many things for you (march '26)

a very good ren March 11, 2026
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blog posts

just how effective are easy nutritional interventions compared to antidepressants? possibly very

Unless you have specific reasons to not take Vitamin D & Omega-3 — kidney stones, blood thinners, etc — please try them, for at least a month! They could save your mental health. Maybe even your life.
https://blog.ncase.me/on-depression/ External Link • blog.ncase.me

please don’t be weird about this

This makes it easier to understand how he is, possibly, the worst email writer of all time
https://segyges.leaflet.pub/3mdzjn77blc2x External Link • segyges.leaflet.pub

my review of Kiss Facility's new album KHAZNA

"if this kind of music is the future, then sign me the fuck up"
https://rensletter.leaflet.pub/3mgqhjsgfjk2h External Link • rensletter.leaflet.pub

science!

did you know that your bones are hormonally active?

Osteocalcin exerts a profound influence on various aspects of energy metabolism as well as steroidogenesis, neurotransmitter biosynthesis and thereby male fertility, electrolyte homeostasis, cognition, the acute stress response, and exercise capacity.
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-nutr-061121-091348 External Link • annualreviews.org

cows use tools 🥺

We report here our experimental demonstration of flexible egocentric tooling in a pet cow (Bos taurus), Veronika, who uses a deck brush to self-scratch.

wikipedia

i seriously can't get enough of pre-Raphaelite artists

[Frederic Leighton's] paintings were enormously popular and expensive, during his lifetime, but fell out of critical favour for many decades in the early 20th century.
Captive Andromache, oil on canvas painting, 1886–1888, Manchester City Art Gallery. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Leighton#/media/File:Leighton_Captive_Andromache.jpgWinding the skein, 1878. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Leighton#/media/File:Lord_Frederic_Leighton_-_Winding_the_skein_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpgCymon and Iphigenia, oil on canvas painting, 1884, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Leighton#/media/File:Lord_Frederic_Leighton_-_Cymon_and_Iphigenia_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

bonus fact

Leighton was the bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day, his hereditary peerage became extinct upon his death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Leighton External Link • en.wikipedia.org

and speaking of Frederic Leighton paintings, we should consider bringing back more of the wholesome pagan festivals

The Daphnephoria, Frederic Leighton (1876). Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphnephoria#/media/File:1876_Frederic_Leighton_-_Daphnephoria.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphnephoria External Link • en.wikipedia.org

as it turns out tribbing isn't a made up word for lesbians, it has (NSFW) a whole ass etymology* and there's an entire field of science and engineering that goes by a related name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribology External Link • en.wikipedia.org

criminally under-appreciated

delightfully gay Conclave (2024) edits are a thing. you're welcome.*

"car alarm type beat". no i'm not crying, you are.

i laughed a little too hard at this one for how concerning the situation is/was

music

Moderat. but faster.

who doesn't love a good Sometimes edit?

Full length remastered version of Sometimes by My Bloody Valentine with scenes from Lost in Translation, one of the best films of the 21st Century so far.

idek

i have no idea who this man is, but his disdain is oddly compelling

A short clip from Gary Hustwit’s documentary "Rams"

movie ratings

recent consensus ratings from among me and my friends:

Discussion in the ATmosphere

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