the Hearth @Felthry@awoo.space

do you ever just wonder

where does the energy go from redshifted photons

if a photon of green light at 500 nanometers is emitted and then travels through space for a while, the expansion of the universe causes it to redshift until it's, say, a red photon of 700 nanometers

that's a loss of over an entire electronvolt

where did that energy go?

-F

fun fact: there's a large region of space that seems to have significantly less *stuff* in it than would be expected by our models, and we don't really know why

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMB_cold_spot
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can someone in the UK explain what this "nectar" thing is that ebay apparently does over there? i keep seeing it when techmoan shows an image of an ebay listing for something and am kinda curious what it is and why they don't do it over here
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miror b might just be the best character in the entire pokemon series
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it occurs to me that bacteria and viruses are basically nanobots in any sensible definition of the word

especially genetically engineered ones
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it was really weird when we realized that the delorean was a real car people actually could buy and drive
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why are all our friends so cute -F

we should adopt Sb as an anticapitalist symbol

because it's anti-mon(e)y

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random thought: i wonder if there are any people petty and misanthropic enough to intentionally scratch up every redbox rental they get before returning it
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working a full-time job sounds really difficult... how do people handle it
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whee, applied for another job.

here's hoping this company actually gets back to us
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Huh, you don't see people actually categorize tex-mex as american food very often

it undeniably *is*, but people generally think of it as mexican food here
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someone remind us to get bratwurst when we go to the grocery store, kinda craving one now
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hmm.

dragons good. love dragons.
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not really our thing but just noticed the date!
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happy vore day, I guess
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Today's before-bed thought: An anthro version of iron man would be the ferric ferret
-R

but just know that just because I don't say hi in a while doesn't mean we don't appreciate you!! social anxiety and ADHD together make for not fun times
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there are people on here who we appreciate a lot and yet never talk to because starting conversations is Hard and i don't want to Bother People
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Well, we just learned something unpleasant. Apparently, with the current state of the ACA, we would be able to get basic health insurance for free, but we can't because we didn't make enough money in this year. If we had made more than $15k this year, we would get free health insurance. But since we didn't, it'd be $500 a month.

Wasn't the point of this to make health care more affordable to low-income people? Why would it cost *more* if we can't afford it?

-R