It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and amid revolution and resurrection, two cities bore witness to sacrifice as Sydney Carton, seeking redemption, found “a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.”

Imagine how much time we could save if we got an AI summary of the Cliffs Notes.

No thanks. I’d rather feed a robot and have it vomit into my mouth.

Yeah, I think that was the purpose of the whole “raid” this time. They’re really hoping to incite a riot that makes them look useful in propaganda rather than like a colossal waste of taxes that reveals the recent HR Bill as the grift that it is.

Bet he phrases it exactly that way, too.

screenshots it on lemmy and posts it on IG

That cat’s grammar and spelling were terrible, and it was hilarious.

This is the low-hanginng fruit I came here to upvote, if not post myself had I been faster.

If it helps, some models are showing it level off. If we advance climate science and use it to inform policy, we might be able to slowly contract our population while avoiding a “Children of Men” style collapse. I assume it would take a few thousand years to reach an equilibrium that allows us to maintain a habitable environment while still developing space-faring technology. The bonus is that the time it would take might change our practices into something a little more worthy of spreading to other planets if that ever becomes possible. I think with our current energy and pollution situation, we’ve guaranteed ourselves future hardships for many generations, but I don’t think it’s hopeless yet.

Regardless, other life has done similar stuff before. It resulted in mass extinction, but life moved on in some form. I hope the earth will be great with us in it, but if not, it will probably be fine without us, too.

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

Good to know. I definitely don’t want that. I should just go see a migration and enjoy them from a safe distance.

For me, it was the fireflies. I grew up in suburbs at the edge of a city, where the rural land started, just about as far as city water and sewer reached. It grew pretty quickly, and by the time I turned 18, I was about as close to the city center as I was to the outskirts. In that process, every summer, there were fewer and fewer of them until one year they were just gone. I was busy, so I didn’t think much of it at the time, but looking back, I regret not making an attempt to make a habitat for them in our garden.

It’s prob mimicking a puppy or something.

Why would you put that uncensored comment out here for us to see? Now I’m going to have nightmares as if directed by John Capenter about spiders that look exactly like puppies to humans until they attack.

They are most dangerous on Halloween, by the way:

Stay vigilant. Do not become a statisic.

Hmm. I do think I’d make a good, unusually benevolent, eldrich god. On the other hand, I still miss my beta fish that died 5 years ago. No telling how I’d react to the rise and fall of a spider family line, dozens of generations in length.

Tarantulas are cool, but I’d worry about dropping it. I know they typically don’t bite, and that their bites aren’t dangerous. Still, I don’t know if I could relate to it positively after that. It’s not rational. I’ve gotten mild dog bites and cat scratches from pets playing too rough, and those are much more dangerous. Tarantulas still pas the cuteness test, but I think the spider bias affects them more than jumping spiders.

I don’t think I’ve ever been uncomfortable having a jumping spider on me unexpectedly. It’s fun to watch them hunt. Watching the retinas in their big eyes move to track things is fun. It makes them seem more like adorable cartoon characters.

Thanks for the suggestion. I just might do that. They’re very cute.

Plot twist: it’s tea made with the pour-over method, using extra tea leaves to keep the flavor strong. This croc is downing 200mg of caffeine in one go.

As many times as it still makes a profit. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not a fan of milking a franchise to death either, but…

I don’t know that we should be caffeinating crocodillians.

Yeah, they could’ve done a lot better. I probably would have gone with a straightaway, leading to a wide turn with a steep bank, a hairpin turn, and then some chicanes.

Hope an Android version comes out, too.