My technique for finding lost objects is much simpler: lose something else. preferably of lesser value but usually not.

The reply, and don't click on the link if you have a weak stomach.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcuZ...

I myself have turned lead into gold, starting with a light isotope of mercury and the Michigan State University cyclotron. It isn't that hard to do. It's just hard to make a more than a few atoms of it at a time that way!

Micah? Or, if you prefer, @geologicadventures.bsky.social ?

In a word, bullsh*t.

Thanks. I'll see if I can track down the Silver response. Anybody else got anything on this?

And this differs from delusional how?

There's room for both positions. Some of his behavior is clearly delusional (the transgender mice declaration, etc.) But I have maintained for years -- like, maybe thirty years -- that he is an evildoer. And as for his minions ... I simply don't know.

"Synesthesia" may be another one that's evocative in unintended ways. It isn't a disease; it's just, well, strange and wondrous. (Says a guy who's somewhat synesthetic as regards pain => color.)

I responded to this on FB, but to get the ball rolling here, "peristalsis" sounds ominous and disease-like until you find out that it's an entirely normal activity of the GI system, and that we'd be worse off without it.

_Reverse_ peristalsis, on the other hand ...