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My wee webshop is live, at cicada-ink.nz. Currently selling fountain pen inks with a few small accessories, and hopefully soon some nice fountain pen ink-friendly paper. At the moment shipping only to NZ and Australia, as I figure people...
Published in Ecology and Evolution, the study is the first of its kind, and challenges current approaches among vets and animal practitioners. Masturbation has previously been thought to be caused by unnatural captive living conditions...
It’s easy to underestimate the great institutions. Look no further than the FXT, which some mistake for a corporation. They control money, but they aren’t a bank. They control trade, but they aren’t merchants. They’re a monopoly, but...
I don't have much to say about the latest Graham Platner allegations. Of course he should drop out. Of course he's being extra-selfish in trying to extort concessions from the state party in exchange for dropping out (Rep .Sean Casten...
This particular bird has no wings and will never fly. However, people around the world will stop and gawk at its flightless beauty. Take a look at the bird of paradise without wings. Image Credit Flickr User Bill Gracey Image Credit...
A month ago, by accident / in desperation, I tapped into a rich seam of books about math-for-real-life by Rob Eastaway. I enjoyed it, noted another dozen books in the seam and placed a reservation on his Much Ado About Numbers:...
“Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day.” –William J.H. Boetcker When well-known Battlefield 6 content creators began singing praises for the third season’s launch, which sent players...
Limited transport news Usually my transport round-ups cover all kinds of London transport but this time it's almost all buses, sorry. 💷 The Mayor has announced that bus fares will rise by 10p in November. He didn't phrase it like that,...
If you’ve ever wondered what to do with that little bowl of leftover pasta sitting in the fridge, this Frittata di Pasta is the delicious Italian secret you’ll want to keep forever. Made with just pasta, eggs, and a splash of olive oil,...
Photo by Gilles Lambert on UnsplashYou’re standing in a grocery store line. You’re waiting for a flight. You’re stuck in the passenger seat on a long drive. You reach into your pocket and find it empty. Somehow, your smartphone is gone....
Book review for Heretical Fishing by Haylock Jobson. I rated it 3.5 stars Heretical Fishing follows a man who - in isekai tradition - is hit by a truck and wakes up in a fantasy world. He decides he wants to become a fisherman, so he so...
I don't even know why I'm writing this. But my thoughts need to go somewhere. I have been thinking about obsession. I am not here to defend the guy for not telling the girl that he loved her when she asked him about it. Because that is...
Hello RSS reader! This post contains an interactive feature. Please visit the canonical web page for an optimal viewing experience :) At the risk of pissing on people’s chips I figured it’d be helpful to illustrate the three classes of...
I'm happy to announce a new paper, Brauer groups of resolved quiver moduli via gerbes, joint with Gianni Petrella and Sebastian Torres. In this paper we give a new and very different proof of an old result due to Le Bruyn and Schofield...
The family genie screws us all. I couldn't solve the crashing problem that I reported last time, even with a new version of the game that I bought from GOG. I thus started over, and it only took me about 20 minutes to get back to where I...