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@bradlibum Yep, the hole in the ozone layer is healing. I think that's seasonal, to some extent. Actually, now I want to do a post about that!

And yeah, the idea is that local climate might be changing in a different direction to the macro climate, even though the ultimate cause is the same.

My one day old science blog has already been criticised for not explaining everything in science yet. I'm crying in a corner, truly.

First post is up on my blog: "Why do people say there's global warming when it gets colder here every year?" neatscienceblog.wordpress.com/

My pop science blog is operational now, by the way! neatscienceblog.wordpress.com/ Nothing major there yet, but it's coming...

I drew a shocked face on @Ehlyah's shoulder and I keep cracking up when I see it.

But! Positives:

- I have a couple of posts and a bio ready for my science blog, and I have decided on the name.

- I have read two books today and I am happy.

- My grandma-in-law makes good cake.

I have survived the weekend. Ish. I am so not looking forward to getting back to studying tomorrow, particularly since I loathe one of the topics.

I also need to come up with a name for the blog. My emphasis is biology, but I read widely and voraciously, so posts wouldn't be limited to that. Any ideas? Restrictions: nothing gendered, nothing hard to say.

So I've been thinking for a while about running a popular science blog, trying to communicate science to the wider community. Now I'm gathering ideas for posts: what would you like to see? Any misconceptions that drive you crazy? Anything you want to know?

Two posts I have in mind: why XX and XY aren't the end of the story, and why local weather isn't always responding to climate change by warming.

This weekend is going to involve too many people and I'm not ready.

(Calling would involve trying to speak to Dutch or French speakers while my own Dutch is non-existent and my French awkward, plus I don't hear very well on the phone.)

Rar. I ordered food an hour and a half ago and still nothing. Too anxious-shy to call and ask wtf, so just sort of waiting... and waiting... and waiting... also feeling sick with hunger.

@susannah he's been very obviously doing territorial peeing, so not too much... But he does drink a lot, good thought! @Ehlyah Breakfast = retaining water?

@starbreaker He's one of our two house rabbits, actually! My cousins once had a bunny named Casserole...

So Breakfast weighed 800g on Saturday. After a couple of days off his food, we weighed him on Tuesday: 950g. Yesterday, 960g. Today, 1004g. He's still off his food, and yet...

Baffled.

The problem with my Wordpress turned out to be gmail suddenly deciding to mark all the notifications as spam, despite me receiving them just fine for ages and ages. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@Nafrondel :cry: You fill me with confidence.

Okay, Mastodon, troubleshoot me: where should I be looking to figure out why my Wordpress install with Jetpack is no longer sending me comment notifications?