in no particular order:

The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor’s Heroic Search for the World’s First Miracle Drug

The Wave: In the Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean

Among the Thugs: The Experience, and the Seduction, of Crowd Violence

Anything by Mary Roach or Bill Bryson

*I love a good subtitle. Read Stephen Jay Gould, too. The Burgess Shale one in particular.

I’ve bought art through BuyOlympia before. Independent art + prints + paper goods.

… did I hallucinate you with a christmas-themed burner account, too?

True neutral. Who’s gonna fight such a nice balance?

Bake something super easy.

Fudge and/or peppermint bark make great gifts and are both pretty easy to make for any skill level. Dress it up with a dollar store Christmas tin and bow for extra appeal.

three ingredient peppermint bark

fudge

The time is going to pass regardless. Take some courses at a community college and test the waters. Maybe you’ll end up with a cert in something that interests you.

Does your shitty factory job do any kind of tuition reimbursement?

19/20.

I did that with key west. Got one exit away and bailed. We ended up kayaking in mangroves instead. 10/10.

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

He lacks the warmth and depth

Bad Graph says: 0.75% of 8 year olds were diagnosed in 2000 versus 3.2% in 2020.

Correlation =/= causation.

How have the diagnostic criteria changed in 20 years? Autism was a stigma when I was in high school in 2000, now it’s a spectrum. Are there routine screenings at pediatricians now?

Number go up, but what else go up simultaneously?

I hate it here.

… did they adjust the data points to go from lowest to highest

…so the chart go up?

…

*I wrote down the data on a napkin and it makes more sense. These fuckers made a Bad Graph.

Huh. Ew.

Jelly Ear is much nicer, all around.

Fungi aren’t flowers in the same way that human beings aren’t flowers.

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There’s a whole myth thing about the wandering jew that pops up a lot in media…

But “inch plant” is the preferred nomenclature for tradescandia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_nigricans

I can only presume.

Are you a plant?

Dollar store spices will help you thrive.