Menzies

Six thousand, five hundred pounds. The amount of money British MP Mark Menzies supposedly paid using party campaign funds for a night of drug-fuelled partying with prostitutes.

Did you get that new job then Gav? Yeh got it. Company car and a Menzies pay rise too.

by kensmith April 18, 2024

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Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl… isoleucine

Titin is the largest known protein in nature, playing a crucial role in muscle contraction and elasticity. It is a structural protein found in the sarcomeres of striated muscles, such as skeletal and cardiac muscle, where it helps maintain the integrity of the muscle fiber structure and assists in the passive elasticity of muscles during contraction and stretching.

Titin's full name, often cited as the longest word in the English language, is a chemical name that describes the protein's intricate molecular structure. Its full name is 189,819 letters long and represents the precise sequence of amino acids that make up the protein. Due to the extreme length of the name, it is typically abbreviated to "titin" for practical use.

This incredibly lengthy name is a systematic description based on the protein's chemical composition, specifically the sequence of its constituent amino acids, and was coined by scientific conventions for naming proteins in a highly detailed manner. However, because the name is so long, it is not typically used in everyday scientific contexts. Instead, "titin" is used to refer to this massive protein.

Titin ( also known as Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl… isoleucine) , is the largest known protein, plays a vital role in the contraction of the muscles and its elasticity by connecting the Z-line to the M-line in muscle fibers.

by Have a very good day January 14, 2025

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Metaintelligence

Intelligence about intelligence—the capacity to understand, evaluate, and improve one's own intelligent functioning. Metaintelligence encompasses knowing what kinds of intelligence one has, recognizing situations that require different intelligent approaches, monitoring one's own problem-solving, and deliberately developing one's cognitive capabilities. It's the meta-level capacity that enables someone to ask: What kind of problem is this? What intelligences does it require? Do I have those? How can I compensate for my weaknesses? How can I enhance my strengths? Metaintelligence is what separates raw cognitive ability from wisdom—the difference between being smart and knowing how to be smart, between having intelligence and understanding it.

Example: "She wasn't the fastest thinker in the room, but her metaintelligence was extraordinary—she knew exactly what problems played to her strengths, when to slow down, when to ask for help, and how to learn from every mistake. Raw intelligence fades; metaintelligence compounds."

by Dumu The Void March 16, 2026

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