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Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the…

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Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Pascal Blanché.

One of the stranger things about training brand new nurses is explaining how to min max small talk….

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One of the stranger things about training brand new nurses is explaining how to min max small talk. It feels very weird to coach people on how to chat.

if I make and post an insanely detailed powerpoint on the twenty different equations I run mentally during casual conversation to make it flow better, everyone has to say that it’s sexy and cool and not weird at all

remember, everyone promised to be cool! also disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer assume I said all the things you’d say to be like “i know human interaction is complicated, i know some of what i listed here would be very annoying to some people,” and all that

me googling “how many sphincters in the human body” out of pure zest for life

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me googling “how many sphincters in the human body” out of pure zest for life

nobody wants to accept that the iris is a sphincter but I’ll fight and bite on this hill

me pulling out the Wikipedia article on Iris sphincters like blue eyes white dragon

sorry I got side tracked by cerulean orbs dark sphincters but the answer to “how many sphincters in the human body” seems to not be a straightforward googling. various sources of questionable quality are saying 40-50 sphincters. I must do more research

“list of all sphincter muscles”

Wikipedia: “There are over 60 types [of sphincters] in the human body,[citation needed]”

you’d think this would be easier information to find but such is the thrill of the chase

It seem the answer might be “millions” thanks to microscopic precapillary sphincters… this is a more exciting rabbit hole than I expected going in.

our very blood flow controlled by sphincters… it makes a certain sense. we are tube creatures that regulate fluids

this is one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century and he would probably be the…

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this is one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century and he would probably be the biggest blog on this site if he were still alive

A screenshot from Wikipedia. It reads: "He himself doubted the existence of God, whom he called the "Supreme Fascist" (SF). He accused SF of hiding his socks and Hungarian passports, and of keeping the most elegant mathematical proofs to himself."ALT
Erd?s signed his name "Paul Erdos P.G.O.M." When he became 60, he added "L.D.", at 65 "A.D.", at 70 "L.D." (again), and at 75 "C.D."

    P.G.O.M. represented "Poor Great Old Man"
    The first L.D. represented "Living Dead"
    A.D. represented "Archaeological Discovery"
    The second L.D. represented "Legally Dead"
    C.D. represented "Counts Dead"ALT

???

please come back king

Described by his biographer, Paul Hoffman, as "probably the most eccentric mathematician in the world," Erd?s spent most of his adult life living out of a suitcase. Except for some years in the 1950s, when he was not allowed to enter the United States based on the accusation that he was a Communist sympathizer, his life was a continuous series of going from one meeting or seminar to another. During his visits, Erd?s expected his hosts to lodge him, feed him, and do his laundry, along with anything else he needed, as well as arrange for him to get to his next destination.ALT

how has no one added the best erd?s story

from the wikipedia page „history and culture of substituted amphetamines

I’m very partial to the escalator story, which I have probably posted in the past, here’s a screenshot of it from an MAA website because I couldn’t copy it off there.

It’s told from the perspective of ronald graham, who was Erdös’ friend, a great mathematician, and also known for his athleticism (among other things)

This guy is so integral to mathematics that people have pissing contests over how many degrees of separation they are from having published a paper with him. It’s called your “Erd?s number”.

wilwheaton: “This is the October surprise: everyone, including the media, finally realizing what…

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“This is the October surprise: everyone, including the media, finally realizing what the MAGA movement truly is and being unafraid to state it. The “comedian” himself sure as heck sees nothing wrong with his racism and bigotry. And Gimenez, despite criticizing Hinchcliffe, sure went out of his way to praise Trump, the guy whose operation hired Hinchcliffe for the act. This is who they are.”

Trump’s racist Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden backfires spectacularly

It sure would be great if the vulgarity and racism finally mattered, at all.