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There's a quote a lot of people know about the Right, attributed often to political scientist Frank Wilhoit: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

submitted 42 days ago • 8 comments

I was quite confident on my knowledge of marine biodiversity in my area (I have a PhD in marine biology after all). But today I learn about Paromola cuvieri, one of the largest crab species of the Northeast Atlantic, that uses its last pair of legs to carry live specimens of sponges and corals 🦑 🌊

submitted 8 days ago • 47 comments

"I heard a Xturi refer to you as a 'Noagai'," Captain Jones said. "Is that a title?" Her navigator, a Yuun, nodded. "Have you heard the saying 'For every problem, there's a Human that can solve it'?" "No?" "Well, how to find that Human?" "Er..." "They ask a Noagai." "A... You know a guy?"

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

Fun fact: Charlemagne lived before Europe's Genetic Isopoint. This means that literally every white person alive today is a descendent of Charlemagne.

submitted 12 days ago • 13 comments

This just came up so for anyone who doesn't know - .AI files are a vector file type, they are Adobe Illustrator's native file type. Files ending with .ai don't have anything to do with /that/ kind of AI 🫶 Pls don't call out an artist bc you see them working on an .ai file

submitted 14 days ago • 10 comments

Okay Bluesky, this is the greatest thing I have ever made and now it’s here for you. Mr Blobby in the Virtual Insanity video.

submitted 111 days ago • 71 comments

Super Mario Bros. 3 released 35 years ago in the United States. Not only does the entire development team still work at Nintendo, many of them worked on Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Having so much experience is one of Nintendo's greatest strengths.

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

Anybody positing that the problem with the games industry is that devs are too expensive is gonna get an instant block. For the cost of one EA CEO you could afford 213 devs making $120k apiece. Read the room, my dudes; a LOT of very skilled people are out of work right now. Profits are trickling up

submitted 24 days ago • 49 comments

A second-order effect of AI slop is AI slop detection (often by similar tools to serve similar structures). Reject the temptation. Defend weird -everything, including- sentence structure; grammar is as load-bearing as the word and the unsaid. Via @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social @adapalmer.bsky.social

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

PLEASE SHARE! I am looking for an Associate PR Manager to join the EU Pokémon PR team. Role will focus on our Pokémon Centre products, Animation slate and all our great licensing collabs. All information can be found here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/pokemoncaree...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

I didn’t think I would write a second series about the aftermath of the air accident near Washington, DC. But, well, it’s been quite a year this week.

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

watch out for this! for folks who don't know: - windows+R opens the run window which lets you run any program - ctrl+V pastes so this puts some malicious command on your clipboard, then convinces you to run it yourself. don't.

submitted 28 days ago • 23 comments

Both a necessary and a noble act, thank you for doing this and for sharing it (RIP your coat)

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Waarom Bert Engelaar van ABVV gelijk heeft. Ik neem u even mee in de onderhandelingsnota asiel & migratie van januari die bijna afgeklopt is. In 10 punten. Een draadje.

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

I'm a massive Golden Girls fan, so I can think of no better leadership for my Adeptus Sororitas. I've been working through this concept for YEARS and I'm excited to finally have it accomplished. Shout out to @bssterrain for the amazing head sculpts. #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #goldengirls

submitted 37 days ago • 199 comments

It's saying something when you look through all 200 photos and CANNOT EVEN FIND THE SEEMINGLY TREMENDOUS CARVED WOODEN DRAGON SLIDE MENTIONED IN THE DESCRIPTION, because of the everything that's been brought into this house, and applied painstakingly to every single surface. It is WILD, folks.

submitted 46 days ago • 6 comments

A little comic about desire paths.

submitted 49 days ago • 86 comments

Meet the destroyer HMS Glowworm. In April 1940 she was forced to fight the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper, ten times her size, and Hipper's destroyer escorts. Her extraordinary last stand earned her captain the first Victoria Cross of WW2. In part because THE GERMANS nominated him for one /1 🧵

submitted 56 days ago • 45 comments

Juanita the six-banded armadillo at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has decided to take a nap inside her exercise wheel. I feel ya, Juanita. 📸 www.instagram.com/cincinnatizoo/

submitted 57 days ago • 9 comments

In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change

submitted 64 days ago • 47 comments

THREAD: A Terry Pratchett book signing was going pretty much as usual when a man in full wizard regalia asked, "You write about magic with such clarity and honesty, you really seem to have a deep personal understanding. I've always wondered, are you a practitioner yourself?"

submitted 608 days ago • 15 comments

I have to take an annual fire safety training for work, and I am reminded that I asked some of the folks who manage these things how they evacuate the NICU and apparently they have vests you can load up with babies

submitted 76 days ago • 198 comments

Size comparison of two of my favorite molecules, a Baeus wasp and Mr Neonella camillae, on the same sheet of paper printed with 12 pt periods 🖤

submitted 76 days ago • 6 comments

Thread.

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

I am steadfastly refusing to deal with content scraper accounts except in the context of follow spam and engagement hacking, so only one of these accounts landed on my lists, but I did see a bunch of you following them. Please do not follow content scraper accounts! #BadActorBingo

submitted 97 days ago • 17 comments

On this date in 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the imperial forces of Japan. The loss of life and destruction was horrific, and it pulled the U.S. into the war. For Japanese Americans, it was a terrifying time. Overnight, we became the “enemy within” because we were of Japanese descent. /1

submitted 88 days ago • 169 comments

oh that’s a new one to me and I LOVE IT

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments

My latest newsletter is about unreliable narrators, and why they don't have to be assholes. They also don't need to lie to you! Also, the best way to build an unreliable narrator is by making sure your supporting cast is fully fleshed out. buttondown.com/charliejane/...

submitted 98 days ago • 11 comments

Words don't mean things as much as they do things Sometimes "reading" conveys the act of converting glyphs to meaning Sometimes it tells someone you have first-hand experience of the contents of a book or article Whether listening to an audiobook "counts as" reading is a weird question, but...

submitted 102 days ago • 3 comments

I like that a list that includes "don't spread fake news" is being shared around with the original poster's name cropped off and no link to where we might see if this is Yolanda or Bernice King saying it. Anyway it's just a viral FB post Bernice King shared mashable.com/article/bern...

submitted 105 days ago • 3 comments

🧵SALT🧵 It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question: Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from? The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised. 1/14

submitted 106 days ago • 195 comments

If you didn't know, I was banned by Midjourney 3 times for exposing their infringement and plagiarism. Their AI can very easily recreate stolen training data (even without naming it), so here's a thread of images you can use to shut AI proponents down. 🧵 spectrum.ieee.org/midjourney-c...

submitted 107 days ago • 65 comments

If you’re following this George R. R. Martin account, it’s bogus. It’s not him. How do I know? Because I just asked him. Plus he followed up and just posted on his official blog that it’s not him.

submitted 107 days ago • 33 comments

The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th” When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn

submitted 108 days ago • 138 comments

Speaking of old-timey telephones that lacked cameras: Within this app, please go to settings > accessibility > Require alt text before posting Then, when you post a photo, use the mic button to dictate a description. Pretend it’s 1995 and you’re telling your bff what it is and why it’s interesting

submitted 109 days ago • 5 comments

I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/

submitted 110 days ago • 986 comments

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

submitted 110 days ago • 250 comments

Unloading the car after groceries. Toddler wants to help: “What can I carry daddy?” -“The crushing responsibility.” Toddler very excited: “Where is it!?”

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

oh HEY free BOOK! I've set SOMEBUNNY TO LOVE to free for the next couple of days, bc let's face it, we're all going to need some distractions this week. This is a very VERY funny paranormal romance with a bunny shifter heroine & I hope you all enjoy it :D Please RT! www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3JHZ2B...

submitted 121 days ago • 11 comments