Today's Random Stuff -- dogs, frogs, and physics

Dogs, bruh!

Great, now I have to go buy twice as many tennis balls. https://t.co/PMJnXwp8lJ

— Gerggers (@gerggers) February 23, 2023

this dog is friends with a crow and it's like a real life pixar movie
(jukin media) pic.twitter.com/A3pKDJOb9i

— theworldofdog (@theworldofdog) February 22, 2023

That Wascally Wabbit pic.twitter.com/SyuTkIDV1M

— Madeyousmile (@Thund3rB0lt) February 26, 2023

Duck and Dog Wrestle Playfully in Snow

Look how they play! 🙂

💌Follow for the most inspirational stories of hope, love, tradition, family and art. pic.twitter.com/1EaBIWBH4v

— Funniest Family Moments (@Funniest_Family) February 27, 2023

As seen on George Takai's substack:

Allow me to introduce you to the most ridiculous yet amazing thing you will see this week. pic.twitter.com/MHlGmz9Ph2

— fragrance and foolishness (@Brieyonce) February 27, 2023

Moving on, here's some truth:
 

It’s been said before, but if you don’t like abortion, don’t have one, if you’re not attracted to someone who is the same sex as you, don’t date them, if you don’t like drag queens, don’t go to a drag show, and if you don’t like that Target has boy clothes with rainbows on them,… https://t.co/3uMIcFkqAv

— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) March 4, 2023

Choosing between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis is like choosing between a root canal and a colonoscopy.

— Captain Obvious (@TheFungi669) February 25, 2023

Ha ha

They should make a Cocaine Bear prequel called Marijuana Bear where he’s just kind of experimenting and swears he’s not gonna try anything harder.

— Andrew Nadeau (@TheAndrewNadeau) February 22, 2023

Every once in a while, I go outside and run the vacuum cleaner over the driveway just to ensure the neighbors never talk to me.

— mariana Z (@mariana057) March 5, 2023

A photo from Smith's last fact-finding trip to the US. pic.twitter.com/TwZU7yzzZ0

— Peter E Ganter (@PeterEGanter1) March 4, 2023

This is weirdly fascinating to watch:

How the Dutch build a tunnel under a highway in one weekend pic.twitter.com/ED6yPZOhZ2

— HOW THlNGS ACTUALLY WORK (@cooltechtipz) January 7, 2023

As is this:

How the solar system travels through the galaxy! pic.twitter.com/wclftOsmbu

— HOW THlNGS ACTUALLY WORK (@cooltechtipz) January 18, 2023

I don't know anything about physics, but this seems logical, doesn't it:

‘The most common response I get when I talk about dark matter is: “isn’t this just something physicists made up to make the math work out?”
The answer to that might surprise you: yes! In fact, everything in physics is made up to make the math work out.’https://t.co/AtoA8Ydn18

— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) March 3, 2023

Here's the latest COVID news:

2) When completing death certificates, certifiers should carefully consider the individual’s medical history to consider the “possibility that the death was due to long-term complications of COVID-19, even if the original infection occurred months or years before.” @CDCgov

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) March 6, 2023

An amazing but accurate way to describe Covid:

Again: Covid is a vascular disease in a respiratory trench coat. It’s bad for you. https://t.co/x96fsn5DnX

— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) March 3, 2023

In March 2020 I remember reading about research on aerosol transmission and how difficult it was to get the WHO scientists to accept it - I got the impression that they just didn't WANT to believe it because it made control so much more difficult to manage.

Important. Aerosol experts provide an account of rejection of aerosol science by @who, which effectively damned all of us to our current sars-2 state of affairs.

Bravo CID for publishing this https://t.co/6rj2BvmPD9

— David Fisman (@DFisman) February 12, 2023

And business keeps trying to tell people how much they will enjoy going back to the office - umm, no:

War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.

Working from home ages you.

Commuting is good for your mental health.https://t.co/n3GAJJc22A

— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) March 2, 2023

Meanwhile in New York, Mayor Adams wants businesses to force people not to wear masks:

NYC Mayor Eric Adams is a complete ableist, anti-science POS @ericadamsfornyc

This makes zero sense, will solve no problem, & is a breach of human rights & likely the ADA #forcedmassinfection https://t.co/Lza8M1mBft

— @DontVoteSplit (@DontVoteSplit) March 6, 2023

When the history of this pandemic is written, I think people in the 22nd century will be amazed at how many of our politicians seemed to want their voters to get sick. 

Finally, Twitter stories:

Where did your daily cappuccino come from?

Well, it involves the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, a group of Italian monks, and a Polish spy.

But the story begins 700 years ago with a city in Yemen called Mocha... pic.twitter.com/NTC7DHzIhL

— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) March 2, 2023

My sustainability class just finished a module about disinformation. I had them write me a letter assuming they were flunking and arguing that they deserve an A, using the techniques of disinformation we discussed, like cherry picking, false experts and ad hominem. HOO-boy. 1/n

— John Schwartz (@jswatz) March 3, 2023

Someone had some time on their hands... 😂 pic.twitter.com/cW0Xiz3vW5

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 23, 2023