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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • This is like that fridge post from yesterday…

    The difference is that…cheap washing machines didn’t exist. Good modern washing machines last a long time while not wasting money and electricity.

    You can’t compare the only available appliances of the 70s to the bottom-of-the-barrel now



  • It’s about this location specifically which is very rare. They did not know for sure that the region was on a plume until now

    Geologists have long suspected that Afar is underlain by a mantle plume, a pillar of upwelling hot material that is helping to drive apart the overlying crust.

    Geologists have long suspected that Afar is underlain by a mantle plume, a pillar of upwelling hot material that is helping to drive apart the overlying crust.

    Until now, however, little was known about the structure of this plume, or how such phenomena behave under rifting plates.


  • He just stopped the frequent short explainer-type videos. Mainly doing a podcast called “Lateral” (I think - I love him as a host but don’t really like his personality so I don’t watch)

    He posted to his original channel recently saying he had a few longer-form videos planned for it. I was kind of shocked to get the notification