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Batman is fine now

Batman is fine now

Me when my friends try to offer me help and support

Me when my friends try to offer me help and support

Real-life tiny prehistoric dragon alert! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anurognathidae

Real-life tiny prehistoric dragon alert! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anurognathidae

Ahhh new album from The Softies after 24 years!...

Ahhh new album from The Softies after 24 years! https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-softies-announce-first-album-in-24-years-touring-this-fall-hear-i-said-what-i-said/

Discovered that there are several species of cuckoo bumblebees who specialise in laying their eggs in other species nests for them to raise...

Discovered that there are several species of cuckoo bumblebees who specialise in laying their eggs in other species nests for them to raise as their own https://www.nhsn.org.uk/a-guide-to-cuckoo-bumblebees/

AI, academiaFound a legit use of AI/machine learning in the wild! Went to submit an article to a scientific journal, and it used the...

AI, academia

Found a legit use of AI/machine learning in the wild! Went to submit an article to a scientific journal, and it used the manuscript to populate the list of authors and their affiliations.

Okay, it's not that impressive, but these don't happen very often

Adjusting to using Slack in the workplace, and enjoying how it changes the dynamic from "could this meeting be an email?" to...

Adjusting to using Slack in the workplace, and enjoying how it changes the dynamic from "could this meeting be an email?" to "could this email be an emoji?"

FLUFFY EXOPLANET NEWS https://www.newscientist.com/article/2403155-fluffy-exoplanet-blasted-by-its-sun-has-clouds-that-rain-sand/

FLUFFY EXOPLANET NEWS https://www.newscientist.com/article/2403155-fluffy-exoplanet-blasted-by-its-sun-has-clouds-that-rain-sand/

Kind of love the invitations to things I get sometimes

Kind of love the invitations to things I get sometimes

Overheard two kids on the street who were looking up at the sky and saying “it’s funny, you think it’s just one star but when you look...

Overheard two kids on the street who were looking up at the sky and saying “it’s funny, you think it’s just one star but when you look there are loads of them”

Helped someone with their bike up the stairs to the Overground, and she said “That’s very kind of you, you’ll be repaid in full in...

Helped someone with their bike up the stairs to the Overground, and she said “That’s very kind of you, you’ll be repaid in full in your next life”

Much less stressful too, since you know the rules of thumb so need to make fewer decisions. I'm definitely scoring less than I used to...

Much less stressful too, since you know the rules of thumb so need to make fewer decisions. I'm definitely scoring less than I used to be but winning more games. Hopefully the scoring will come with time once I'm settled into the new system

Have now had a chance to put some of these ideas into practice, and it's a totally different game! When you know where you're meant...

Have now had a chance to put some of these ideas into practice, and it's a totally different game! When you know where you're meant to be it becomes much more like a dance with your team mates than a fight against the opposition

It's quite fun how it's built up all these emergent social norms of expected player behaviour after the last decade or so, but there...

It's quite fun how it's built up all these emergent social norms of expected player behaviour after the last decade or so, but there is no way to know what they are other than doing research or via osmosis

Frantically looking up Youtube videos on rotating positions and kick off etiquette

Frantically looking up Youtube videos on rotating positions and kick off etiquette

Oh no, I have reached the level of Rocket League where random team mates are expecting me to be any good and getting salty when I'm not

Oh no, I have reached the level of Rocket League where random team mates are expecting me to be any good and getting salty when I'm not

It’s a bold goal but I’m willing to give it a go

It’s a bold goal but I’m willing to give it a go

Decided that I'm going to start pronouncing melancholy as mel-AN-choly until someone pulls me up on it

Decided that I'm going to start pronouncing melancholy as mel-AN-choly until someone pulls me up on it

Still unsure whether "Wanna see my impression of Gandhi?" from Buffy S03E01 was a good line or not

Still unsure whether "Wanna see my impression of Gandhi?" from Buffy S03E01 was a good line or not

O/H at Clapton: “I saw a turtle! Big bastard as well!”

O/H at Clapton: “I saw a turtle! Big bastard as well!”