Theic @theic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026According to an Ed Yong footnote, for some people BO snells like vanilla. I cannot find any reference for this in the academic literature BUT my late partner always told me no don’t worry, you’re not all sweaty and disgusting, you always smell like vanilla. AND I ENDED UP BELIEVING HIM 000
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It’s an old story! pca.st/episode/fafb...pca.stThink And Grow RichPeter and Michael discuss "Think And Grow Rich," the 1937 classic written by a lifelong fraudster who finds his final mark: You.Where to find us: Our PatreonOur merch!Peter's… 120
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I’m sure she was! 😋 You might find this interesting - I’ve sung Christmas carols to cows (and they crowded round and listened thoughtfully) but found out about this tradition recently youtu.be/KvtT3UyhibQ?...youtu.beKulning - Ancient Swedish herdingcallYouTube video by Jonna Jinton 010
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Could it be because they’re mostly in Australia now and have given up on ever coming back? 000
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Just slurp down sweetened condensed milk. Same thing. No crime needed 010
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Decoding the Gurus did a good episode about him. pca.st/episode/5306...pca.stPeter Thiel: The Techno-Apocalypse is NighIn this episode, Matt and Chris tackle the big ideas—or at least the ones rattling around in Peter Thiel’s mind. Tech billionaire, venture capitalist, and political kingmaker, Thiel has long been a… 040
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I will write a witty response just as soon as I finish peeling myself off the ceiling 010
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Omg I thought you meant fingernails on first reading. And second. And in third I went ouch. (Also, puzzlement vanished, because YOU? Inch-and-a-half long fingernails? How do you type?) 120
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I always think naming a bird a Great Tit is a bit unkind, too 010
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Talking of Bluetooth speakers… I do not need my speakers to WHOOP very loudly every time I turn them on 130
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Oh I know Steve. He’s that spider someone posted on here a few days ago asking for identification. He lives in California 010
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 19/05/2026(Never mind if it’s actually true. They’ll do their own research and get exactly as far as I did) 000
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Hey guys GUYS! I’ve just been listening to The Rest Is Science (pca.st/episode/b79b...) and learned that melanin protects against ionising radiation. Someone tell the white nationalists that if they use a nuclear bomb only people with lots of melanin will survivepca.stDARK vs LIGHTWhy are black cars more dangerous, white chess pieces more successful, and pandas apparently incapable of coping with minor inconvenience? Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens (VSauce) unpack… 100
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Mine stopped working properly when I got a ‘privacy’ screen (because they didn’t have normal ones left and sold it to me sane price). It still works, but fairly randomly 000
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Also, there’s a difference between horrible shit that happens TO you and horrible shit you can change. I remember thinking “ I’m 13. I’m too young to do anything about this. When I can, I will.” And when I could, I did. So there’s that. 010
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Similarly (but not quite, because I can’t be bothered hissing) someone recently told me, after I’d explained my childhood, oh, so you have trauma, and I was a bit annoyed and ended up saying “I’m congenitally cheerful. I can’t help it. Deal with it” or words to that effect 110
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I have some. It’s kept in a closed tin because otherwise the smell is a bit overpowering. Creosote? It works 000
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Bloody hell. Who do I go to now when I want to feel normal??? 000
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I think that is a very good reason. You care about your friends and family and they care about you. That really is enough 011
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 09/03/2026A bulbul. (Or, as hubby used to say, a thrush, which is what he called every bird he didn’t know the name of) 130
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Toasted mochi is one favourites. Just that, dipped in soy sauce… 220
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Currently listening to Past Present Future podcast in which they discuss pretty much that. It’s not depressing. Well, maybe a little. (The ones titled Where are we going? Societal collapse.) 010
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 02/03/2026I’ve been listening to the Challenger Legacy podcast (ABC) but NOT BEFORE BEDTIME 120
Theic @theic.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Why, when an application ‘quit unexpectedly’ do I have to click a button that says ‘OK’? IT IS NOT OK 0190
