What made you awestruck or astonished today?

[McBeverage]

Nah, air force.
I was stuck in the northmost base, in a generally rural area, so I didn't get to see as much as I would have liked. (Well, also Covid hit lol). But of what I did see, i love it. The people are, generally speaking, as friendly as the stereotype suggests. The countryside is gorgeous - on my last bullet train ride I passed by the Pacific en route to Tokyo, and then as it headed west and the train moved more inland I got to appreciate mountains and little isolated communities.
Hiroshima was an incredile experience. Both with how friendly they were to my friend and I (knowing pretty obviously that we're American military) and seeing the Peace Museum. Additionally, just understanding how the city was leveled less than 80 years ago, and seeing how vibrantly it sprung back up to be almost a cultural nexus.

Can't comment on a lot of the overall culture things, as I'm somehow the least weeb person i know, but overall seeing the land and getting to appreciate its history has made me appreciate japan quite a bit more.

 

[Terco_Viejo]

How love and science can improve a life.

 

[Adorno]

Noticed on imdb that the Avatar films are in production.
It's not so much awe, as surprise, that they're right now filming Avatar 5 to be released in 7-8 years

Spoiler

Talk about planning ahead.

 

[Lord Brutus]

Financial company handling Trump's contributions to his campaign say he has violated the terms of their agreement and they will accept no more contributions.

 

[BenKenobi]

Started teaching in coronatimes and holy Moly, MS Teams is like a really really handy piece of work. Convenient, easy to use, easy to navigate. Love it. I tried Slack some time before in some other project, but this Teams things is next level. Would recommend.

(this message was not paid for by Bill Gates, I promiss)

 

[Mad Vader]

What exactly is on a different level? MS application integration? Channels for work groups within the student team? Grading and Forms tests?

 

[Count Delinard]

I haven't used Teams that much, but Slack works so well that I hardly see what could be better about it. I've been using it for years in every company I've worked with.

There's this other one called twist I haven't explored, but the way it organizes channels does look neat.

 

[Zombie Warrior]

Started teaching in coronatimes and holy Moly, MS Teams is like a really really handy piece of work. Convenient, easy to use, easy to navigate. Love it. I tried Slack some time before in some other project, but this Teams things is next level. Would recommend.

(this message was not paid for by Bill Gates, I promiss)

Agreed, Teams is very optimized for classrooms. I was pleasantly surprised the first time I tried it. Slack has nothing on Teams. Though, in the end, I still prefer Discord for everything else, so for the sake of having everything on the same platform...

 

[Terco_Viejo]

 

[Adorno]

*Nine days after autotomy - the new heart is beating*

 

[dijiTurk]

I dont find these kind of researches ethic but.. Here another news:

In major breakthrough, artificial Israeli womb turns 250 cells into mouse fetus

In breakthrough, Israelis grow hundreds of mouse embryos in artificial wombs

Scientists say groundbreaking method could lead to human gestation outside the womb; new insight into organ formation could spur other advances; fetuses have fully formed organs

www.timesofisrael.com

 

[Poddicus]

That dancing is actually pretty slick

 

[Rujasu]

I feel like summer catches me by surprise every year. It hasn't been two weeks from when I found myself knee-deep in snow while walking in the woods. Today just standing outside makes me sweaty, everything all green and ****, and smells like mud and plant stuff.

 

[kurczak]

I...

...I am pregnant ?

 

[Mad Vader]

Congratulations for creating new human beings and good luck.

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

Finally, a new poster for this dead forum.

 

[Ruthven]

I...

...I am pregnant ?

The messiah..!?

Started teaching in coronatimes and holy Moly, MS Teams is like a really really handy piece of work. Convenient, easy to use, easy to navigate. Love it. I tried Slack some time before in some other project, but this Teams things is next level. Would recommend.

(this message was not paid for by Bill Gates, I promiss)

I've used Slack and Teams for work and my God, Slack was 1000 times better, I almost don't believe you can be serious... However I haven't used Teams since before the pandemic or for a school setting so maybe they made a bunch of improvements. Slack has a much nicer UI and is way easier to customize, not to mention the fun features like custom reactions and posting gifs that don't need to be approved by a committee of boring old twat****les.

 

[kurczak]

The messiah..!?

Maybe, pregnant at my age is almost a miraculous as virgin pregnancy.

Finally, a new poster for this dead forum.

I am a team player...apparently.

Congratulations for creating new human beings and good luck.

Thanks!

 

[Terco_Viejo]

Warm congratulations ?

 

[kurczak]

Warm congratulations ?

Thanks!

It does that, it gets the hose!