the top have something to say about all this. Sometimes I wanna be President Nixon in the last days of the administration and someone else is Erlichmann showing ass to comfort me. sometimes the top wants to get weirdly specific with it too okay