How you judge your sleep massively influences how you feel, so I always judge how I slept, then check the watch if it agrees. If I think I slept well and the watch says no, I say technical malfunction. If I felt I slept bad and the watch says I slept well, I feel better about my sleep. Win win

I missed the delivery of my new phone because they tried to call me. I have a functional and clearly labeled doorbell…

I downvoted because the link goes to a israeli news website that also postes anti-palestinian propaganda type bullshit. If the same article was discussed in a more neutral, reputable source, please post that instead.

The recommendation is to do a combination of cardio, around 150 minutes a week with increased heart rate (or 75 minutes intense cardio) and weight training 2-3 times a week for optimal fitness. Even if you just want to become very good at running, some weight training is helpful. So the advice in this comic is accurate. However, doing anything is better than doing nothing so if just running is what makes you happy, do that and don’t stress.

So they found non-existing references in 0.1% of 2.5 million papers examined, and only 0.01% contained more than 2 fake references. Their method also appears to have had a false positive rate for fake references of 7/10.

While the problem is concerning, and growing (fuck AI), 99.9% of papers are ok. We have always known we have to read every paper critically, now there is just an extra thing to look critically at.

In my experience, a way bigger issue is references that don’t actually contain or proof the information for which they are referenced.

I just touch the pavement with my hands every time the road surface changes. If I can’t hold it there comfortably for a few seconds my dog is not going on it.

I once got told off for being at a gay bar by an older lesbian couple. They said “our kind didn’t belong there” after they saw me dancing with my (just-out-of-the-closet) male friend and I guess assumed we were straight 🤷.

I understand they get annoyed when straight people just come to their parties because it is fun, because it is supposed to be a safe space and a space where you go to look for other gay people. At the same time, I wanted to be supportive of my friend and continue going to parties together.

I volunteer at a language cafe to help people with dutch conversation, while I’m learning french and living in France. I have so many embarrasing moments where I forget the dutch word for something. Even though I still speak dutch daily with my boyfriend/family.

Agree, my smart watch has stopped me grabbing my phone all the time and helps me get less distracted.

I’m dutch and I’ve lived abroad (EU) for most of the last 8 years. I’m now trying to settle down permanently in France. It’s been only 1.5 years but I think I will always be a “dutch person in France”, just because of my accent, name and the fact that some habits here are just not going to become mine comfortably. However, in NL I feel like an outsider sometimes and I started getting comments about my dutch sounding foreign. Being with my family is nice, but with foreign experience, you just see habits and customs in a different way.

That said, it doesn’t really bother me too much. I made the choice myself to emigrate knowing the consequences and being the goofy outsider fits me.

My friend has dyslexia and has just started a phd in chemistry. The only time I notice is when we try a crossword and he just has no concept in his head of how long words are and which letters go where.

Through my sports club I volunteer at sporting events every once in a while, like handing out water at races.

I also joined the animal rescue when I was younger, helping clean cages for the rabbits and pigeons etc. For that I just found the local rescue and signed up. In the end I didn’t like the atmosphere that much, because most people were lower class without a job and I was a student at university. I felt like I had little in common to talk about and I was the only one who didn’t smoke. You also have zero time to actually enjoy spending time with the animals.

I think spiders in cars cause quite a few accidents due to distracted drivers. There must be some people who freak out over ants the same way.

Oof, I hate ice cold water. I always drink room temp or slightly cooled… but I like your idea. Perhaps I’ll give sparkling water another try.

Thanks for the elaborate response. I’m finishing up my doctoral thesis at the moment and hopefully when that is done the main stressor in my life is gone. I’ve tried many of your tips about including others and keeping them out of the house, but somehow I always find an excuse to get them again.

I’m stuck on two cans a day, with bad days going up to 4 cans. I do drink loads of water in between.

I have tried that a few times, but can never make it last. Sparkling water doesn’t do it for me and sugar-free gives me gastro issues. I think I accidently made cokes my emotional support food. Does anyone have any tips?

https://thescoop.co/2026/03/26/brunei-to-tighten-road-safety-following-fatal-cycling-accident/

This is what I found.

Some examples from flemish (belgian dutch) to dutch:

I remember the first time in a swimming pool in flanders I was so confused by all the signs saying I shouldn’t walk.

I guess warm breath rises, you can see it in winter when your breath is visible.

However, co2 is not present as a gas in your body, but bound to hemoglobin, so I think it only becomes a gas again in your lungs. Same as farts only forming “outside” your body in your intestines.