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i know we’re both just messing around pretending to be whole but look at me. if the train was coming would you move. if the ground was falling from under your feet would you even notice or would it just be another tuesday for you. if somebody stabbed you could it hurt worse than you already do. what i’m saying is that i love you but i think we both drive over the speed limit when it’s raining. what i’m saying is that i want to hold your hand and i understand about how you sometimes have to sit down in the shower. what i’m saying is that i’m here for you and if the train comes please move.

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Premature and low-birth-weight babies are likely to die if they are not kept warm in a hospital incubator until they are able to better regulate their own body temperature. Modern incubators are expensive and sophisticated machines, and like many other items of medical equipment, when donated to hospitals in the developing world today they often soon fall out of service due to power surges, unavailability of spare parts, or lack of specialist technicians to repair them; some studies find that up to 95 percent of medical equipment donated to some hospitals is inoperative within the first five years. A company called Design that Matters is attempting to address this issue, and their ingenious solution is a great example of the sort of appropriate technology that would need to emerge in a post-apocalyptic scenario. Their incubator design uses standard automobile parts: common sealed-beam headlights are used as the heating elements, a dashboard fan circulates filtered air, a door chime sounds alarms, and a motorcycle battery provides the backup electrical supply during power outages or when the incubator is being transported. All of these parts will be readily scavengeable in the aftermath and can be repaired with the know-how of local mechanics.

It’s so interesting that we could develop products that don’t rely on massively complicated technological infrastructure for maintenance, but choose not to unless we’re specifically targeting low-tech consumers. I kind of wish ‘requires minimal technology to fix’ was more a priority because it makes technological civilization more robust, but I understand why it doesn’t happen.

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if i can convince americans to value our federally funded biomedical research as the crown jewel that it is & start defending that with the rabid fervor it deserves, i will be satisfied.

this is your birthright, your inheritance, and your legacy. this work was done in your name, with your money, for you. this federally funded work underlies nearly every great biomedical breakthrough that has saved lives & improved care, including in ways that most of us are not even aware of. it is yours, it has always been yours. i wish you were as joyful & proud & possessive of it as you deserve to be.

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Blue Birch Marsh, 2024 by Jef Bourgeau.

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The Good Place 3x11

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Game designers have denied me impractically sexy men's armour for too long, so I shall have it in real life instead.

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reddit is having a glitch where it puts the wrong captions over photos and it’s the only thing i care about right now

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Thread on alternative views of iconic landmarks you (probably) haven’t seen before 🧵

1. Mount Fuji from a plane window.

2. Arc de Triomphe, Paris

3. Aerial view of Kaaba, Mecca

4. A view of the Taj Mahal that you do not usually see, highlighting the stark contrast between opulence and poverty divided by a single wall.

5. Top down view of the Statue of Liberty

6. The backside of Tutankhamun's burial mask

7. The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica seen through Rome's most famous keyhole.

8. The worn steps of the Tower of Pisa

9. Photographer Alexander Ladanivskyy, in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, captured an extraordinary drone shot of the Great Pyramid of Giza from an unusual perspective.

10. The Shanhai Pass, where the Great Wall of China meets the ocean.

for images 11 - 25, please see the source, here

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The eye ritual

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Today's Seal Is: His Wiggles

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Monokubo, Japanese illustrator

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Peat Wasuthorn

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" Liquid Gold " // © Dan Legend

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Flying Ospreys, Herons, and Terns Comprise a 35-Meter Water Tower Mural by Taquen (7 photos)

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Astrology doesn't seem to work.