The void calls me

hey did you know trilobite eyes were made of cristals

there's this article that talks about it beautifully stumbled upon it while looking for pictures of trilobite pictures

here's the article if anyone wants to check it out in full

Here’s a good one

yesterday this girl in my academic writing class sits down next to me and puts 3 bananas on the desk (which was jarring by itself) and i had two bananas in my backpack so i wanted to see if she would notice if i added those to her banana pile when she wasn’t looking and when she finally looked back at the bananas she sighed and said really quietly to herself “oh my god…i have so many…” and put all five of them in her backpack

splatoon fans are like “you GOTTA listen to ‘freshwater freekin it’ that one is straight fire” and link you to a song composed of synthesized cat meows, first graders playing recorders, and vine booms. and then by the end you’re absolutely furious because they’re right

splatoon fans in the notes are behaving how you might expect

Its real now thanks op

i cannot BELIEVE

highly recommend keeping a small portrait of a historical figure who met a grisly end on your work desk. for perspective.

me: oh thomas cromwell, we're really in it now. every day i get emails.

the postcard of thomas cromwell i keep on my desk: i was on committees with the duke of norfolk. and they beheaded me.

me: yep. good point.

me: cromwell. cromwell this post has got too big and famous and people are starting to misunderstand me on it.

the postcard of thomas cromwell i keep on my desk: oh no! you achieved too much fame and status? and now people are misrepresenting you? should we strip your lands and title? have you been beheaded?

me: YES ALRIGHT FINE

*Scrolls past*

*reluctant sigh*

*scrolls back up*

*rebogs*

how i'm handling my students using AI to write papers:

-don't accuse them on using AI from the get-go and instead ask them to informally define all the huge words that they used in their essay which i know they don't know the meaning of

-ask to see their original file where they "wrote" the essay. go to version history to see if it was just copy and pasted and then just edited a bit. i keep an eye out for the shit like "certainly! here's an essay about...."

-if they own up to it, they can re-do the assignment for a higher grade even if there will be an automatic penalty. if they don't, i process it like plagiarism and get my supervisor involved.

And this is much better than the immediate accusations. Some students have a good vocabulary. Stop accusing them of faking their essays without proof, and this is a good way to check.

Fellow students please stop using AI, go back to promising not to kill the school nerd if they do all your homework or something.

You know, as the concept of “zombifying fungi” becomes more and more popular, I notice it still referred to everywhere as like a “brain parasite.” So I guess a lot of people overlooked or forgot how in 2019 it was discovered that cordyceps and other similar fungal parasites leave the brain and nervous system completely untouched. They only control the muscles. They use chemical signals to make the muscles flex in real time where they want to go :)

It’s funny how many people are replying “but that’s worse!” like you didn’t know that’s exactly why I put a smiley

look at this wonderful gif of scallops getting scared and scattering like a flock pigeons

hating generative AI in college is like being labeled the village crazy lady for having common sense

anyone done this yet

Some Extremely Good Lord Vetinari Facts That Aren't Really Plot Spoilers

-reads sheet music instead of listening to it

-irrational(?) hatered of mimes

-Has Leonardo Da Vinci locked up in the attic for public safety endangering ADHD crimes

-can juggle instinctively

-a graduated master assasin, only failed his stealth exam by "never showing up"

-plays long distance chess with his vampire bestie

-in a tense rivarly with the crossword setter for the local newspaper

-politically only honestly supported by the guilds of sex workers and beggars

-traumatized by caviar at an early age

They are indeed varied carpet beetles! Adults are nectar feeders but tend to wander indoors in spring to find somewhere to lay eggs. Their larvae eat animal fibers and dry pantry goods, so can sometimes be destructive.

And I wouldn't have it any other way <3<3<3

the problem with having a cool/enby/colorful haircut if you live in a place like Poland is that you end up having the same hair as your grandma. and many grandmas out on the streets will have wilder colors and better color matched wardrobe than you.

I just saw somone little in a long coat and short purple hair and a turquoise beret and thought that was my enby ex but then they turned around and it was literally somebody's grandma. the struggle is real

glad to see I've connected

fave lawrence and vincent dynamic is "this man is god incarnate he has single-handedly brought back my faith in god and in living he deserves to be worshipped like a saint" and "wow lawrence is a good friend. glad hes here :)"