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🧬🔥 BREAKING: #violence might mess with your genes! 🧬🔥 Scientists at the University of Florida, a place where all the cutting-edge genetic #research happens (🤣), have just realized what every action movie has been hinting at for years: that violence *might* have consequences. Who knew?! Apparently, genes are not fond of generational #trauma. Thanks, #science! 👏 #MindBlown #NextUpWaterIsWet
news.ufl.edu/2025/02/syrian-vi #genetics #HackerNews #ngated

news.ufl.eduViolence alters human genes for generations, researchers discover<p>Children of Syrian refugees inherit the stress of civil war.</p>

Aaaaaaah, sometimes I want a reading group of clones that are into exact the same books as me so I could have an outlet for stuff that appears in my brain when I read something.

(context: my favourite author @JanetEdwardsSF is releasing snippets on her Patreon that makes my brain go wild with speculations)

(and not even a reddit or Discord to pour out my brain content in)

Here's something I thought was fascinating. We count by 10s because fingers right.. ancient #Egyptians counted by 12s in the most ingenious way.

Touch your thumb to the top, index finger, joint like pic1. Count 1.

Move down one joint like pic2. Count 2.

Continue down and then next finger so pic3 is 8 and pic4 is 12.

Now you raise one finger on the other hand and start over.

Once you've raised 5 fingers it's 60.

This is why time and angles are in multiples of 12.

#math
#mindblown

We just installed a new microwave so I went to set the clock.

My helper pointed out that I don't have to set it at all: the display stays blank, unless something's cooking or we need the timer. The stove right below it has a clock already.

So now I never have to see two clocks that are infuriatingly close to being in sync, but which never quite get there, in my kitchen again. Ever.