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grogu: can fight, hide, run, climb, protect himself to a certain extent, forage for food and water, dress himself, knows how to use paint guns and grenades, communicate nonverbally through motions and using assistive communication devices, understand others speaking around and to him, receive instructions, break into buildings and unlock doors, fucking MEDITATE

people: he can't speak so he's a stupid little helpless baby

the ableism becoming apparent in the fandom after the mandalorian and grogu movie is fucking staggering

#the mandalorian and grogu #the ableism is fucking astounding #ableist language cw #fandom ableism #the mandalorian #grogu #grogu djarin

systlin

Did you hear the scientists have found a way to grow colored cotton? Thoughts?

It’s not a ‘scientists have found’ and much more ‘people have been already doing that for thousands of years and it’s just gaining more attention recently’

beowulf22121

Scientists didn’t know. It should be “Scientists just found out”

systlin

There’s actually been a load of vitriol leveled against folks who try to raise traditional colored cottons, because a lot of cotton growers don’t want the colored cottons cross-pollinating with their standard white cotton.

But anyway cotton can be grown in lovely natural shades of greens, reddish-brown ochres, and browns, all of which deepen with a good boil in water with a bit of washing soda thrown in.

The color obviously doesn’t fade or run, because it’s not dye. It’s the intrinsic color of the fiber itself.

angry-cajun-lady

I....I want clothes made out of those colors. They don't hurt my brain!

systlin

Aren’t they lovely?

I’m biased because I love the natural earth tones of many fibers, of course...browns, blacks, creams, copper-reds, ect...but I think they’re just gorgeous.

systlin

https://www.vreseis.com/shop

If anyone wants to know where you can get yarn or cotton like this!

carolxdanvers

Scientists did not "just find out", and this is more of the same anti intellectual bs as the post that goes around claiming archaeologists were too stupid to know that hair could be sewn for elaborate styles.

Anyway, scientists DID figure out how to grow colored cotton. They genetically engineered it to be bright fuckin pink, and they didn't "just find out" about it, they already knew which is literally what inspired them to attempt the thing they just accomplished. Begging y'all to stop pretending that scientists don't know things, don't have interests, don't grow up in farming communities or have family who taught them this. Scientists are people. Do you seriously think people who use genetic engineering to make eco-friendly pink cotton don't know anything about textiles?

Anyway. Bright pink cotton without dyes, because science is awesome

gamerwoman3d

Yes. CSIRO scientist Doctor Colleen MacMillan led the team that figured this out. They used tobacco plants for testing because of the genetic similarity. Basically if the tobacco leaves produced colors when injected with a bit of the experimental genetic material, the scientists on the team already understood that the color change would affect cotton bolls as well.

They grew bright red and bright yellow in a petri dish.

And yes, Doctor MacMillan knows lots of things. Here's a list of some of her publications.

@csirogram on Instagram

Additionally folks are researching how to create flame resistant cotton and black cotton. If a variety of black cotton becomes viable, it can stop a LOT of environmental damage caused by chemical manufacturing of black dye.

nartoq

THIS. Every damn botanist I know, including myself, is at the least tangentially interested in fiber arts and indigenous methods behind things like that. Scientists have hobbies and we're all goddamn nerds so a lot of those hobbies are more niche. The anti-intellectualism is insane. I swear half of y'all think scientists are all evil cackling old men devoted to holding up colonial power systems. The work done by Dr. MacMillan is crazy cool and should be celebrated

#.. WHAT #THIS IS SO COOL

shitpostingkats

I like how Moon Knight (2022) starts with Steven's goldfish because it's representative of Steven himself and his relationship with Marc. Here's this creature who doesn't know what's happening around him, who is kept isolated in his own little bubble, preserved in glass. And Marc tries to take care of him but sometimes he forgets to feed the goldfish or take care of the goldfish but what matters is the illusion of safety and normalcy that the goldfish embodies. And then at the end of the series there's two goldfish and Marc and Steven go well surely this is a great sign and symbolizes nothing but our newfound communication skills :)

#... this has never occurred to me before #BUT fits so well with the perfect s2 in my head #moon knight

ryebreadgf

jeremy allen white has whatever the opposite of iphone face is. he looks like he is late to a shift of guarding hadrian’s wall

guiltfactory

coffee shop au with canon-typical violence

#📝 daredevil fic

magical-soup

There is no such thing as “the evil kill-people disorder that makes you kill people”; it has always been a myth made up by demonization to sell more ableism.

pyrose-the-flame

"the evil abuse-people disorder that makes you abuse people" is also a myth, no matter what people on TikTok try to tell you

diaryofandnwoman

A fish swimming in the Great Lakes today may have been alive before many colonial settlements existed in the region.

A new scientific study suggests lake sturgeon may live far longer than previously believed. Using 44 years of tagging and recapture data from five Great Lakes populations, researchers estimated that male lake sturgeon may live 90 to 279 years, while females could potentially reach 99 to 427 years.

For many years, scientists estimated sturgeon age by counting growth rings in fin spines, similar to tree rings. Researchers now say that method becomes less reliable as lake sturgeon age because their growth slows and the rings become increasingly difficult to distinguish. By tracking individual fish over decades, the study offers a new way to understand how long these ancient fish may live.

The findings also align with knowledge long shared by some Indigenous communities, whose oral traditions have described lake sturgeon as exceptionally long-lived beings. In many Great Lakes cultures, sturgeon hold deep importance as part of foodways, seasonal knowledge, and relationships with waterways.

Lake sturgeon were once heavily harvested and treated as nuisance fish in the late 1800s, contributing to major population declines. According to Michigan DNR reporting, less than 1% of historic Great Lakes lake sturgeon numbers remain. Because they mature slowly and reproduce over many decades, recovery takes time across generations.

The study highlights the value of long-term monitoring and collaboration among Tribal Nations, fisheries researchers, universities, and conservation agencies. Protecting healthy rivers, spawning habitat, and connected waterways remains important for the future of this species.

Sources: WWMT, Great Lakes Commission, WXYZ 7 News

#the caption is so salty I love it #'backing up knowledge indigenous communities have held for ages'