I really wish that climate change, vaccines, mask wearing, etc. hadn't become politicized. Our near- and long-term future would be a lot more hopeful (M)
"If you're pre-born, you're fine; if you're preschool, you're fucked" – George Carlin, on a form of hypocrisy that's particularly relevant this week (M)
(M)any materials experience "fatigue", where, because of cyclic loading, they'll begin to deform or even fail well below their theoretical yield strength