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Kitchens of Distinction:
🎵 Drive That Fast
#KitchensofDistinction
https://kitchens-of-distinction.bandcamp.com/track/drive-that-fast
https://open.spotify.com/track/1zLP0BzKDOeQ26AtQ6UBjm

#eDNA Environmental DNA
The Core Concept: A non-invasive monitoring technique that detects the presence of species by extracting and analyzing genetic material shed into the environment (water, soil, air) rather than isolating the organism itself.
Key Distinction/Mechanism: Unlike traditional ecology which relies on physical capture or visual observation ("macro-organismal" interaction),…

What Is: Environmental DNA (eDNA)
The Silent Archive: Environmental DNA and the Revolution in Planetary Surveillance

Raiders' Hiring of Pete Carroll Receives a Notable Distinction https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-hiring-pete-carroll-receives-notable-distinction

In a state where organized labor is not known to be a major political force,
supporters of teachers, police, firefighters and other public sector workers rallied to force the repeal of a particularly ill-advised, if not downright mean, act of the Utah Legislature.
An ad hoc alliance of labor unions
-- not just those representing public sector workers
-- arose under the title of
"Protect Utah Workers".
It included unions whose members primarily work…

#EroticMusings 35: Porn, romance, erotica, smut, etc.—how do you define and distinguish them? Does it matter?
The only distinction that matters to me is that romance doesn't belong on this list. Romance may or may not have any erotic scenes at all, and erotica, regardless of the particular name, may or may not include romance. Sex only happening if there is love legitimating the…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Kitchens of Distinction:
🎵 Drive That Fast
#KitchensofDistinction
https://kitchens-of-distinction.bandcamp.com/track/drive-that-fast
https://open.spotify.com/track/1zLP0BzKDOeQ26AtQ6UBjm

@… @… I'm not arguing in favor of the continued erosion of the legal standards (don't like the imprecise word "norms"). I'm just trying to point out that there is no meaningful distinction betwee…

There is no distinction between any AI program and some existent game.

The Dying Grove: A Novel Born from the Collision of Joyce and Mycorrhiza
Some books are written. Others are grown. "The Dying Grove" belongs to the second category, and that distinction is not metaphor but method. This novel, the first in a new series called Fractional Fiction, emerged from an experiment in literary hybridization: what happens when you take the formal architecture of modernist masters and seed it with contemporary scientific research? The result is…

The Dying Grove: A Novel Born from the Collision of Joyce and Mycorrhiza | David Boles, Blogs
Some books are written. Others are grown. “The Dying Grove” belongs to the second category, and that distinction is not metaphor but method. This novel, the first in a new series called…

Cowboys' run-game success hinges on this important distinction https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/13/cowboys-running-game-opportunity-sheer-force-2025/87740627007/

💾💽💿📀 Important PSA 💾💽💿📀
"Floppy disk" (with a "k")
A single thin and flexible plastic disk coated with a magnetic medium, inside a plastic shell. Yes, all variants are floppy disks, including 3.5", 5.25", 8" and some rarer variants. Removable.
"Hard disk" (with a "k")
One or more hard platters [usually made from metal or glass], coated with a magnetic medium, inside a rigid, air-tight shell. Usually not removable.
"Optical disc" (with a "c")
A single rigid plastic multi-layered disc with one or more metal layers that contain data. Most don't have a shell, though some variants do. Removable.
The disk/disc distinction is by convention.

not that anyone asked, but here's a chart of UM LSA grade inflation over the past 25 years
taken from
https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/academics/lsa-academic-policies-and-procedures/grading-and-transcript-n…

I never could have been literate in Chinese. Not that I could not read those 2 characters as different, but I’d never be able to write characters with that fine a distinction with any sort of reliability. American cursive was bad enough. https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115651531673910237

Large-amplitude variability driven by giant dust storms on a planetary-mass companion: #exoplanets

The debate regarding the “Goldwater rule” has intensified
following President Trump’s recent rambling presentation in Pennsylvania
(Trump rails on affordability ‘hoax’ and flings racist attacks in rally-style speech, 10 December).
As a physician with decades of experience in health policy, I believe the current discourse misses a vital distinction:
the difference between prohibited diagnosis and legitimate observation.
The Goldwater rule was designed to prevent …