1
14
submitted 4 days ago by Amuletta@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

“Keeping with the idea of the brain as a sponge, we also thought of it as a dirty sponge — how do you clean a dirty sponge?” Costanzo asked.

“You run it under a tap and squeeze it out. In our simulations, we were able to get a sense of how the brain moving from an abdominal contraction can help induce fluid flow over the brain to help clear waste products.” > Maybe those crackpots like Kellogg, with their laxative obsession, were (almost) onto something.

204
6
20
submitted 1 month ago by Amuletta@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

Who knew that a creature resembling a giant guinea pig could move so fast and hide so well?

107
384
16
submitted 1 month ago by Amuletta@lemmy.ca to c/cat@lemmy.world

His first mouse of the season

174
44

Yes, I know that my dashboard is dusty

21
submitted 2 months ago by Amuletta@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca
[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 months ago

I don't think they've ever run out quite this quickly before.

350
submitted 2 months ago by Amuletta@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

Already?? Are people just a lot more horny when it's cold outside?

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 months ago

Duct tape was a running joke on the Red Green show, which ran from 1991 to 2006.

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago

Oh no, our Prime Minister can't join their sooper sekret club! No girls allowed either! It's their treehouse and you can't come in. /s

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago

A lot of die hard right wingers view life as a zero sum game. It's why they want to dismantle universal health care.

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 months ago

I feel sorry for the Americans who didn't vote for him, but it's just too risky to visit the USA any more.

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 months ago

What was the alternative? I would have loved to vote NDP, and usually do in local elections, but they stood no chance. I wasn't so much voting for Carney as against Poilievre.

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If you think of distance in kilometers, houses in square feet, buying vegetables in kilograms, and your weight in pounds, you could be Canadian.

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 43 points 6 months ago

The people criticizing Carney for not arguing with Trump have obviously never had the experience of arguing with a dementia ridden relative.

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 months ago

A square screw is a Robinson, fyi.

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 24 points 8 months ago

*In July, the village office closed its doors to the public outside pre-arranged appointments, citing harassment and intimidation toward staff.

The owner of the property and one of Didulo's followers Rick Manz was charged with assault, resisting arrest and uttering threats.>*

I bet the residents of the village are relieved to see the last of her. Hopefully her cult members will start to disperse soon.

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 17 points 8 months ago

Dad was a Nazi. I guess it never occurred to his daughters to take the painting down when the realtor came in to photograph the house.

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 19 points 9 months ago

Is this news? They're both single adults. She's not on the same level as Barbra Streisand, who dated his dad once, though.

view more: next ›

Amuletta

joined 9 months ago