Mariah McE
@mariahmce.bsky.social
An earnestly curated collection of miscellany. My interests are science, humor, geography, news, food, psychology, fashion, history, pop culture, art, economics, travel and reality dating shows.
The Great Fire of London superimposed over a map of modern London. Putting history in context is so helpful!
June 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Great Fire of London superimposed over a map of modern London. Putting history in context is so helpful!
Previous downturns by timescale and percent drop from peak. Fascinating.
April 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Previous downturns by timescale and percent drop from peak. Fascinating.
So the S&P is a meme coin now? Cool cool. Also, if this isn’t insider trading I don’t know what is. Good thing we have a functioning SEC.. Oh. Wait….
April 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So the S&P is a meme coin now? Cool cool. Also, if this isn’t insider trading I don’t know what is. Good thing we have a functioning SEC.. Oh. Wait….
Some colors are “non-spectral” meaning they don’t fall on the spectrum. For purple, our brain is trying to make sense of two different wavelengths on opposite ends of the spectrum, blue and red. So our brain takes the color spectrum and turns it into a color wheel where blue and red are close.
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Some colors are “non-spectral” meaning they don’t fall on the spectrum. For purple, our brain is trying to make sense of two different wavelengths on opposite ends of the spectrum, blue and red. So our brain takes the color spectrum and turns it into a color wheel where blue and red are close.
Light exists on a spectrum from red to violet. Any particular spectral color is our eye’s cones detecting its specific wavelength.
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Light exists on a spectrum from red to violet. Any particular spectral color is our eye’s cones detecting its specific wavelength.
Our eye has three types of cones, red, green and blue. The red detect long wavelengths, the green cones detect mid wavelengths and the blue cones the short wavelengths.
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Our eye has three types of cones, red, green and blue. The red detect long wavelengths, the green cones detect mid wavelengths and the blue cones the short wavelengths.
The Bachelor finale summed up in 5 seconds
March 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The Bachelor finale summed up in 5 seconds
Also, I needed this for my memory, I can never remember which is which:
March 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Also, I needed this for my memory, I can never remember which is which:
Show me your full moooooons!
March 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Show me your full moooooons!
A naming saga on /r/tragedeigh:
January 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A naming saga on /r/tragedeigh:
The more I learn about neurodiversity, the more I am absolutely convinced of this. Also kids aren’t “giving you a hard time” they are “having a hard time” because expectations outpace their skills.
January 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The more I learn about neurodiversity, the more I am absolutely convinced of this. Also kids aren’t “giving you a hard time” they are “having a hard time” because expectations outpace their skills.
As a single mom with lots of single parent friends, I’m surprised that percentage isn’t higher.
December 25, 2024 at 7:23 PM
As a single mom with lots of single parent friends, I’m surprised that percentage isn’t higher.
Well this is positive! Over the counter Narcan makes a difference! Note on Oregon, when you decriminalize drugs but don’t put more money into addiction services, this is what happens.
December 12, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Well this is positive! Over the counter Narcan makes a difference! Note on Oregon, when you decriminalize drugs but don’t put more money into addiction services, this is what happens.
- 8000 organ pipes were removed and clean
- 3 new bronze bells had to be made, one of which was featured prominently at the Olympics (the gold medal winners got to ring it)
- They discovered a previously unknown 1st century church and the burial of over 1k people
- 3 new bronze bells had to be made, one of which was featured prominently at the Olympics (the gold medal winners got to ring it)
- They discovered a previously unknown 1st century church and the burial of over 1k people
December 6, 2024 at 2:26 AM
- 8000 organ pipes were removed and clean
- 3 new bronze bells had to be made, one of which was featured prominently at the Olympics (the gold medal winners got to ring it)
- They discovered a previously unknown 1st century church and the burial of over 1k people
- 3 new bronze bells had to be made, one of which was featured prominently at the Olympics (the gold medal winners got to ring it)
- They discovered a previously unknown 1st century church and the burial of over 1k people
The two hominids:
- Homo erectus, the longest lasting hominid, which we are descendant of. Upright walking omnivore.
- Paranthropus boisei, a more ape-like hominid who was a large molared herbivore and had more useful big toe so were less upright
- Homo erectus, the longest lasting hominid, which we are descendant of. Upright walking omnivore.
- Paranthropus boisei, a more ape-like hominid who was a large molared herbivore and had more useful big toe so were less upright
November 29, 2024 at 9:28 AM
The two hominids:
- Homo erectus, the longest lasting hominid, which we are descendant of. Upright walking omnivore.
- Paranthropus boisei, a more ape-like hominid who was a large molared herbivore and had more useful big toe so were less upright
- Homo erectus, the longest lasting hominid, which we are descendant of. Upright walking omnivore.
- Paranthropus boisei, a more ape-like hominid who was a large molared herbivore and had more useful big toe so were less upright