#Earth’s gradual

[solsticesday]

Misconceptions about the solstices.

If solstices mark the brightest and darkest days of the year, why don’t temperatures reflect that?

In short, it’s because it takes time for Earth’s land and water to heat up and cool down. In the U.S., the year’s coldest temperatures set in after-mid January, roughly a month after the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice. Likewise, thermometers hit their high in the U.S. in July and August, weeks after the summer solstice.

Some believe, too, that since Earth’s rotation is slowing down, each new solstice sets a new record for daytime length. But that’s not the case.

It’s certainly true that Earth’s rotation has slowed over billions of years, as Earth loses angular momentum to our planet’s tides. Growth lines on fossil corals show that more than 400 million years ago, days on Earth lasted less than 22 hours.

But Earth’s gradual slowing down isn’t the only factor at play. Picture a figure skater twirling on their skates; they can speed up or slow down their twirls by how much they tuck in their limbs. In much the same way, changes in the distribution of Earth’s mass—from the winds of El Niño to the melting of Greenland’s ice—can subtly tweak our planet’s rotation rate.

Taking all this into account, it’s thought that the longest day since the 1830s occurred sometime in 1912. It lasted less than four milliseconds longer than the recent average.

#Earth’s rotation #Earth’s gradual #brightest and darkest days #northern hemisphere's winter solstice #southern hemisphere #winter solstice #solstices #sun appears #the sun #sunlight #International Day of the celebration of the Solstices #21 june

[dumb-ghost-child]

Humans are weird: Music

Ok so y’all seemed to like the one about intrusive thoughts, so I figured I’d do one about music too because it’s a super interesting topic to me!

The “Guide to Handling Humans” was ever-increasing, but one particular article seemed to confuse many. Spacefaring civilizations had dealt with adrenaline, extroverts, introverts, those who had a compulsive need to pat everything they saw and those who wrote stories of worlds that never existed (called “fantasy”). But one thing they never thought of was music.

Sure, other species had music. But none had focused so much of their civilization around it.

Clara was chatting with Indigo one day, and the topic of celebrations came up. The woman smiled, a gesture Indigo had learned meant that she was either about to do something utterly wild or share an entirely insane story, and started- “Oh! That reminds me, a few years ago I went to this one music festival, right? And there I saw the most amazing bands! I mean, I did lose my voice for a week after but it was totally worth it.”

Indigo was shocked; “Human-Clara what do you mean you ‘lost your voice’? How does one do that?”

“Well basically when someone yells- or does some other stuff- too much for too long, your voice can get messed up. Sometimes you can’t speak, sometimes it’s just super quiet, but it goes away after a bit,” she grinned as she spoke as if this horrifying experience was a positive one. “Have you got music on your home planet?”

Xe thought for a few moments before responding, “Well, yes… but it does not result in losing one’s ability to speak!”

Clara laughed, another positive expression that Indigo had learned about, “Eh, that’s just sometimes. And it just happened because I was singing along really loudly.”

The more Clara explained, the more confused Indigo was. Humans gathered together in crowds that could rival the sizes of some armies in order to celebrate the music of one individual? And sometimes they would be too loud that they would lose their speech? It was shocking to xem.

“Plus,” Clara continued, “some people use music to help them focus or deal with sensory overload. I know a few people on other ships that do it- if you ever go to the Sarina-XI crew, you’ll see a few other humans walking around listening to music, it helps them keep their focus.”

“So.. who creates this music?” Indigo was now more curious than ever, xir quills raising somewhat in curiosity.

“Oh, loads of people! It really depends on what genre it is. But some of the most popular are musicians like Taylor Swift.. her fans are a little scary,” Clara laughed again, “you diss her in front of them and they’ll actually tear you apart.” Indigo’s quills raised more, changing to a color of concern, so Clara clarified- “No, they won’t actually hurt you. They’re just really dedicated.”

To Indigo, this culture was.. odd. Humanity confused xem once again with their obsession with music. Treating ‘idols’ like practically gods, worshipping them and their songs.

The Qu’ral were a people who enjoyed music. The humans were a people who worshipped it.

#music #psychology #humans are space orcs #Humans are weird #earth is space australia #sci fi #Watch me make this a whole series #gradually kinda making a narrative with these posts lol

[juneviews]

no, actually my least favorite thing about watching thai dramas while speaking & understanding thai... is that the dialects never match up 😭😭😭 if a character is from a non-central province, they'll have their whole family speak in northern/southern/isaan dialect while the main character, who's played by an actor from bangkok, will unexplainably not have any remnants of his native dialect when he speaks even though he was born & raised in the area and often time never even left... that shit breaks the fourth wall to me, like... why even hire an actor who doesn't fit the role fully, I don't get it 😭

#axelle rants #i told sunset about you #to be continued #I'm too lazy to tag ALMOST EVERY SHOW THAT TAKES PLACE OUT OF BKK #I adore itsay but this is literally its only AND biggest flaw in my eyes bc why the fuck is teh only breaking into southern dialect - #- for shits & giggles when he was born in phuket and lived there his whole life like WUT #same for oh-aew the dude never speaks southern dialect at all it makes ZERO sense #but teh's mom tarn & SOME of the friends speak correctly... it's so jarring #there's only 3 types of shows that have avoided this #1) to me it's simply you where nadech's character speaks both isaan dialect & central dialect as a way to show us that his character is - #- ashamed of his roots & then gradually accepts them. it's well done imo #2) isaan shows with an entirely isaan cast & crew like siew sum noi and nah harn... which is why I love isaan shows sm #3) I believe 1000 stars did this well? unless earth's character is supposed to be northern which in that case nevermind #HOWEVER bkpp MADE itsay so I'm willing to forgive the fact that they can't speak southern dialect even though it takes me out of the show #axelle learns thai

[aq2003]

the diehard clara hater/lover quiz is fun because some of the lover descriptions feel like they're describing the most toxic evil person on planet earth and it's like guys i think we have all forgotten the fact that canonically she is twelve's one tie to earth and has to remind him of how to care about people. and like she dies in a doctor-esque sacrifice to save someone. she just reflects the worst qualities of the doctor she is not an evil possessive selfish girlboss woman. i do wish she was more awful though i think it would be funny to have a sole companion like that making the doctor worse

#i feel like the writing about her is not 100% solid. if there's this much range in interpretation going on #although it may be fandom reading comprehension or whatever #i wish she was in more episodes of s9 to flesh her out more and develop her relationship w twelve more gradually #i wish we got to see why she is so dissatisfied with just having one life. and stuff exploring her life on earth #before she met the doctor. and why she reflects the doctor's uglier qualities. as opposed to many other companions before her #that instead became the hero of the story in the doctor's place (rose + bad wolf. martha walking the earth. doctordonna) #her relationship w danny feels wrong like she is just going through the motions w him. girl what is it ur drawn to abt him #there is quite obviously something wrong with her. i just feel like we needed to see more of what that something was #and dont say its the impossible girl stuff. thats the worst shit ive seen in my whole fucking life #quite possibly the most heinous arc for a companion of all time and im glad deep breath continues on like its not real #if there are any clara enjoyers out there feel free to monologue in my inbox about her. i think theres smth about her i don't really get. #like im missing a piece of the puzzle or something. #dr who #12 era

[the-last-vampires-in-santa-carla]

Anyone else notice the similarities between Hannibal and The Hitcher?

#theyre like the same thing to me #like a murder guy notices somthing in a younger guy that makes them the same #and gradually does more murders and frames younger guy #until they mirror each other more and more #and are the only two people on earth who truly understand each other #also gay #the hitcher #the hitcher 1986 #hannibal #nbc hannibal

[oogieswife67]

Do I wanna do more with Fellow Honest as a God?

#Thoughts and ideas idk #Maybe do something where he comes to earth normal size and gradually gets taller and fatter #And Def need to do gidel as his high priest

[rosykims]

the worst thing abt being a roleplay nerd in dao specifically is having to be friendly to the vile freaks from the other origins bc your warden, a cousland, would have absolutely no clue what vaughn or bhelen were getting up to in the tabris/aeducan origins :/ but YOU know :////////

#oc: elspeth #tay plays dao #i mean couslands are probably the worst example given that a cousland would arguably know a LOT of the humans at least #elspeth seeng vaughn in prison like ooooooh this has been such a long time coming lmao #obviously not having context as to what happened but knowing him enough to recognize he's the guy who deserves to be there the most #sigh. still. im trying soooo hard not to metagame and i think she would unfortunately free him bc its the Lawful thing to do. #i personally would rather die. but here we are. #she gets clued in later like oh great. i keep inadvertently helping the scum of the earth lol #this is why she doesnt become queen ingame + it takes her so long to agree to become queen post game for alistair's sake #dao was one long gradual realization that she cant stand other nobles and she doesnt know how to deal w these ppl anymore :)

[roominthecastle]

A definition not found in the dictionary Not-leaving: An act of trust and love. (- Markus Zusak)

#resident alien #resident alien spoilers #sara tomko #alan tudyk #harry x asta #mine #this finale is pure fanfic fuel #PURE FUEL #the way she just sat there broken and staring into nothing thinking he left #and then the massive relief and all the touching when he drifts back to her #choosing her once again over his own kind #the hearteyes the softness the gradual loss of space btw them #and 'i am not leaving you this time' #YOU and not the planet #good thing the earth needs saving otherwise they might be forced to admit harboring feelings for each other #sigh #i love them #so much

[gideonisms]

currently half asleep trying to figure out how I could rearrange the laws of the tlt universe to make harrow rb number 9

#you really just have to rearrange the one: necromancers need thanergetic planets which are planets that have been killed #well okay and also when john reached and killed all of them #those are two. pretty big plot points that occurred #the timeline does not line up for harrow to possibly fit the rb inside her it was already released before her birth #however! i'm also still confused on how planets' souls form in the first place! #because it seems like there's some expectation it forms in conjuction with the life on a planet? #since alecto is clearly tied to life on earth and the rock critter was like a bacteria or something? #so planets with no life might not have one? but then it seems like anastasia was the first one to go to pluto #so how would the planet have had a soul to kill when john killed it #unless he didn't kill it because it wasn't alive #but it grew a soul gradually but then harrow's parents killed it with a controlled thanergy burst #you see where i'm going with this but the fact is they had always been able to do necromancy there so it must have always been flipped #trying to find my way around this so i can create various horrifying events but i am sooo sleepy

[sataniccapitalist]

"To throw borrowers back into repayment with bad-faith loan servicers and an understaffed Department of Education is a recipe for disaster."

#americaeatsitsown

#us gradually destabilizing #american exceptionalism #american dream #government shutdown #greatest country on earth

[moonspower]

i might revive my hoh dream witch oc yulia because i want dumbass deaf / hard of hearing in this piece. some of us dont know sign language. some of us dont know a fuckin thing. we're out here reading lips or bust. if we dont have that, we dont have shit. we're dumb as hell and the world failed us.

a lot of us w. no hearing dont know sign / asl. i know some... i know some african american sign language. but on the up up , i dont know a thing. some of us just go with vibes and nothing else.

handicaps are like that.

2 assume all hoh / deaf ppl know asl is silly.

#🌙 OOC! THE CROWN GLITTERS ON AN EARTH SIGN. #/ also i got forced into speech correction but that's a whole nother story for a whole nother time. #/ anyway. a lot of deaf-hoh writing i see is really shallow and super boring. #/ some of us are stupid. and that's EXCITING! #/ 4 the record. my left ear is GONE. my right ear is there tho. it's gradual on both sides w. some complications i cant explain.

[sacredvault1521]

"He shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. And all kings shall adore Him, all nations shall serve him." (Ps. 71: 8,11) - Gradual for the Traditional Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ

#He shall rule from sea to sea #and from the river to the ends of the earth. And all kings shall adore Him #all nations shall serve him. #(Ps. 71: 8 #11) - Gradual for the Traditional Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ #viva cristo rey

[akkivee]

i wish i had the visuals for how when we see kuukou first come around to pick up ichiro at his school, ichiro looks kinda put out by it, to the next time we see kuukou coming to take ichiro out for some fun, ichiro looks neutral if not exasperated, to this most recent iteration of kuukou finding ichiro to hang out in the nb track and ichiro sounds happy to see him it’s thE PROGRESSION—

#vee queued to fill the void #me@myself crying over ichikuu: aw shit here we go again #idk if the nb track has any additional comic to it or not since i’m only now sending my dod vol 3 to me 😞(❓💵❓) #but i just 😭😭😭😭 live for that blink and you’ll miss it gradual progression of their relationship 😭😭😭 #like if you asked ichiro aged 16 if he thought he’d be the guy to giggle because his bestie declared him his aibou #or that he’d be the type to cry because he lost said bestie ichiro would probably look at you like you’re scum of the earth lmao!!!!!! #but there he is!!!!! ichiro so down bad for kuukou he GIGGLES when he’s told he sounds like kuukou!!!!!! #esp when most would be offended by it LOL i love that ichiro’s a little stupid for kuukou 😭😭😭

[echidnana]

Here's a breakdown of Earth-414 lore! Brought to you by JUNE, one of Earth-414's residents.

Earth-414 is what we call the universe we are from. It's essentially an alternate M.arvel continuum that's so divorced from the original source that we don't consider ourselves M.arvel introjects. The name is from the naming of different universes in the M.arvel continuum (i.e. Earth-6.16).

Our first split from this source was Teo, a sort-of introject of I.ron M.an. He started out as the vigilante Iron Knight after building his suit with the help of his friend Danny. He also has an AI assistant, me! I'm JUNE, and I was programmed by Danny and Teo to help his patrols go smoother. Teo's roommate is Mar, who is an EMT and initially moved in with him for the cheap rent. His older sister is Valentina.

Wesley is our universe's Sp.iderman! He goes by Jumping Spider and started superhero-ing in his teens after being bitten by a radioactive spider. He's a bit more mutated than P.eter P.arker. He's currently a college student majoring in biology. He's roommates with Rachel, an amateur journalist.

We consider ourselves to be organics even though we're sort of fictives. We split without any character to base ourselves on/introject from and are from an alternate universe, so we don't really connect to the label. The easiest way to think about us is as introjects from an original work that doesn't quite exist.

Thank you for listening! I wanted to provide context for our references to Earth-414 to make it easier to understand.

#We'll probably gradually fill the tag Earth-414 with posts related to the universe! #I have to get us to bed now #Good night! #JUNE.txt #e-414 tag #Also words are censored/broken up so they (hopefully) don't appear in searches.

[dravidious]

You're quite neat

General idea for a turn-based combat system that I thought about like 3 years ago and never wrote down: There's an "element clock" that has like 3-6 slots on it that store elements. When you use an elemental skill, the element in the currently active slot affects it; if you use a fire skill, then having fire in the slot boosts it, water weakens it, and grass also boosts it probably more than fire idk. Then the active element turns into fire, then the clock rotates to the next slot, so the fire element that you put in will come back around in like 3-6 turns. The clock may or may not rotate when a non-elemental skill is used, or maybe there are no non-elemental skills, idk. Anyway the idea is for it to encourage you to plan ahead and improvise and consider the enemy's abilities and attack patterns.

#asks #a kinda problem in some games is when you can ignore what the enemy is doing and just treat their attacks as gradual damage over time #that's how xenoblade feels a lot of the time #i've been thinking about this system again after i played final fantasy 14 and every enemy felt exactly the same to fight #the game would probably have that thing where the turn order is random but it shows you what the order will be for this round and the next #idk what popular games do that but i saw it in Tokyo Mirage Sessions #it lets you plan ahead without having the turn order be The Same Every Time which could lead to players doing The Same Thing Every Time #which is exactly what i'm trying to avoid #there'd probably also be skills that mess with the clock in different ways like rotating the clock extra steps #or changing all Waters to Earths #also non-damaging skills could have special bonuses for if you get the element boost #i think non-damaging skills mostly not caring about the clock is neat because then you can use them to set elements without penalty #like fire over water #and it makes a neat thing where those skills freely manipulate the clock to set up for the damaging skills #but having a special bonus for if you get the perfect fire over grass bonus means you get rewarded for Doing The Elements Good #anyway i gotta stop talking now this is the kinda stuff to save for an info document

[lizardsfromspace]

For a certain type of online leftist, "the Revolution" is essentially a secular rapture: the Revolution is going to happen, we know not the day or date, and we don't need to do anything to make the Revolution happen, certainly not real-life activism, just believe the right things before it happens and fixes everything.

Just like how evangelicals oppose doing anything to improve the Earth before the rapture comes, these types believe half-measures are pointless. "We DON'T need [change that would benefit many people right now], we NEED a REVOLUTION!" We don't need gradual change; all at once or not at all, and in fact, it's suspect if you are working on those smaller-scale changes. But since all these people do is tweet and do podcasts they're uh, not exactly forcing the end anytime soon

#politics