When farmers grow the same crop too many years in a row, it can leave their soil depleted of minerals and other nutrients that are vital to the health of their fields.
To avoid this, farmers will often alternate the crops that they grow because some plants will use up different minerals (such as nitrogen) while other plants replenish those minerals. This process is known as “crop rotation.”
So the next time you find that you need to step away from a project to work on something else for a while, don’t beat yourself up for “quitting” that project. Give yourself permission to practice “mental crop rotation” to maintain a healthy brain field.
Because I’ve found that when that unnecessary guilt and pressure are removed from the process, a good mental crop rotation can help you feel more energized and invigorated than ever once you’re ready to rotate back to that project.
THIS EXACTLY!!! also for sensory stuff too. like are you hiking and absolutely miserable because you hate the way that sweat and dirt feels on your skin? turn off that sensation until you're ready
it's about full and total control. and for me, i think it'd be pretty cool to wrench on myself, too
Sometimes, I want to be a robot girl. Outside of the context of kink, I mean, which is what I largely see on this site. I mean the kinky stuff, too, but just what the ramifications of being a machine could be intrigue me a lot.
Robot girl who can temporarily disable emotions that aren't useful or socially appropriate.
Robot girl who can power off when she's overwhelmed.
Robot girl who can patch her missing knowledge about social situations and rules.
Robot girl who can change her body at will.
Robot girl who shows you her operating system because she wants you to know her. Really, really, know her.
Robot girl connected to a whole network of other robot girls so that she never feels alone.
I just want to be robot girl.
funny car
Everyone who’s been talking to me knows i’ve been working on this comic about wlws and cats for a while and i’m so so happy it’s finally here!!! :D
idea stolen from this post :’3
huh. I did the BDSM test but I was expecting "submissive" to rank higher.
every damn time i see this post it gets to me. my fucking heart aaaughh
future archaeologists will know you were (not) a boy
thought they needed a little reminder that they still have far more to lose if they double down on this stupidity. spread the word, it seems they're... very forgetful about this.
comfortable, decent quality bedding will change your life I'm so serious
What's a citizen science project? Basically, it's crowdsourced science. In this case, crowdsourced climate science, that you can help with!
You don't need qualifications or any training besides the slideshow at the start of a project. There are a lot of things that humans can do way better than machines can, even with only minimal training, that are vital to science - especially digitizing records and building searchable databases
Like labeling trees in aerial photos so that scientists have better datasets to use for restoration.
Or counting cells in fossilized plants to track the impacts of climate change.
Or digitizing old atmospheric data to help scientists track the warming effects of El Niño.
Or counting penguins to help scientists better protect them.
Those are all on one of the most prominent citizen science platforms, called Zooniverse, but there are a ton of others, too.
Oh, and btw, you don't have to worry about messing up, because several people see each image. Studies show that if you pool the opinions of however many regular people (different by field), it matches the accuracy rate of a trained scientist in the field.
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I spent a lot of time doing this when I was really badly injured and housebound, and it was so good for me to be able to HELP and DO SOMETHING, even when I was in too much pain to leave my bed. So if you are chronically ill/disabled/for whatever reason can't participate or volunteer for things in person, I highly highly recommend.
transregional soda gets pop sugary
Transgender frog gets hop surgery
electrical engineering student who smells specifically of soldering fumes, estrogen, and motorcycle exhaust (i love electronics, design, electronic music/dubstep, motorcycles)
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