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Learning about Basiceros tumucumaquensis, a cryptic “dirt ant” of South America:
“virtually nothing is known about this ant”
Great.
“but we did collect two near a Brazil nut tree and watched them for three days” (paraphrasing)
“They didn’t do much, then they died”
Great.
“when disturbed may enter thanatosis”
Oh neat! I wonder what “thanatosis” means? It sounds very exciting! Did they bite? Sting? Something worse?
“a state of involuntary paralysis triggered by fear”
Great 
NYC the time to vote is running out.
It’s not a done deal at all. Pay attention.
The elegance of the house centipede. She is a sports car.
She is a chandelier.
She is a gothic cathedral made animate.
Her legs make visual music. And three times a day, like a cat, she cleans every foot.
She will give you a dozen final fatal perfect hugs all at once.
"A computer can never be held accountable?"
We will see about that!
Who has the button pushing fingers? WHO pays the power bill??
And like she's selling something. Which I think she is!
I think you could skip the second. Although, I couldn't I like to read books in order kind of like a snowplow.
Yes. I assumed she would enter debtors prison.
Parking tickets in Cleveland were like $3 at the time.
My aunt got mad at me for not knowing how to drive.
I don't drive, but shortly after living in NYC for a few years I was aware of how much a "parking ticket" cost, at home in Cleveland for the holidays I listened with mounting horror as my aunt complained about how my cousin kept getting parking tickets at CASE. "I don't know what's wrong with her. She has 40 parking tickets."
My face went white. That would be... tens of thousands of dollars!
"perhaps we could take a collection at church" I said thinking of my dear cousin *crushed* by debit.
Someone is playing accordion on the platform— it feels very damp and Italian because of the rain.
Just watched a delightfully oblivious young woman with curly bobbed black hair and her attention somewhere else get on the five. The train was crowded and her book bag not all the way in the door as it closed; so I gave it a gentle push from the platform (that could easily be me!) anyway I got most of her in but not one of the straps on the bag which the subway door chomped.
And she was off! Looking around confused why she couldn’t get away from the door.
I hope she’s going the right way.
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett is so clearly what inspired Harry Potter and so much fundamentally a better book I’m frankly blown away.
I’m also shocked at the sudden jump in quality from the first two books. Which are very fun but someone hit the man with the good story telling stick between books 2 and three and can I please be next?
There are 14 “smarties” per pack which is ALSO
(famously)
the number of legs on an isopod.
@foone nice!
Sign up for a seminar from #picathecat
“Staffing Difficulties of the Modern Feline: Getting the Most From Lazy Humans”
Price: 0.5 BTC or two cans beef purée and a dozen ‘scritches’
is it coming on to you? 
@foone They grow up so fast.
The Library of Babel is a magic trick with indexing and data.
Attached: 1 image I think I see through the magic trick of the The Library of Babel a little better now. Not that anything about it is "fake" --just that part of what makes it feel impossible is going to a room and finding a book on a particular shelf feels like a very finite act-- but "every book possible" feels infinite. Feels. The hexagons have very long names. It's critical that the books use only lower case letters, otherwise the names would be laughably long. The hexagon names are a more dense encoding.
Sauropods.win (sauropods.win)
None of this help's #PicaTheCat's case at all.
Cat are harmless, those big cats are different, there isn't a conspiracy, etc. etc. not buying it.