Having to sit through a meeting where a nurse says "well we're all a little bit autistic aren't we" 😬😩🪓

#neurodivergent #autistic #autism #health #myths

“Some people believe that if code is written well, it is so obvious that no comments are needed. This is a delicious myth, like a rumor that ice cream is good for your health: we’d really like to believe it! Unfortunately, it’s simply not true.”

Itself a delicious quote from John K. Ousterhout, taken from “A Philosophy of Software Design”!

(One of my favorite engineering books, if you’re interested:)

https://meiert.com/blog/3-books-to-become-a-better-developer/

#programming #softwaredesign #comments #myths

Two book that I own by H S Bellamy - a deep dive into mid-century "fringe" science. Bellamy argues that Earth’s history is defined by "capturing" moons. He claims our current Moon’s arrival ~13,000 years ago caused the sinking of Atlantis and the Great Flood. It’s a wild mix of pseudo-geology and mythology.

#myths #mythology #geology #moon #lunar #atlantis #earth

'Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog ' by Paolo Veronese (c.1580)

#art #arts #artist #artists #museum #museums #artmuseum #artmuseums #painting #paintings #arthistory #myth #myths #mythology #artgallery #artgalleries #history #artnet #illustration #dog #dogs #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon #pets #pet #petsofmastodon

images of the the Ludovisi Ares, a 2nd Century AD Roman copy of a 4th century BC Greek original

#sculpture #sculptures #sculpting #statue #statues #greek #roman #history #arthistory #myth #myths #mythology #artist #artists #artlover #artlovers #rome #greece #museum #museums #artmuseum #artmuseums

Debunking Zswap and Zram Myths

https://chrisdown.name/2026/03/24/zswap-vs-zram-when-to-use-what.html

#HackerNews #Debunking #Zswap #and #Zram #Myths #Zswap #Zram #Myths #Linux #Performance #Optimization

Making up history.

I watched the Peaky Blinders film and was not impressed (beyond sets and set piece), but although I did not know about the ‘real’ Beckett (a villain in the piece), this article by his son was interesting and I think apposite. Making up heroic histories is no way to build a future.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/24/peaky-blinders-film-populist-times-nazi-father-world-war-two-film

#History #Drama #Thriller #Illusions #Myths

"Our eyes are just REALLY good"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1906791/our-eyes-are-just-really-good