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Pierce Presley

2 авг., 19:34

A 2022 Finnish study validating the Sisu Scale found that pushing through discomfort splits into two separate traits, one linked to better health and satisfaction, and the other to intensified work st...Finnish has a word, sisu, that resists a clean English translation but roughly describes a capacity to keep acting through hardship, discomfort, or fear rather than a simple synonym for grit or willpo...www.scandinaviastandard.com

Pierce Presley

2 авг., 08:52

Read both pieces. Keep brain bleach handy.

Brian Beutler

Wrote about this. www.offmessage.net/p/andrew-tat...

Pierce Presley

30 июл., 22:02

@hankgreen.bsky.social you magnificent bastard. July 16, 2026 205 points • No mistakes 🌟🟪🟪 🌟🟦🟦 🌟🟩🟩 🌟🟨🟨 4x3.fun www.hankgreen.com/fourbythree/...

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Pierce Presley

30 июл., 04:50

This is a massive failure. The Swedish Natural History Museum could make bank with an AirBnB in this thing.

The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days.

Pierce Presley

26 июл., 05:51

The whole thread is a wonderful jeremiad on MAHA's coprophagia, but this is a summation for the ages.

Lindsay Beyerstein

MAHA are like children, but meaner and less curious.

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