Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻

Documenting my giant journey of great growth.

Former hacker; Wild-wanderer wondering "Why?"; still skeptical.

Philosophy 🤔, Science 🔭, Politics 🏴‍☠️

Pragmatist 🐿️, Generalist 🌍, Anarchist 🍞

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2026-04-06 13:06:23 UTC

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I just ask because some people who have seen it won't stop talking about it afterwards as if it's life changing...

2026-04-06 12:30:16 UTC

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Are you saved now? Reborn? 😁

2026-02-20 17:15:07 UTC

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1984

2026-02-15 13:28:10 UTC

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Ooo I like that Blake quote. Everything I know about him comes from Hannibal. 😁

2026-02-15 13:15:40 UTC

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The productivity of the Greens never ceases to amaze me. It does look interesting. Looks like the Collins book was inspired by Hume and has a lot of similarities with 1984. I suspect you won't be disappointed on either account but I'm wishing you luck just in case 😁

2026-02-15 12:37:46 UTC

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haha Alright. Yeah, I'm with you on Amazon. Which ones do you have the most hope for?

2026-02-15 11:52:00 UTC

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What's going on in the big city today?

2026-01-17 14:31:28 UTC

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2026-01-09 05:20:41 UTC

A viper rainbow for you.
#beautiful #snakes #reptiles #animals #life #zoology #biology
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2026-01-09 05:17:35 UTC

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I love snakes. There are many people who think they're very beautiful. I think many are even cute. Not king cobras. I still don't like king cobras. I wouldn't want them eradicated though... just nowhere near me would be fine.

2025-12-21 11:21:12 UTC

I think consciousness is just the body's user interface to itself and the world. I don't think the answer to the question needs to be more complicated than that. Having such a facility is obviously beneficial to survival and goal-oriented behavior and I think that's justification enough.
#philosophyofmind #philosophy #pscyhology

2025-12-02 15:11:16 UTC

Hmmm. A #philosophy paper I wrote in college actually made it onto philpapers somehow. That's weird.

2025-12-01 17:28:21 UTC

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Oh okay. Yeah, I wish I had that, then I could eat more salt. 😁

2025-12-01 17:23:23 UTC

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Interesting, I have the opposite. Can it be improved with lifestyle changes?

2025-12-01 17:17:53 UTC

[@Theorem_Poem](https://mstdn.social/@Theorem_Poem ) Sounds like it could be poor circulation.

2025-11-23 08:19:20 UTC

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Do you have a lot of Indian followers?

2025-10-10 14:11:44 UTC

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Whenever I see weird things like that, I tend to have that in mind. I've seen people with schizophrenia or drug psychoses do so many strange things that you start to get a feeling for the "texture" of it if you know what I mean, just intuition. I wouldn't jump to that conclusion, but it wouldn't surprise me either.
Cemetery? Could it be cremated remains?

2025-10-10 13:53:45 UTC

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Some kind of pest control. It's too dark to be any form of drugs I know. There's a small chance it could be a psychotic ritual though. I've seen similar but different things from people with psychoses before.

2025-10-09 08:02:14 UTC

Not all construction work is equally enjoyable.
For example, enlarging a drilled hole is boring, but fastening pieces of metal together is riveting.
#humor #jokes

2025-09-24 08:21:36 UTC

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Damn. I know how you feel, but sometimes you just get that good mood and nothing can stop it from being good. To be hones though, I just paid my ex to do my dishes, so I make no claim to being in that mood rn. 😂😂😂

2025-09-24 08:18:08 UTC

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hahaha Okay. Dealer's choice. 😁

2025-09-24 08:16:16 UTC

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Enjoy.

2025-09-23 05:51:05 UTC

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I have no idea how people fell for the same exact trick from the same exact people.

2025-09-17 08:48:36 UTC

Good morning monkies!

2025-09-04 22:16:45 UTC

I don't think science is about the truth. It's about creating tools, models, which allow us to predict the future (and past). It's the other way around actually: the truth is just *what works*. I think also that if your theories don't have a use then they're not actually interesting other than as art. Art is important though; it's just not science.
#philosophyofscience #philosophy #science

2025-08-18 19:19:39 UTC

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The Little Prince? I don't remember it at all and my only copy is in Old English, which I'm not very good at right now.

2025-08-13 17:25:23 UTC

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Okay, I interpreted it a bit more charitably than that: That you were saying that it doesn't matter objectively but it does subjectively and that is enough for you.

2025-08-13 17:14:58 UTC

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Great answer all around. I don't think it's circular at all though. Why do you think that?
I'm curious, was there more that wasn't satisfying in a rational sense?

2025-08-13 16:22:15 UTC

Where do you find meaning in your life? Do you feel that your life is important and that the choices you make and actions you take matter? Why?
@npub1uqy…kvhk @npub1wde…dg4n #philosophy #psychology

2025-08-10 14:00:20 UTC

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CAT as in Caterpillar Inc, the ones who make bulldozers and stuff like that. There's a bunch of other brands but those are the only two I've ever seen in real life. I had an Xcover 5 and in fact it still works. Gave it to a friend recently.
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2025-08-10 13:05:45 UTC

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Do they sell like Samsung Xcover or CAT phones? Those are more expensive but last forever, most parts replaceable, water-proof and very hard to break.

2025-08-10 13:03:23 UTC

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No? I didn't know they limited their markets like that. What's the best alternative there?

2025-08-10 12:07:43 UTC

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Nah, the best phone is the most ethical and functional phone. As far as I know, that's the Fairphone, which is the only phone that's completely repairable by a normal person, made as much as possible from sustainable (conflict-free minerals, recycled plastics, fairtrade, etc.) sources. Another down-side to iPhones is that their software is completely closed sources and the hardware is locked down. You don't actually own it. Apple does.
https://youtu.be/lU4vv7qCQvg

2025-08-01 16:59:01 UTC

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I have to go there.
Tell me something, maybe you know: Can the Earth ever be almost completely covered with deep oceans again, like if all the glaciers melt or would the continents have to sink as well?

2025-07-22 19:08:54 UTC

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Hoppas. Det kunde hjälpa till att normalisera det.

2025-07-21 11:54:56 UTC

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What the fuck... are you a magician. 😂

2025-05-23 13:18:54 UTC

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That's interesting. Is it evenly divided or split up by sex?

2025-05-23 12:09:05 UTC

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I don't mean to be rude, as I respect you very much, but I'm disappointed to see this here. It's just another part of their marketing hype. They do this for advertising. It's nothing but role-play and sci-fi to get their name out there.
"There's no such thing as bad press."

2025-05-23 11:19:59 UTC

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You didn't mention anything about cooking, cleaning, housework and paying bills...

2025-05-22 13:23:44 UTC

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Who decides how many? Is it which distros versions use for their LTS lines?

2025-05-22 13:07:37 UTC

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Can someone tell me why are there 5 branches now? I haven't been keeping up to date.

2025-05-16 16:44:38 UTC

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Well, I was going to say that the universe is conspiring against you, but sure, if you want to get technical... 😁

2025-05-16 16:41:14 UTC

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You know why though, right?

2025-05-11 09:36:58 UTC

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I think this depends on the interpretation and the goal. The goal of self-acceptance is not survival. We all die. The goal is to eliminate a big source of strife in our lives. It's very good advice that's necessary for happiness, but as you point out it's not sufficient. We still have to accept what's out of our control as well. The point is to do what you can and not suffer unnecessarily at your own hands. So in that sense, it's great advice if understood correctly.

2025-04-26 17:47:23 UTC

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Thanks, I think this is useful, forwarding to our coordinator! ❤️
Where are you fleeing to by the way?

2025-04-26 16:57:09 UTC

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How is organizing at UCR to protect students? A group I'm working with is putting together resources on OPSEC for that targeting faculty and student organizations.

2025-04-26 16:41:34 UTC

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I really don't think people are acting fast enough on any of these. Everyone retweeted that "And then they came for" meme but very few act in accordance and seemingly none in a timely manner.

2025-04-19 11:56:03 UTC

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No, it's mine. 😡

2025-04-16 13:19:38 UTC

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🏴‍☠️

2025-04-16 09:33:46 UTC

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I think you're complaining to the wrong audience. 😉

2025-04-06 03:36:50 UTC

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2025-03-31 12:22:42 UTC

Can you think of an emotion or mental state where somome will tend to avoid pleasure? Is there such thing as a kind of ascetic drive?
I'm thinking there is something missing where you have emotions that drive one both away from (e.g. fear, lain) and toward (e.g. anger) negative stimuli but I van only thing kf emotions or mental states that drive us towards positive stmuli (e.g. desire). Maybe satiation counts? What else could?
#philosophy #philosophyofmind #psychology
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2025-03-30 14:17:11 UTC

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It's a start but what's the next step? How does this turn into change?

2025-03-26 16:48:38 UTC

Holy fucking shit. THIS IS ✨MAGIC✨.
I could not stand putting duvet covers on, until today... and now I'll be a MAGICIAN every time I do laundry, for the rest of my life! 🎩🐇
LITERALLY TOOK TWENTY SECONDS! Doing this shit has been the bane of my existence, worse than leg day. JFC!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFOhjljieqs

2025-03-25 18:37:45 UTC

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Also, it seems you're wrong as to the specifics. He's an Andrew Tate fan.
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-first-tiktok-nelk-boys-andrew-tate-connection-1934570

2025-03-25 18:36:22 UTC

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Vance is for sure, but maybe not Tate specifically. I'm not sure why you can't read that off him very clearly. Rubio, no he has nothing to do with it.

2025-03-25 18:20:05 UTC

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That's hard to explain. Media aimed at young men for self-improvement, dating and other stuff. Some of it falls into what some people call the "manosphere". A lot of it is Joe Rogan-adjacent.

2025-03-25 17:03:41 UTC

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It's a fairly typical effect of the kind of media they consume which is in large part about dominance games.

2025-03-25 15:24:06 UTC

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I duno man, I think fascism at home for white people is what happens when you don't care about fascism at home for non-white people (and abroad).

2025-03-24 18:27:04 UTC

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If it makes you feel any better, it seems like Hacker News has completely turned on these fucks. When they do allow a post through, it's just pure hate on the admin with one or two guys who get shit on.

2025-03-22 11:45:53 UTC

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Why would they still have them? 🤔

2025-03-19 09:44:52 UTC

I am in no way confident that C. elegans doesn't have a subjective perspective. The fact is we just have absolutely no clue how this stuff works.
#biology #physics #philosophy

2025-03-13 13:16:55 UTC

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In reference to Sweden, the law is called Totalförsvarsplikt. I wonder how many other countries have something like that.
Ukraine is the opposite, barring all men 18 to 60 from leaving the country, and they're even trying to get European authorities to help them enforce it, seeking men who already live abroad as well as dropping the age ranges. Women with certain specific educations are supposed to register, but it's mostly been ignored or postponed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Ukrainian_mobilization

2025-03-13 12:52:09 UTC

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I don't know anything about ships, but it's definitely true any time war breaks out. In some countries, like Ukraine, it's even the law. Sweden is a good counter-example though where we actually have relative equality on that front.

2025-03-11 17:07:57 UTC

This is fun, a bit like a science experiment. Mexico and Canada have totally different strategies here and it looks like the results vary accordingly.
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2025-02-22 16:40:46 UTC

A lazy logical analysis of two of the cardinal virtues.
If you think you should [not] do X and you feel you should [not] do X then you should [not] do X.
#philosophy #ethics
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2025-02-20 21:16:18 UTC

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Why does Trump need to take Putins side to lead an oligarchy? I can't watch the vid rn but that sounds like a non-sequiter.

2025-02-04 17:39:16 UTC

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Indeed. I think it would be difficult to convince most people that learning into ad hominem fallacies is a good way forward, so I'm not too worried. 😁😉 haha

2025-02-04 16:29:40 UTC

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*incredibly poorly he thinks, I meant
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2025-02-04 16:28:56 UTC

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I do think it's ad hominem unless you can show that the theories themselves are wrong. Hume said true things, regardless if he was generally confused or confused in other specific domains. Many mathematicians believe in nonsense, but their proofs stand for themselves. If a Nazi discovered the moon, it'd still be there. Trump says things that are true too, despite how incredibly poorly and how evil he is. This is why we have to engage with the propositions and theories per se.
@npub1m24…v0w8

2025-02-04 16:23:33 UTC

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If I were apply that principle universality, I wouldn't be able to listen to anyone. My standards are too high and I genuinely think we are the problem, so I would have to throw out all ideas including my own! This is not tenable. 😂 Ad hominem isn't a valid mode forward.
@npub1m24…v0w8

2025-02-04 16:22:26 UTC

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I don't have an inside view from your academia, so I can't really comment on that, but what I see online is people trying to dismiss the theses of such people based on their moral character and this is unacceptable to me. Often they try to say someone who isn't immoral said the same thing, but this is rarely true. Kant, Heidegger and Hume are good examples; Hume for me personally since I both dislike him but find useful what he said. 1/2
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2025-02-04 16:07:00 UTC

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It's not as catchy but "Identify all implicit assumptions" is more practically useful in philosophy, comedy and real life. (I say this as someone currently trying to read the SEP article on Pyrrhonian and Cartesian skepticism.)
So, are you saying you're into Quine or what?

2025-02-02 01:40:28 UTC

Seriously, don't you dare sleep on this shit. You can't seriously tell me everyone already knew "Rationalism", Effective Altruism, Slate Star Codex and cryptocurrencies all came from a literal (not metaphorical) cult as bad as Scientology and it was all started by one guy and eventually spun-off a death cult as well?
Yeah, you kinda had a feeling but did you really really know it was literally all exactly one thing?
https://mastodon.online/@apodoxus/113930933140640845

2025-02-01 19:21:36 UTC

I don't know about you but I want to be a pioneer, part of the groups that go first, find out where the migrations are heading before everyone else catches up.
Another one not mentioned in the graphic is #Matrix. I use #Signal a lot but it's server's aren't open source or federated. Matrix is.
#globalswitchday
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2025-01-30 17:55:58 UTC

More #chemistry for everyone tonight.
#science #physics
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2025-01-24 20:41:35 UTC

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I'm not sure "I have no idea what they're talking about" is a weak denial, but I think the diplomatic angle is possible. Then again, I've never seen Trump not be "aggressive and confrontational" so I don't know what all of this is supposed t mean. Was what we saw on TV the other day also something they would call "horrendous"? I would. What I'm saying is, was there something really different and unexpected here or does this communication have a purpose?

2025-01-24 20:15:04 UTC

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I didn't buy this. Did you? Who are these witnesses and why should we trust them over her, who denies this account?

2025-01-19 09:49:03 UTC

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America never had democracy and all Americans know that and that's why they don't give a shit. You can't keep the democracy you don't have using the democracy you don't have. 😁

2025-01-04 12:55:24 UTC

"Personality is my medium." Neuromancer
#art #aesthetics #ethics #philosophy

2025-01-03 15:22:05 UTC

tl;dr of the cardinal virtues
1. Prudence: Do what you should do, not something else.
2. Fortitude: Don't give up; but avoid exhaustion.
3. Temperance: Don't give in; but avoid starvation.
4. Justice: Take care of yourself but don't be selfish.
#philosophy #ethics #virtue #virtues #virtueethics #cardinalvirtues #morals #morality

2024-12-17 18:23:54 UTC

Dear @npub1uqy…kvhk, I've been meaning to ask you something. We talk a lot about the epistemology of ethics and aesthetics, even the ethics of epistemology has become popular, but something I haven't heard much about is the #aesthetics of #epistemology. Where can we find beauty in our theories of knowledge? What kinds of beauty? Is it something like the aesthetics of mathematics and physics or something totally different? What examples have you come across?
#philosophy

2024-12-08 00:52:14 UTC

Yeah, it's totally over. Russia is airlifting out of #Latakia. This is what I was waiting for. It was obvious before but it's officially game over for Assad now.
#syria #russia
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2024-12-05 21:52:00 UTC

Everything is suicide.
Self-improvenent is suicide.
Giving up is suicide.
Suicide is suicide.
#philosophy #metaphysics

2024-12-02 22:23:31 UTC

Mom asked about #epistemology, so I had her get a couple of books.
#philosophy
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2024-12-02 22:01:45 UTC

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Retention of territories and "delaying" NATO membership means Russia wins. How about we greenlight strikes to all supply lines instead.

2024-11-10 13:32:03 UTC

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LLaMa was pretty good if I just asked it like for options for how to do something. It was pretty methodical, whereas Qwen (even 14B) was more sloppy and incomplete. I haven't tried Qwen2.5-coder yet though.
So you're actually integrating it into projects? I'm just playing around so far.

2024-11-10 08:11:16 UTC

So I loaded Qwen2.5 7B and 14B this morning. 7B seems faster than LLaMa 3.1 8B (is that a thing?) and uses the same amount of RAM. Doesn't spin up my fans as soon for some reason. I don't like the answers about JS as much but I haven't tested it a lot. 14B barely runs on my computer, putting other things into swap. The answers are better but not that much better. I'm not really sure how I could test the difference.
This is all on CPU by the way.
#ollama #llm #llama #qwen #ai

2024-10-30 17:19:46 UTC

So what do you say to the "I don't have anything to hide people" in your friends and family?
#privacy #infosec #security

2024-10-29 20:31:24 UTC

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I'll spend black holes if I want to! You just try and stop me, buddy.
What's this about even number elements being more common though? Why?
@npub1nf4…nqe4

2024-10-29 15:42:16 UTC

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So much carbon and oxygen. Neat chart. Sucks to be Russia.

2024-10-29 15:38:23 UTC

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Now you have me wondering about the copper density of the universe. 😉