@VampiresAndRobots @RickiTarr I had to report to detention a few times for reading ahead. I learned that taking control of one's own education is punk AF.

A few years ago, dad told me that Atlantic salmon get to be as big as 50' long. When I laughed, he got really upset, doubling down on it. I looked up the world's largest Atlantic salmon. The monstrous fish was over four feet long. Dad refused to believe this. I guess he thinks Monstro-sized salmon flop their ways up shallow rivers, damming them up as they spawn. I like to imagine the might 50' salmon leaping majestically up Niagara Falls. Imagine how startled a bear would be to find such a beast. https://trickyfish.co/what-is-the-largest-atlantic-salmon-ever-caught/

#TallTales #TheFishThatGotAway #fishing #salmon #AtlanticSalmon

@jalefkowit @12thRITS FWIW, one of my stories is behind an academic paywall and I never got a cent for my work.

@Paulatics I'm glad you're still masking, but current strains aren't any less dangerous. They may not be as violent during their acute phase, but they are remaining in every system of our bodies and negatively affecting immune systems in a way comparable to HIV. I had a "mild" case of COVID in 2023 and despite having Paxlovid and ten vaccinations, I have long COVID. This disease continues to disable millions of people and prematurely shorten their lives, enormously increasing their chances of getting diabetes, cancer, strokes, and heart attacks.