i took a pic of me watching the pickle rick episode to piss people off but like somehow i managed to take the pic so that the frame on the tv was…. a different frame to the reflection on the desk?
cursed image
this is the most fucked up scenario that accurately depicts that movement of photons through space and time
Einstein would be so upset that you proved his theory in one moment, cause in his day it took fuckin months to setup an eclipse pic to prove relativity n you did it by accident, in ur living room. congrats.
this is actually called the rolling shutter effect!! the camera captures images in a rolling fashion, from the top to the bottom. so objects that are moving fast like a car, or a airplane propeller, or frames on a tv being reflected will always look distorted. the closer to the top of the image you get, the further back in time it represents, just by a few split seconds. all this means is that the frame reflected on the table was probably the one right after the one on the tv, and it changed before the camera’s rolling shutter had time to get to it.
here’s some more pictures with the rolling shutter; remember that the top of the image just represents a fraction of a second earlier in the action
rolling shutters also move side to side in some cameras, leading to more spooky imagery
I’ve always found the best rolling shutter images to be lightning.
I’m kinda expecting the petals to arrange themselves into a humanoid and walk up to the camera person to give them a message of grave importance from a sorceress
ok so im gonna preface this by saying that botanists debate who the real smolest tree boi is. like, to judge a smol tree boi u gotta first decide what a tree boi is, and we dont have an official definition??? the closest u can find is the idea that a tree is a plant that gets secondary growth each year so like. if it got rings when u cut it open, its a tree, and if it only has vegetative growth (think banana trees) its not technically a tree. but then like is a shrub a tree?? are all woody plants trees????? is a shrub different from a bush???? we just dont know man we literally dont. we havent decided yet its a mystery. things that real botanists have decided on:
but anyway yeah so just to clear things up we’re gonna use the definition outlined in the book “Elsevier’s dictionary of forestry” published in 2004, which defines that if a woody perennial that got leaf is 3 meters tall (9.84 feet), he a tree, and if its less its a shrub. so in that case, the smolest tree possible is a tree that is exactly 9.84 feet tall at maturity. which can be a lot of things.
now, if we’re talking about the smolest shrub, then the botany community has identified a theoretical smol bab that isnt officially a tree but might be depending on who you take the tree definition from?????
this is Salix herbacea (dwarf willow), a very, very smol willow species adapted to arctic environments. usually it only gets about 1-6 cm tall. they stretch out and sometimes form older trunks when they crawl that make them look a liiiittle bit more like a conventional tree that just oozed everywhere like (x) (x) (pic is public domain)
whoa careful dont get lost in the forest
he crawl but he also grow tol u feel
so there is the smolest tree boi depending on who u ask
There was an email sent out about free food to the Chemistry Department listserv and my labmate said, “Free thai food” and we all screamed “BOWL BOWL GET A BOWL” and ran to the kitchenette to get them and then we ran up 3 flights of stairs to get the food and we got the food. We banged our bowls the whole way, giving out the call.
If you were wondering what graduate school was like, it’s like that.
Actually! This was a very clever setup by a team of divers in the Arctic, I believe. The person is upside down, their bouyancy belt calibrated just so that they are slightly lighter than water, and able to walk upside down on the ice. In the first segment, when his mask vents, watch the bubbles flow DOWNWARD, which is really the up that we know. Science is really fricking cool!
This appears to be the most accurate scale guide I’ve ever found.
The top image of Starscream standing next to MECH agents is the basis for these measurements. Assuming that Silas is 180cm (about 6ft) it extrapolates that Starscream is between 720cm (about 24ft) and 760cm (about 25ft.) For the sake of simplicity they seem to have gone with 750cm.
Okay guys, don’t know if it’s already been done but I broke this down even further for those of us who still use ft.
In descending order
Autobots:
Optimus: 31ft 2in
Bulkhead:24ft 7in
Ratchet:24ft 7in
Wheeljack:21ft 3in
Smokescreen:21ft 3in
Bumblebee:19ft 8in
Cliffjumper:19ft 8in
Arcee:16ft 4in
Decepticons:
Insecticon: 36ft 1in
Megatron:34ft 5in
Skyquake:32ft 9in
Dreadwing:31ft 2in ((I find it kind of funny that one of the twins is shorter than the other))
Shockwave:26ft 2in
Soundwave:26ft 2in
Breakdown:26ft 2in
Starscream:24ft 7in
Knockout:21ft 3in
Vehicon Trooper:19ft 8in
Arachnid:18ft
So there we go. I’m very grateful for this chart. It will certainly help with OC’s as well as writing fanfics or drawing to scale. You know, all that jazz.
Infants do not cry to upset you. They don’t have a concept of hurting others and they don’t have any reason to want to do so.
Infants do not have any other way of communicating distress or an unmet need. They do not have a choice about crying.
Do not ever yell at, shake, or punish an infant. They will not learn from this – but they will be upset and afraid and possibly harmed, either in the moment or via problems in brain development.
It’s okay to take a minute to set an infant down and go into a
quiet room if you are having a hard time staying calm and comforting,
and come back when you have more self-control.
The only way to get an infant to cry less is to meet their needs. If
you spend a lot of time with infants you can actually learn to notice
when they need something, before they cry about it at all. Most infants
show signs of discomfort, hunger, or having a full/wet diaper, before
they get upset enough to cry.
Infants whose needs aren’t
usually met right away may learn to cry immediately. Regularly not
responding to an infant’s crying teaches the infant to panic every time
they need something, and the trauma of being so afraid so often as an
infant can cause issues with healthy brain develoment.
If a baby is crying, they need something.
Is their nappy/diaper clean and dry? Even if it’s just wet, it should be changed right away.
Are they hungry? A quick way to check is to run your finger over their mouth and see if they try to grab it with their lips.
Do they have air bubbles? You may be able to tell if this is the problem by feeling the infant’s tummy for unusual firmness.
Infants need to be burped right after they eat to help them get
rid of air bubbles that may get trapped and cause discomfort. If it’s
been little while since they last ate, it may be more effective to lay
the infant on their back and move their legs in a bicycle motion.
Are they too warm/cold? Touch the infant’s hands and feet to see if they need more or fewer coverings.
Are they overstimulated?
If it’s too noisy/bright or they’re being touched by too any people,
etc., they may need to be held by one calm person with a blanket over
their head. Like most people, infants tend to get more easily
overstimulated when tired.
Are they able to breathe freely? Infants cannot blow their own nose. A nasal aspirator is an inexpensive tool you can use to help them clear nasal congestion.
Are they in pain? When
an infant is sick or otherwise in pain, it may be beneficial to give
them pain medication formulated for infants, such as baby tylenol.
Always follow the instructions on the bottle and consult a doctor or
pharmacist with any questions.
If a cold doesn’t start to improve within a few days or the infant seems to be in pain but you don’t know why, consult a doctor. The infant may have colic, silent reflux or other issues which can sometimes be treated.
If the infant is more than a couple months old, they may be teething. Baby tylenol will still help but a numbing paste, like orajel, on their gums may be more effective. They may also need teething toys to chew on or a cold wet (clean) washcloth.
Do they just need reassurance? Infants like being sung to, murmured to, and soothed with rhythmic “shhh”-ing. Calm and steady sounds help reassure them that they aren’t alone and help them relax.
Another way to comfort an infant is to bounce them gently and rhythmically in your arms, and/or pat their back rhythmically.
Some infants, including most newborns, may need to be swaddled. A tight swaddle helps the infant feel secure and warm. Ask a doctor, nurse, parent, or YouTube to show you how to do a proper swaddle.
Do they need to be held? The
need for touch is the need most often ignored. Infants are significantly
more likely to thrive with lots and lots of skin-to-skin contact. They
also just need to be held, in general, a lot of the time.
Being
held (especially with skin to skin contact but even without it) helps
the infant release hormones necessary for healthy brain
development. Being close enough to feel an adult’s steady heartbeat is
calming and beneficial for an infant.
For these reasons and many
others, infants need to be held – a lot. Our closest primate relatives
maintain constant physical contact with their babies for the first year
of life. Historically most humans have lived communally, which allows several people to take turns providing the necessary physical contact.
Infants don’t need to be held every single moment, but the more they are held, the safer and more secure they’ll feel and the more likely they are to be healthy. A sling, baby wrap, or wearable infant carrier can help an infant get necessary contact time.
If an infant needs contact to sleep, consider getting a cosleeper cushion to safely allow you or someone else to sleep next to the infant. If that isn’t possible, sleep training where you pick up and comfort the baby each time they cry, and then put them down slightly sooner each time that night, may help.
Do not let an infant cry and cry for help and not give it to them.
Add: infants who have experienced long term neglect STOP CRYING to get things or communicate. This isn’t growing out of crying to replace it with language, I’m talking about pre-verbal language absence of crying to express needs.
This does not not mean the baby is a “good” baby. This means the baby has been neglected or attended to so inconsistently that they have given up on social communication of needs. It is not a good sign.
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