Nico Rosso

hansbekhart:

maybe-its-mabeling:

Does anyone else get really caught up on the small details in their writing? Like you can be really good at writing situations and feelings and characters, but you get to a point when you’re writing something small like what they’re making for dinner and before you know it, you’re googling recipes with tomatoes because you think the scene won’t be convincing unless you know the cooking time and temp??

**looks shifty, closes ten tabs**

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socialistexan:

lambrini-socialism:

Calvin and Hobbes still relevant 25 years later.

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My hand was very cold taping this. 

veryfemmeandantifascist:

taurean-the-bully:

the-future-now:

follow @the-future-now

wow!

disabled women of color are capable and deserve to be recognized and respected

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zooophagous:

It is in the care of small things- a fish, a plant, an insect- that you come to realize that even the most unassuming living things are unique and never replaceable.

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odinsblog:

resistdrumpf:

Enrollment for 2018 Affordable Care Act (ACA / Obamacare) starts November 1 and ends December 15. Trump (what an asshole) reduced the ADVERTISING funds by 90% to announce when people can enroll. Spread the word.

And to make registration even more difficult, Trump will also be shutting down the ACA registration website on Sundays “for maintenance” during peak registration times. Plan ahead. Get registered.

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Something is happening at my brother’s house. Something very strange…

Can you hear it?

cartnsncreal:

well said

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jenroses:

eight-times-nine:

realcleverscience:

currentsinbiology:

Octopus and squid evolution is officially weirder than we could have ever imagined

Just when we thought octopuses couldn’t be any weirder, it turns out that they and their cephalopod brethren evolve differently from nearly every other organism on the planet.

In a surprising twist, scientists have discovered that octopuses, along with some squid and cuttlefish species, routinely edit their RNA (ribonucleic acid) sequences to adapt to their environment.

This is weird because that’s really not how adaptations usually happen in multicellular animals. When an organism changes in some fundamental way, it typically starts with a genetic mutation - a change to the DNA.

The findings have been published in Cell.

Olga Visavi/Shutterstock

Really interesting short read for those interested in evolution.

stupid non-cephalopodes: evolve through a relatively stable updating of genetic matrices

grand cephalopod savants: biohacking into the nature mainframe and leaving eldritch comments in the engine’s source. what the fuck is a “stable release”

Welp, we found the elder gods. 

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archaicwonder:

Scythian Acinaces Dagger, 6th-5th Century BC

An iron acinaces dagger with lozenge-section leaf-shaped blade, recurved lower guard, flat-section grip, antenna pommel; mounted on a custom-made stand. 43.5cm including stand (17 ¼")