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  • Beyond that there's been a considerable amount of research about our ability to estimate room size/material/shape while blindfolded just based on the reverberation of sounds in the space.

    Oversimplified conclusion, untrained humans are really good at it.

  • Republicans finally admit that ‘yeah, actually, Project 2025 is the agenda’
  • I love and live by this quote at the end of Paris is Burning. by Dorian Corey, one of the founding Mothers of ballroom.

    It's a 1 min clip worth hearing her say it, but for those who can't watch:

    Everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. And then you think, you left a mark on the world if you just get through it and a few people remember your name. You don't have to bend the whole world. I think it's better just to enjoy it. Pay your dues, and just enjoy it. If you shoot an arrow and it goes real high, hooray for you.

  • Americans in Puerto Rico can't vote for US president. Their anger at Trump is shaping the race
  • If we combined Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming, and both Dakotas into one mega state, they'd have about the population of South Carolina.

    But somehow they get 17 electoral votes to SCs 9 and 10 senators to California's 2.

    So I vote for Monomskakota!

  • Going hard at church
  • Way back when I still went to church (I got better), there was a doctor who always wore this blue diamond print tie every Sunday. If you looked closer, the lighter blue diamonds were viagra pills.

  • Coca-Cola Recalls Its Popular Zero Sugar Drink Because It Contains Full Sugar
  • Fun story, the recent meat recall (the second one) affected some salads I bought early September.. we got an email long after we'd eaten them letting us know, and to call "this number" if you'd like a refund.

    Sorry, I lied, it wasn't a fun story.

  • The value of x
  • Random woman who didn't sleep very well last night. I got a different answer, then thought about it for 10 more seconds and then got 135.

    (No I didn't assume the right angle, my mistake was even dumber. I need a nap.)

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