7 A.m. Is Too Damn Early For Running Errands But, It Is Currently The Only Way

One of the reasons black coffee is posited to be beneficial is because it upregulates glucoronidation, which is a phase II metabolism reaction involving the covalent addition of glucuronic acid—triggering an elimination and detoxification mechanism for lipophilic compounds. Additionally, since glucuronides are charged, this also triggers the excretion of the parent compounds in urine and bile. tl;dr black coffee triggers enzymes, increases metabolism, burns fat, and causes the body to excrete various things that are posited to potentially harm us in some circumstances.

Scientific fraud is the most baffling thing ever to me like do they think they're just going to make a huge breakthrough and no one will notice that it's fake by trying to replicate their results

The White House bragging about how many different countries have reached out to negotiate in response to the tariffs reminds me of that part of Disco Elysium where you have the option to put a loaded gun in your mouth and threaten to pull the trigger as a negotiating tactic. It is certainly one way to start a conversation!

very convenient how the definition of “cultural christianity” includes everything and everyone when they’re assigning it to you but magically shrinks as soon as you try to criticize it

Fun game: Try to catch yourself thinking irrationally before any erroneous thought has a chance to lead you astray.

LAURA MCPHEE B. 1958 GUARDIANS OF SOLITUDE

People will be like, "I'm a polymath," and then not even be good at one thing.

Tired: you've already won half the battle Wired: you've already drawn half the owl

(smirking while handing you a hard shell crab) have a big bite dude. of course it's a soft shell crab

people don't change as much as you think they do. they mostly become what they already were.