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[thesuperheroesnetwork]

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[danshive]

This is not a criticism of the joke being made (it is a good joke), but envy is about the desire of wanting what someone else has.

There are two implied variables: What is desired, and Who possesses it. If that Who variable is empty, the conditions for envy aren’t met. Envy equals false.

Note: Someone possessing the desired thing isn’t enough. The person desiring the thing must also have Who possesses What in mind.

It’s the difference between someone seeing a loose nail and wanting a hammer to fix it, and someone seeing a loose nail and wanting a neighbor’s hammer to fix it.

[divorcedwife]

look at the republican calendar and see which animal/plant/item is associated with your birthday ok. if you're born january 14 you get the day of the cat

[divorcedwife]

solidarity for everyone who was born on the day of the cistern or the watering can or something like that

[ch4051nth3k1tch3n]

my birthday isn’t on there #erasure

[divorcedwife]

all birthdays are there, don't give up! troubleshooting :

when looking for your birthday, make sure to read the small grey italicized number, not the big orange numbers ; january 14, for example, is on the 25th day of the month of nivôse.

there are three months for each season ; if you're on mobile, you may need to scroll sideways to see the third one.

some birthdays in september are in a special section. that is because the first day of the year is september 22nd, and the last few days of the year before that are special holidays. see :

also, i know i joked about some days being less cool than others, but that's also the point of the calendar : replacing worship of saints with appreciation of the tools and plants that allow us to live. don't feel bad for having topsoil as your day, where would be without topsoil?

[blindalleycomic]

Blind Alley Guest Strip No. 73: Jason Bradshaw

[existennialmemes]

Your cats are not "manipulating" you they are communicating with you. They do not understand why you're limiting their food supply or keeping them indoors or preventing them from ruining your furniture or whatever.

When they meyowl pathetically for more food, it's not because they're trying to "trick" you into feeding them again. They just want to be fed, and they're smart enough to notice the correlation between certain sounds they make and the responses they get from you.

They've figured out that if they want to communicate to you that they want more food, if they make those pathetic sounds, you're more likely to behave as if you've understood what they're trying to communicate.

When your cat waits for you to look away then yoinks food off of your plate, it's not because they love crime. It's because they're social colony creatures who instinctively share food with each other and they don't understand why you're not sharing the best foods with them.

Your cats are very intelligent, social creatures who see you as their Very Strange sibling.

They've learned how to make intricate sounds just to communicate with their humans. When the sounds they make elicit the responses they want, they learn that those sounds are the most effective way to communicate their desires.

Not because they're scheming about how to control you, but because they don't know how to communicate with you any other way.

[thecryptkeeper]

i know the way people talk about their pets now is probably how we’ve been doing it for all of history. a cat owner in ancient rome saw their cat lounging on the dining pillows and commented “he thinks himself to be the senator claudius 🤣”

[l3irdl3rain]

She got scared of Gracie so i helped her hide under the covers

[markscherz]

Say hello to Calumma krystalae! A new species of chameleon we just described from Madagascar!

This new species belongs to a group of chameleons with big flaps behind the head called occipital lobes, which they can flare out to the sides when threatened.

In the study (request PDF here) in which my colleagues and I describe this species, we reveal just how complicated the taxonomy of this 'group' is (turns out the flaps have evolved or been lost repeatedly!), especially for a couple of species called Calumma brevicorne and C. crypticum. We found out that there is a bad mismatch here between the species (i.e. biological units) and the names we use for them—but correcting it is going to be suuuper complicated. This is a problem for conservation reasons, but also for the pet trade, where both of those 'species' are established. But solving this puzzle is too complex for right now, so we contented ourselves with the description of a clearly distinct new species that isn't closely related to this complex from northern Madagascar.

Calumma krystalae, named in honour of renowned chameleon biologist Krystal Tolley, is closely related to a widespread species from Eastern Madagascar, Calumma malthe.

The first specimens of the new species was collected at least 21 years ago (2005) on the mountain of Marojejy in the northeast of the island. But in the intervening time, more material has been collected from several more sites across northern Madagascar. Among that material are some specimens I was able to collect in 2015 on an expedition to Ampotsidy in the Bealanana District, and a specimen we collected on an expedition back to Marojejy in 2016.

This is by far the largest chameleon I have had the pleasure to help to describe. It stands out from others primarily in colour, head shape, and some details of the scales. I find the eyes particularly beautiful.

I am super relieved to finally be able to understand the diversity of these chameleons a little better, but at the same time it feels like we have unearthed a can of worms in the taxonomy of the rest of the group. Still, it is an exciting prospect to see this resolved over the coming years!

[sqrt-73]

Interesting math fact of the day #156:

Either p is a square mod q and q is a square mod p or neither is true.

[michaelrotonal]

7 is a square mod 3 but 3 isn't a square mod 7

[sqrt-73]

Stupid search engine being stupidly stupid. Changing it rn

[michaelrotonal]

that ain't how tumblr works buddy. your mistake still exists in all the reblogs from before the edit

[sqrt-73]

I know, but this post will be forgotten in a week like all the others

[isopost-headquarters]

do you. really think so.

[sqrt-73]

👍

[michaelrotonal]

putting this into the queueueueue

[sqrt-73]

no not the q

[sqrt-73]

nice job team we all can go home now

[huiopl064]

your mistake wont be forgotten hehehe

[michaelrotonal]

schedule for aubust 25

[sqrt-73]

when did this break 100 notes this should’ve died months ago

[kastumoem]

Good luck with that hope, we'll just stick you next to the frizzy haired wizard in the processing vortex

[tpwrtrmnky]

Girl who has increasingly obvious Symptoms over time: Actually I shouldn't put myself first because I'm the Healthy One and therefore responsible for everyone else all the time no matter what

[catilinas]

everyone i've talked to about this has been completely unaware so: if you didn't know already, there's going to be a solar eclipse, with totality or coverage of 90% or more in some places, over a lot of europe, on august 12th 2026. in the uk it will start just after 6pm, and the maximum will be at 7:13pm.

here is a map of the path of the eclipse (from timeanddate)

get eclipse glasses if you want to look at it. it is not safe to look at through sunglasses. ok informative post over o7

[ex-libris-craux]

mostly missing me but i know a bunch of folks that are right in the path 🥰 enjoy it for me, my lovelies!

[pangur-and-grim]

sorry, had to capture the way he’s sitting on me. what’s going on here

[pangur-and-grim]

THIS ISN’T ABOUT ME

[mimorobo]

Alphys the Royal Scientist!!

This had no right taking so long (cough cough I started making her a YEAR ago) but she's finally here and i think she turned out pretty awesome!

The tail is so fun to animate, head was the trickiest part to make and she doesn't really have glasses (idk how I'd do that) but its ok

My favourite yellow lizard scientist...

[shrimpin-aint-easy]

BUG 🦞 BUG

[blaurascon]

i reblogged this last night but i have since been reminded of one of my favorite pairs of socks. i still have no idea what this is supposed to mean. please enjoy

[shrimpin-aint-easy]

ANIMAL 🦀 ANIMAL

[junakov]

artfight themed gifs... my tradition

2026 team mystery

2025 team fossils

2024 team stardust

[penny-anna]

anyway sound off. at what stage do ppl think Han figured out the Force was real. the boring answer is after seeing Obi-wan vanish but i think he could rationalise that away as his eyes playing tricks on him. what do we think.

[my-last-brain-cell-is-socrates]

Let me demonstrate my answer for you:

That's it. That's my answer. Endor.

Please just take a look at Han's face right after witnessing 3po float. The man just had his entire worldview blown to smithereens.

[whetstonefires]

that's so funny. that means he accepted Vader deflecting a blaster bolt with his hand as just something freaky government cyborgs can do, and stuck by Luke for multiple years as he tried to figure this Force stuff out, and just treated it like your friend getting really really into neopaganism to cope with a loss.

like yeah kid good job with the witching. i'm certain it will be more useful against your enemies than your sharpshooting. no i do not think your witchcraft is supplementing your aim but i'm not gonna argue about it.

[penny-anna]

yeah Luke was like 'I heard Ben Kenobi's voice in my head telling me how to blow up the Death Star :)' and Han was like 'kind of an unusual coping mechanism but I'm not gonna argue with him'

[penny-anna]

#Dealer: this is called The Force. It surrounds us penetrates us and binds the galaxy together. #Han: Yeah whatever old man I don't feel shit #*2 movies later* Han: I swear I just saw C3PO levitating #His buddy Chewie pacing: Wuuugh Wraauh wuh

[card-designers-without-borders]

[cup-of-milktea]

guys. i really like you. it's nice to be on this dashboard together