Anna Biela
@nuclearanna.bsky.social
Nuclear engineer, enby queer, and collector of hobbies. Any pronouns.
It’s so weird when animals have preferences about cameras. Like… how do they know???
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
It’s so weird when animals have preferences about cameras. Like… how do they know???
My dog, when he was a puppy, used to do this with our husky roommate too! I dunno why. It’s so silly
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My dog, when he was a puppy, used to do this with our husky roommate too! I dunno why. It’s so silly
Whatever he’s begging for with those puppy dog eyes of his, please give it to him. I’m not sure I’m not sure I’ll survive the heartbreak if he doesn’t get every single thing he’s ever wanted right now 😭🥰
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Whatever he’s begging for with those puppy dog eyes of his, please give it to him. I’m not sure I’m not sure I’ll survive the heartbreak if he doesn’t get every single thing he’s ever wanted right now 😭🥰
All that said, I’m kinda charmed by the squiggly cinderblock design & think it’s cool when people try weird stuff.
They should make a slightly raised garden bed or smth though, not a shed. It would probably still fail eventually, but probably without injury & they’d learn something about materials.
They should make a slightly raised garden bed or smth though, not a shed. It would probably still fail eventually, but probably without injury & they’d learn something about materials.
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
All that said, I’m kinda charmed by the squiggly cinderblock design & think it’s cool when people try weird stuff.
They should make a slightly raised garden bed or smth though, not a shed. It would probably still fail eventually, but probably without injury & they’d learn something about materials.
They should make a slightly raised garden bed or smth though, not a shed. It would probably still fail eventually, but probably without injury & they’d learn something about materials.
tensile loads, and this design seems like it’s going to get localized high tensile stresses along those thin curves, that’ll cause cracking and ultimately catastrophic failure.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
tensile loads, and this design seems like it’s going to get localized high tensile stresses along those thin curves, that’ll cause cracking and ultimately catastrophic failure.
Answering “Why wouldn’t this work?” definitively requires expertise in masonry I don’t have and engineering work.
My engineering intuition, tho, is that the interlocking design and the shape will result in really damn weird stress distributions. Concrete works best when compressed. It’s BAD under
My engineering intuition, tho, is that the interlocking design and the shape will result in really damn weird stress distributions. Concrete works best when compressed. It’s BAD under
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Answering “Why wouldn’t this work?” definitively requires expertise in masonry I don’t have and engineering work.
My engineering intuition, tho, is that the interlocking design and the shape will result in really damn weird stress distributions. Concrete works best when compressed. It’s BAD under
My engineering intuition, tho, is that the interlocking design and the shape will result in really damn weird stress distributions. Concrete works best when compressed. It’s BAD under
good enough for a structure that could kill people.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
good enough for a structure that could kill people.
you don’t have to do a whole bunch of analysis to make sure its fine, as long as you’re using them as intended.
You can’t do the same with weird brick shapes you just invented because, unless you do the actual engineering work, you don’t KNOW if it’ll work or not. And “probably” isn’t
You can’t do the same with weird brick shapes you just invented because, unless you do the actual engineering work, you don’t KNOW if it’ll work or not. And “probably” isn’t
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
you don’t have to do a whole bunch of analysis to make sure its fine, as long as you’re using them as intended.
You can’t do the same with weird brick shapes you just invented because, unless you do the actual engineering work, you don’t KNOW if it’ll work or not. And “probably” isn’t
You can’t do the same with weird brick shapes you just invented because, unless you do the actual engineering work, you don’t KNOW if it’ll work or not. And “probably” isn’t
I’ll answer an easier question first: why shouldn’t he do this?
You need testing and engineering analysis to build load bearing things. You can build stuff with cinder blocks from the hardware store because its weight capacity, strength, behavior under load, etc are all well understood, so
You need testing and engineering analysis to build load bearing things. You can build stuff with cinder blocks from the hardware store because its weight capacity, strength, behavior under load, etc are all well understood, so
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I’ll answer an easier question first: why shouldn’t he do this?
You need testing and engineering analysis to build load bearing things. You can build stuff with cinder blocks from the hardware store because its weight capacity, strength, behavior under load, etc are all well understood, so
You need testing and engineering analysis to build load bearing things. You can build stuff with cinder blocks from the hardware store because its weight capacity, strength, behavior under load, etc are all well understood, so
I’ve never actually seen it! Gonna put it on my watch list
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’ve never actually seen it! Gonna put it on my watch list
I don’t really have a point here (other than amusement at the idea of trans proliferation and states developing clandestine trans programs). Just reflecting on what you pointed out.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I don’t really have a point here (other than amusement at the idea of trans proliferation and states developing clandestine trans programs). Just reflecting on what you pointed out.
Very different than the contagion or corruption language used elsewhere.
Sort of similarly, spreading religion gets its own terms: proselytizing and evangelizing.
Meanwhile, of course transness gets a faux medical, legitimizing version of “those ******** are corrupting the kids!”
Sort of similarly, spreading religion gets its own terms: proselytizing and evangelizing.
Meanwhile, of course transness gets a faux medical, legitimizing version of “those ******** are corrupting the kids!”
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Very different than the contagion or corruption language used elsewhere.
Sort of similarly, spreading religion gets its own terms: proselytizing and evangelizing.
Meanwhile, of course transness gets a faux medical, legitimizing version of “those ******** are corrupting the kids!”
Sort of similarly, spreading religion gets its own terms: proselytizing and evangelizing.
Meanwhile, of course transness gets a faux medical, legitimizing version of “those ******** are corrupting the kids!”
Yeah, it’s interesting that “proliferation” specifically gets used almost exclusively for nuclear weapons by most people. Its connotations are generally… bad but clinically so, imo? It’s a kinda wonkish word that’s (ironically) escaped containment in this one narrow use.
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Yeah, it’s interesting that “proliferation” specifically gets used almost exclusively for nuclear weapons by most people. Its connotations are generally… bad but clinically so, imo? It’s a kinda wonkish word that’s (ironically) escaped containment in this one narrow use.
I don’t love the comparison, but some ppl treat transness & transition the same way. (See: “rapid onset gender dysphoria.” But also the real phenomenon of trans people inspiring others)
The *possibility* is what frightens people, regardless of how we control the technology implementing it.
The *possibility* is what frightens people, regardless of how we control the technology implementing it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I don’t love the comparison, but some ppl treat transness & transition the same way. (See: “rapid onset gender dysphoria.” But also the real phenomenon of trans people inspiring others)
The *possibility* is what frightens people, regardless of how we control the technology implementing it.
The *possibility* is what frightens people, regardless of how we control the technology implementing it.
This is sort of divorced, imo, from the bomb as a physical technology that exists and could be destroyed. Because countries can disarm and control nuclear materials and all that, but it seems, to many, that nuclear weapons are the ultimate horror from pandora’s jar, never again to be contained.
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is sort of divorced, imo, from the bomb as a physical technology that exists and could be destroyed. Because countries can disarm and control nuclear materials and all that, but it seems, to many, that nuclear weapons are the ultimate horror from pandora’s jar, never again to be contained.
The knowledge the bomb is possible is basically a necessary development from science imo. In a way, knowledge of nukes is regarded by some as a species memetic hazard, where knowing it can exist & broadly how to make one is liable to doom humanity.
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The knowledge the bomb is possible is basically a necessary development from science imo. In a way, knowledge of nukes is regarded by some as a species memetic hazard, where knowing it can exist & broadly how to make one is liable to doom humanity.
Tbf, dunking on Protestantism isn’t typically part of Mass in the US. As far as I remember, it was my first time hearing it explicitly, and I’ve gone hundreds of times.
Then there was the time a Baptist minister talked shit about me during his church service, but that’s a longer story.
Then there was the time a Baptist minister talked shit about me during his church service, but that’s a longer story.
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Tbf, dunking on Protestantism isn’t typically part of Mass in the US. As far as I remember, it was my first time hearing it explicitly, and I’ve gone hundreds of times.
Then there was the time a Baptist minister talked shit about me during his church service, but that’s a longer story.
Then there was the time a Baptist minister talked shit about me during his church service, but that’s a longer story.
Went to a memorial Mass recently and about fucking lost it when the priest brought up Martin Luther about halfway into the homily, but by god the man had a legitimate point.
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Went to a memorial Mass recently and about fucking lost it when the priest brought up Martin Luther about halfway into the homily, but by god the man had a legitimate point.
fucking mess of brainworms current and former evangelicals are stewing in.
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
fucking mess of brainworms current and former evangelicals are stewing in.
I was raised Catholic and stopped believing and started hanging out with the atheist/rationalist crowd in college.
But, like, the more I understand about Evangelicalism and the way they’ve shaped the country, the more I’ve come to appreciate that I got the ingrained Catholic guilt over… whatever
But, like, the more I understand about Evangelicalism and the way they’ve shaped the country, the more I’ve come to appreciate that I got the ingrained Catholic guilt over… whatever
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I was raised Catholic and stopped believing and started hanging out with the atheist/rationalist crowd in college.
But, like, the more I understand about Evangelicalism and the way they’ve shaped the country, the more I’ve come to appreciate that I got the ingrained Catholic guilt over… whatever
But, like, the more I understand about Evangelicalism and the way they’ve shaped the country, the more I’ve come to appreciate that I got the ingrained Catholic guilt over… whatever
I’m not super familiar with the lore of GoT, but closed religious practices would explain some of this.
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I’m not super familiar with the lore of GoT, but closed religious practices would explain some of this.
What a good precious baby 🥰
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
What a good precious baby 🥰
And what a good shape it is
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
And what a good shape it is
That’s not how you pronounce Nippon tho
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
That’s not how you pronounce Nippon tho