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    I think that science is a hobby for this man. He is way too invested for it to just be a job.

    “What is science?"

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    “Naturalist Allan Savory explains what is wrong with science at universities.”
    This reminds me of something surprising that I learned about Beatrix Potter, author of the Peter Rabbit books. Always interested in nature, one of her interests as a teenager was fungi. In the 1890s she made more scientific studies and illustrations and submitted a scientific paper, but was not widely acknowledged in this area as she was a woman.

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    Last taper of fourteen. Fourteen bless-ed candle-lit-snow nights. Gotta sally for wax, tomorrow, bicycle since the car recently got MX issues. The pic is washed out, but in real vision it reminds of a gravitational lensing, reflections around — but not much where the flame actually is. Activia, sadly for this post, doesn’t anagram to anything special. Needed something for a windbreak, and hey, I’m not proud. ~8O
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    Museums are a business model that serves hobbyists.

    My favourite curator talks about a job that used to be what every military sailor did (ref in the last few minutes of the vid). Surface warfare. Now that we’ve got bubbleheads and fricken aviators et cetera, more likely to be someone like us, might be time to pour one out for our lost warriors. And celebrate the resilience of the living.

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    Every Day Carry.

    TIL “Neck knife” lol. Carried my valuables that way, trekking through far lands.

    Japanese steel, probably a good deal.

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    Pool has been a hobby of mine for a while, nearing three decades. I recall trying multibanks right from the start, and still love that stuff.

    So I found this vid, and it (word? - opposite of excori..) validates my premise of fun. Not because these guys are sweating and then earning accolades, but because half of those great shots are standard practice for me and my preferred opponents. “Walmac, bank everything”.

    I didn’t see any long-bank sides, nor a 5 bank corner, but saw them do some of my other standard shots pretty good. Three-banks, various kicks and multi-bank kicks. Longbank kick to longbank, iirc, like I did on the 8 one time only (and a couple nice cross side kicks to cross side dunks).

    And one guy did a four bank kick like my main opponent does. I really liked the bigger ricochets, I have seen errant big double kisses happen, but have never gone to practice that..

    The shots that really piqued my interest, were the couple English wizard ones (spun cue/white ball does a dogleg), and the two jump shots. From my experience, those shots need currency in training. So, good on those guys and gals who try to make things NOT BORING!!

    I’d love to chat with any folks who play pool, or have done so regularly in the past.

    The things I like most are the things I have problems with.

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