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Cake day: July 13th, 2023

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  • Ananääs@sopuli.xyztocats@lemmy.worldA hero
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    5 days ago

    I didn’t know we had centipedes that would come inside before living in a flat that was half way in a basement. Also didn’t know a colony of silverfish was a thing. Centipedes, who obviously were in for a buffet, were nothing compared to that silvery fishy horror that I discovered rustling under the floor cover of my dog’s food bowls at midnight. Didn’t live there long after that.














  • The water near graveyards can be quite contaminated. I guess drinking it might “heal the community from the burden of an unpleasant member”, so to speak.

    I read somewhere, that there have been cases of people doing laundry downstream of graveyards, because the water cleaned the textiles unusually well – this being due to the corpse wax, or adipocere, which has soap-like properties, was getting into the water. Can’t seem to find the article, but here’s wikipedia:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipocere


  • I’m home alone for a couple days so I’ve been seeing friends and even had two visiting today! This week’s been exhausting, the unpaid work “training” I’m doing right now (studies related) is super stressful and I’m worried I’ll end up in another burnout before it ends… What’s good about the job, though, is that I’m doing research on interesting topics – which has restored the idea of applying to a doctoral program. I’d like to be a part-time researcher part-time mechanic (or similar hands-on stuff), but I haven’t had the confidence to pursue such career before.

    Oh, had a random encounter the other day and got a private tour at our local (amateur) observatory! I really enjoy such unexpected adventures!