Happy Independence Day to my compatriots; happy Tuesday to all.
“One prefers, of course, on all occasions to be stainless and above reproach but, failing that, the next best thing is unquestionably to have got rid of the body.”
—Wodehouse, JOY IN THE MORNING
Typo of the day is trible (where I intended to type tribe).
It caused me a little trouble.
Just got back from a midnight run with Reuben Sandwich, D.O. (Doctor Olfactantissimus). I saw a smoky red half-moon hanging somber in the western sky. Reuben saw about fifteen thousand sinister bunnies, only three of which were evident to me.
I can’t positively recommend reading this excellent article (a collaboration between Pro Publica and The New Yorker). It’s full of excruciating medical detail. But if you’re hardy enough to do so, there’s a lot of food for thought.
A thought: the profit motive in medicine will kill most of us eventually, even destroying those who can afford treatment.
Another: patriarchy imposes a huge burden of sorrow and suffering on men. That’s not the most important reason to be against it, but it’s a reason.
https://www.propublica.org/article/penis-enlargement-enhancement-procedures-implants
I took Dr. Reuben Sandwich (PhD, JD, DOG) out for a midnight run last night. Just as we left our driveway, I looked up and saw a meteor streak across the Summer Triangle (formed by Vega, Deneb, & Altair). I tried to keep my eye on the sky thereafter but Reuben is a fast-paced little bulldog who gives one little leisure for stargazing.
I did see a lot of meteors later on in my dreams, though. Reuben may have done the same, but he hasn’t mentioned it.
This image of the Kylix of Durides and Calliades came up in my Mastodon newsfeed today. (The source wasn’t attributed, but see some more images here.)
Studies show that most studies don’t show what they show. Still, this is an interesting and well-sourced piece about the connections between reading and empathy.
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/reading-fiction-empathy-better-person/
Typo of the day is cosgender which I discovered by mistyping cisgender in some sentence like “Cisgenger is not a slur”—a statement too obvious to need saying, except that we live in the Worst Timeline.
“Cosgender. That ought to be a real thing!” I said to myself, and apparently it is.
“Cosgender is a fluid gender that changes depending on the character(s) one is cosplaying at the moment. For example, cosplaying a female character could make one’s gender more female-aligned, and cosplaying a male character could make one’s gender more male-aligned.”
Fandom.com
It even has its own flag, created by the term’s neologizer “Mogaiz-Heaven”.
So. There you go there. It’s a Solstice Miracle!™
