I still feel weird and bad if I whistle in the car.

I don't remember there being many rules when I was a kid but "no whistling in the car" was a serious one. "No chanting" feels like an important one too.

Hey! Join this starter pack

go.bsky.app/Cpx2Ppu

To join and connect with the crystallography at Bluesky community.

When I was painting regularly, I definitely noticed colours out in the world WAY more. I need to get back into it soon :)

The Gelada is a monkey with a tawny, brown shaggy coat- with males flaunting anespecially impressive mantle, intensely herbivorous, these primates spend their days hard at work in the grass mines using nimble fingers to select the best grass blades for eating. (Hiller 2000) #2025MMM

Counting the hours until I'm on parental leave. I can't even comprehend what 'not being at work' for a year will look like. I'm so excited to be a parent and have a break from particle accelerator life.

Mo The Plesiosaur (Ponteix):

In 1992, Bob St. Cyr found the fossils of a plesiosaur that lived 70 million years ago. To celebrate the discovery, Mo was constructed and welcomes people to the community. Mo is 11.5 metres long.

Did you know that The Beatles were the first band to ever use guitars? Wild, I know.

Like yes absolutely she should have a palate cleanser named after her but she wasn't X-raying ulnas, my dude.