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If not, then the article misrepresented. The title is completely clear on claiming it hasn't happened in a billion years.

For the first time in one billion years, two lifeforms truly merged into one organism

Well, they asked and you answered.

I always wondered about that name. It seemed deliberate, but I didn't know what he was going for. TIL

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slartibartfast

Douglas Adams wrote ... that he wanted Slartibartfast's name to sound very rude, but still actually be broadcastable. He therefore started with the name "Phartiphukborlz"...

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"One thing I don't think I explained in the script book was that I was also teasing the typist, Geoffrey [Perkins]'s secretary, because ... she'd be typing out this long and extraordinary name which would be quite an effort to type and right at the beginning he says 'My name is not important, and I'm not going to tell you what it is'. I was just being mean to Geoffrey's secretary."

Do library cats' names count? Like Catticus Finch and the Great Catsby?

And generations. Born in a certain year? You obviously have a certain attitude. We already know how you vote, how informed or ignorant you are on various topics, and how you spend your money. Just from the year you were born! Amazing, right?!

Glad to hear the Lights Out campaign is working. I hope more people pay attention. All Texans can appreciate living in a region so important to so many species, and taking care of Texas means taking care of an amazing chunk of nature. Turning off unneeded lights by 11pm is such an easy way to do that.

https://travisaudubon.org/lights-out-texas

https://bit.ly/LightsOutTexas

The occupation of a person’s non-residential property without their permission is not a crime in England

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edit: TIL! Thanks for reminding me that if something seems far out, chances are that my understanding just hasn't caught up.

Now investigators are trying to figure out if she was TikToker who was part of a ghost-hunting stunt or if her death was something more sinister, such as a consented sacrificial death.

LLM definitely wrote this.

Ok, so boiled first, then... does that count as pickled? Or maybe that's a lower salt ratio than pickling so it can ferment?

I'm surprised that looks so appetizing. Coloring can change expectation of flavor (so I'm not a fan of Halloween colored food), but this is beautiful use of natural coloring with beets.

"it's a car, not a church."

Does the Brazilian government have tight enough control over agents not to abuse this? I'm imagining how much easier it would be to identify ransom targets coming from abroad if a rogue agent was affiliated with a criminal organization.

Well, if any of those are oil companies, your driving an EV is cutting demand for their product*. I wonder what other products are in there. I'm not trying to place blame back on consumers. We do vote with our money, but we're also sometimes trapped by our needs and choices in ways that only regulation might solve. I think the second part is the point of any story like this one, but the first part is something we can still try to do.

• Well, cutting demand for oil as long as we keep making progress towards low-carbon energy sources.

I remember seeing a documentary or news piece or something about a woman who pivoted hers to "BISCUIT!" I really hope that was real. But I don't remember how she got there, like if she had to trick herself that "biscuit" was offensive.

But is it a dead name? Last I looked, the URL was still "twitter.com".

There were definitely a couple of prominences peeking out from behind the moon and visible as bright spots that persisted throughout totality. From my spot, I just noticed one.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2024/04/10/red-dot-2024-total-eclipse-astronomer-explains-solar-prominence-coronal-mass-ejection/73272304007/

By 2023, the picture was completely different: only 11 percent described themselves as very or somewhat conservative, 21 percent as middle of the road, and 67 percent of listeners said they were very or somewhat liberal.

The facts, coming from all around, have continually led more people to realize the GOP is full of shit, making people sympathize more with the "liberal" party, and that's somehow NPR's fault?

Pretty interesting getting to see these rare but predictable things coinciding and thinking about how it might have seemed like a series of omens to people in the past.

If it was 2 days in Nashville, I want to believe it was for BTBAM's 2-day/2-part concert "Colors II Experience" on March 26 and 27 at Basement East.

edit: nm

Documents ... say that Washburn “falsified sick leave” on Feb. 8 and 9...

Cookie Monster in a toilet.