@rufustheduck there are a couple of little black and white cats I see by a house on my way to the gym. For ages, I thought there was just one cat that was sometimes super-friendly and other times really aloof, then I saw them together and the penny dropped

@ninawillburger I wish to eat the forbidden gummy.

@ShaulaEvans thanks, and same – my main finding was that other factors were more instrumental than being an only child in itself! Eg. Family circumstances/parental attitudes, individual personality, class, where they lived, when they lived, gender...

@ShaulaEvans @bookstodon Thicker Than Water by Leonore Davidoff, which I read ahead of a colloquium with the author at the beginning of my Master's in 2012, when I was 23.

It's a monograph about siblings in history that's super engaging because it's such an interesting, human topic and she wrote it in such an accessible way. Not only did it open my eyes to the fact historians are 'allowed' to write like that, but it made me think 'what about only children?' – giving me a topic for my PhD!

@JorisMeys @oblomov it took Meta a really long time to figure out how to put legs on avatars in the metaverse/an idea that 'doesn't have legs' is a bad one. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-quest-world-legs-avatars-mark-zuckerberg-1850787409

@Iwillyeah @passenger it took them a long time to figure out how to give Metaverse avatars legs https://gizmodo.com/facebook-quest-world-legs-avatars-mark-zuckerberg-1850787409

@passenger thank you

@Nickiquote *takes a bow*

Meta lost $77bn on VR? I guess it just didn't have legs.