Enjoy it! I’m happy for you!

This decision takes some courage, so well done :)

Memo: the publishers Wiley, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins and Hachette sued the Internet Archive for over $600m.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachette_v._Internet_Archive

Yea, fair

'Just pull yerself up by yer own bootstraps, lad!

While I do agree (or at least hope) that we all have the agency to positively influence our own lives and those around us, the main point there in my opinion is that different people have different resources in life. Someone that’s experienced systemic racism, or someone who’s brain is a wee bit non-standard just has it harder than someone not experiencing these issues.

Ouija by Harley Poe playing in the background

The YouTube Channel Kurzgesagt has proposed a calendar based on the 'Human Era’ (HE) instead of before/after christ format.

It’s based on the first monument of large-scale human cooperation (building a temple in modern-day turkey) and is quite elegant in my opinion. It ‘simply’ adds 10.000 years to the calendar we’re all already used to. :)

Yea. Turns out the biggest creature you can freeze and thaw again (in strict lab conditions) is a hamster, anything bigger just dies.

The natural habitat has been altered using chemicals, farming methods, or terraforming to a degree that the current ecosystem can not sustain itself without human intervention

I think artificial is the proper therm here. Not in a sense that they’re gene modified or robot bugs, but in a sense that their dominance of the habitat is due to human interference.

Yea, I really liked these as a kid. Shame their chocolate is collected by slaves :|

Behave by Robert Sapolsky. It’s an excellent book if you’re trying to understand why the people around you are like… well, that way. But if you didn’t study neuroscience, you’ll likely have to re-read it to get at least the most important points to stick.

I’m curious if this wil have any impact on chocolate slavery

The implication is that they (well… we) can’t do what’s necessary in a low-effort scenario I’d say.

Kind of similar to calling someone a mouthbreather

I agree that there should definitely be safety regulations in place for ship recycling, but this guy is building a strawman argument and it really undermines his point in my view.

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I’ve read Suicide Island a while back until I was up-to-date at the time, that fits the bill. It’s by Kouji Mori, who was a close friend of Kentaro Miura and is now involved with the continuation of Berserk as far as I know.

Besides that, I probably don’t need to tell you that Vagabond and Vinland Saga are excellent. Lone Wolf and Cub is also really good in my opinion, albeit pretty old by now.

The friend that first recommended ‘Project Hail Mary’ to me told me to not read ANYTHING about it and just read it.

Best advice for this particular book you could ask for.

There are alternatives like …not sure what it’s called in english. Mastika? Mastiha? It’s a tree resin from the mediterranean that’s been used for that weird greek rezina wine. It’s an acquired taste, but I personally really like it.

Not malitious - this is a case of chaotic good. If it’s funny and harms noone, roll with it!