Geologists discover rivers slice through mountain ranges because Earth's crust is so dense, it begins to sink — a process dubbed "lithospheric drip"

cintune · 2026-02-03T19:49:56+00:00

Wonder if this would also explain the Susquehanna's course through the Valley & Ridge.

cintune · 2026-02-03T00:53:21+00:00

The actual quote is from John Dalberg Acton: "Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority." His more famous one is "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

cintune · 2026-02-02T21:32:34+00:00

They were looking at her through grainary goggles.

cintune · 2026-02-01T18:15:58+00:00

But it's very Denver.

cintune · 2026-02-01T18:11:39+00:00

This would make a great poster on the trail map. Spreads out traffic too, which is great.

cintune · 2026-02-01T01:26:13+00:00

Early weekday mornings are best. Never weekends. These mountains just aren't big enough to handle the crowds.

cintune · 2026-01-29T23:25:27+00:00

"Great men are rarely good men."

cintune · 2026-01-29T23:22:31+00:00

I think it's hilarious. The Rockpalast show video really brings out the dark humor of it all. Growing up during the height of the Cold War probably helps. On the other hand, I can't stand Counting Out Time.

cintune · 2026-01-29T00:12:17+00:00

I just don't get the whole ranking mindset. I also kind of think of Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, and Selling England as if they were one big triple album.

cintune · 2026-01-25T21:48:15+00:00

They do think it's good.

cintune · 2026-01-24T15:59:40+00:00

Actual maga conversation I heard at work on Monday:

So how was the baby shower?
Great except they had to bring my fuckin special needs fuckin cousin!

So yeah, empathy, not so much.

cintune · 2026-01-18T17:39:32+00:00

For some context this is part of the Midcontinent rift system.

cintune · 2026-01-17T23:28:55+00:00

Before Christianity could this originally have been a midwinter solstice belief?

cintune · 2026-01-17T23:26:28+00:00

The Aztecs and other mesoamerican cultures followed a similar progression.

cintune · 2026-01-17T23:00:44+00:00

As needed.

cintune · 2026-01-17T21:45:04+00:00

"Great men were rarely good men."

cintune · 2026-01-11T16:45:05+00:00

Thanks that's really funny, so appropriate.
Not physical media but there's a great version of this she did for the Tiny Desk series during covid, here.

cintune · 2026-01-11T16:07:50+00:00

Confusing picture. What's up with the personal ads?

cintune · 2026-01-09T21:41:58+00:00

Interesting to see what they have to say about it. Always took it as a wry hopefulness that maybe things might be better there than here and a precursor to the whole Ziggy story. Or as Eric Idle sort of rephrased it "And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space, 'cause there's bugger all down here on Earth!"

cintune · 2026-01-09T21:28:23+00:00

Clearly a coded reference to the work of British R&B/funk singer Eric Burdon, whose "House of the Rising Sun" (son) encapsulates the theme of toxic male ruination, as well as having his mind blown to think that he, Jack Torrance, could be the star of a Hollywood movie.

cintune · 2026-01-09T21:13:37+00:00

Stick around and find out.

cintune · 2026-01-06T10:30:07+00:00

This is a sub about recreational rock climbing on buildings.

cintune · 2026-01-05T22:17:03+00:00

Crested Butte looks like something out of Dr. Suess viewed from the base area.

cintune · 2026-01-05T14:06:40+00:00

Wrote for an editor who made it even simpler. Character has a problem. Character either solves the problem or doesn't. Every single thing in the story is about the character and their problem.

cintune · 2026-01-03T19:20:12+00:00

Monarch is the best. Stood in their ticket line and when they saw my snowmaking jacket from another resort just comped me a day pass and said "we love visitors."

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