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my favorite posts in no particular order

it's michaelin' time

infomaniac goggy

stand down motherfucker

crab crab crab hand hand hand frighten

stuffed animal contest

well hello little chemical

jason & friends

cat says "hehe"

take ONE tablet

gonzo's monoliths

rogdona

tornado1992

I will never get over how even when everybody knows that "Sonic the Hedgehog doesn't have a home" EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND HIM

They all know where to look for him, at his lil bro's house of course, closest thing he has to a home he can call his own. Dude might not have a house but he sure does have an address (whether he is aware of it or not). Hell, they literally send his mail there.

Also this

Tails: you just wanna get home

Sonic: yeah

tornado1992

bethanythebogwitch

Juvenile gar from work. Probably a shortnose, but it's hard to tell when they're that small. Released

kedreeva

Take a moment from your busy day to relax and observe all the ways to pester a peahen, at her insistence.

levelvii

For the birds that like pets, do beak rubs tend to be their favorite? They seem to ask for more pretty consistently

kedreeva

Yep! They like break rubs best, followed by jaw rubs under the jaw, followed by gentle neck rubs where their head is in my hand and my thumb goes over and over the spot behind their jaw/ear. They also enjoy a finger stroking over the top of their heads (especially if their jaw is resting on my hand), and having their little head held like a stick shift (like being tucked into their wing to sleep I guess, because they'll fall asleep like that if they're already sitting down). They don't seem to mind the neck pets where I circle my fingers around their neck and stroke down (but they also don't particularly ask for it), and Bug likes her saddle pet (rapidly and harder than you'd expect, more like you're trying to brush something off her that's a little stuck on...I don't know why she's like that), but none of them really like anything past about mid back to be touched. Some of them have liked feet rubs (Princess is going to be like that, maybe Dragon too, but Bug and Mantis are Not).

This is, I think, tragic for them all. Visitors who want to pet them rarely want to put fingers too close to beaks, so they just end up mildly annoying the birds trying to pet them on the back like a cat or dog. I regret to inform you that peafowl have no bones and their necks are very long, it doesn't matter where you pet them... If they want to bite you, they will. The birds WANT you to pester them in the face, that is counterintuitively where you are least likely to get a hard bite. They show affection through face and neck preening. But I cannot convince anyone to pet them in the face like they want.

corvidcall

to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!

i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies

o0fyuu0o

Saw these easy to read instructions on Twitter. Stay safe 💚

sun-cheyne

Also just a handy, DIY air filter in general, if a bit bulky. For a less bulky and cheaper (but also less effective) solution, you can simply tape one filter to the fan, cut a shroud if you'd like.

snowriddenwolf

just FYI, this is quite literally what the climate scientists at my work who specialized in wildfire smoke impacts recommend. it works great, it's cheap to make, and it will make a noticeable impact on your air quality.

mechanicalriddle

i have asthma & keep one of these running in my room perpetually. after I set it up the difference in my sleep quality was pretty much night and day. Dont waste your time on proprietary air filters; SIMPLY bust out the duct tape

directactionforhope

Your transition status and transition history should absolutely be considered protected medical information, by the way.

Legally and in practice, this is spotty, especially now that world-famous authors (cough JK Rowling) can apparently personally post upskirt pics of trans women's genitals on Twitter with absolutely no consequences (source. also by the way in my state (US), JK Rowling's tweet is legally revenge porn)

The direction you're trans in is also something that should be considered protected medical information, because unless you're intersex (and also for a great many people who are intersex), telling someone your gender assigned at birth is, by definition, also giving them information about the history of your genitals

You are never required to tell any of these things to anyone.

Ever.

I don't care who demands it.

No one is ever entitled to information on the state of your genitals but you, especially as persecution of trans people intensifies in many jurisdictions

It is true that without this information, some people (especially other trans people) won't listen to you on certain subjects, or will weight what you say less strongly. It is true that some groups require this disclosure as a condition of membership or entering a space.

That's genuinely each person's decision to make, and it is incredibly context-dependent and trust-dependent.

But no one ever gets to force you to disclose that information, ever.

Because anything that refers to a person's transition status, genital status, transition history, or genital history is absolutely highly sensitive protective health information, and fuck any laws or jurisdictions that say otherwise

Anyway, you don't owe random people on the internet any information about you ever, all of this includes nonbinary people and any other people who aren't cisgender, etc. Peace and love on planet trans - please stay safe, and please, please stay alive <3

hunter-rodrigez

So I do 3D modeling and printing as a hobby, and a few weeks ago I designed wheel guards meant to prevent office chairs from running over cables and clothes... or your pet's tail.

I got the idea from cowcatchers old locomotives used to have.

Anyways, yesterday I uploaded the model to Thingiverse, and just hours after uploading it, the Community Relationship Manager of the whole website left a comment suggesting I enter the model into a competition that's currently being held on the site.

So I did... and now it's in third place not even a day later. First place is $500, but the competition still has a month to go.

Then the Community Manager contacted me again, telling me they want to feature my model in an upcoming design promotion.

Just, what is happening? I mostly made this thing for myself in, like, an hour, and now it's suddenly super popular? This is all a little bit overwhelming 😵‍💫

Other models I worked on for weeks didn't get nearly as popular. I swear, it's impossible to predict what people will like.

Anyways, if you want to print the wheel guards yourself, you can get the model here or here.

I also made a quiet version you can stick furniture felt pads on.

these-violet-delights-fic

People love simple, extremely practical things. I hope you win!

go-learn-esperanto

Hey. If people aren't aware, Microsoft admitted they know who you and where you are at all times and will give your info to the police.

They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.

Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.

You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.

This article specifically notes:

For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesn’t care which VPN you use, only that it’s still the same Windows installation.

GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.

Other important quotes:

What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows “surveillance software”.

Two things back that up:

There’s no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Apple’s advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Android’s works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.

Then there’s activation. Massgrave, the group behind Microsoft Activation Scripts, notes that Windows setup sends hardware info to Microsoft and gets identifiers back, the same tokens later used for Store access and licensing: “It’s impossible to prevent Windows from getting a GDID without breaking activation and UWP app[s].” Anyone who lost a license after swapping a motherboard has already met a smaller version of this.

muzzlesbian

ublock origin is not enough i need advertisers to feel physical pain

queer-as-city-folk

Old man, sitting in the pool steps reading his book

queer-as-city-folk

Artists sketch

spacemancharisma

UNRESTRAINED SUMMER FUN

randomanimaloftheday

Day 403#: Vancouver Lamprey

Today's animal of the day is the Vancouver Lamprey (Entosphenus macrostoma)!

Photo credit: linddealy on iNaturalist

Also known as Cowichan lamprey, this species of lamprey is found only in Lake Cowichan and Mesachie on Vancouver Island, Canada. They were originally supposed to be called Vancouver Island lampreys, but apparently there was a filing error when the species was being named and it ended up being shortened. The rules for naming species are complicated and weird. This species only grows between 4 and 10 inches long, and is descended from the Pacific lamprey, which are born in freshwater and migrate to the ocean as adults. Somehow, a population of these Pacific lampreys became unable to migrate back to the sea and eventually evolved into a new separate species. They are still capable of surviving just fine in saltwater; it's just impossible for any wild individuals to make it back to the sea. The only reason we know this is because some scientists did experiments on captive specimens where they placed them in tanks of saltwater to see how they'd do.

Photo credit: Greg Wilson

Like many other lamprey species, adult Vancouver lampreys feed on the blood of other larger species of fish using their suction cup-like mouths. Their rows of scary-looking teeth may look scary, but they're mostly just used to help latch on instead of puncture the skin of their prey. Instead, they use their razor-sharp tongues to do that and produce a special enzyme to stop their host's blood from clotting until they get their full. While this may seem terrifying, the vast majority of the lampreys' victims end up surviving the encounter. Only around 15% of prey, which mostly consists of trout and salmon, are fatally wounded, and this is usually accidental.

Photo credit: Greg Wilson

Vancouver lampreys only breed once in their lives. Females will lay their eggs in shallow gravelly areas for the males to fertilize, and after a few weeks of egg laying and fertilization, the parents will die. Once they hatch, the larvae will inhabit areas with still water and either a muddy or sandy bottom. They will feed on whatever small particles of organic matter they can find until they undergo metamorphosis into their adult forms at around five or six years old. After that, they'll live as adults for another two years before the time comes for them to spawn and restart the cycle. Sadly, the species is endangered partially due to its naturally small range and partially due to human activities such as pollution, habitat destruction, and overfishing of the salmon species that it relies on for food. It's currently estimated that there are only around 1,000 adult individuals of this species left in the wild. While they might not be the prettiest creatures, they still serve an important role in the ecosystem and deserve to be protected.

cantabilechaos

“Kuhli loaches are very shy and intimidated by other fish and gouramis are very aggressive” WRONG. I just watched a kuhli loach swim up and fully try to like rest on top of a gourami 3 times in a row and neither party was very bothered by this beyond just being like slightly annoyed and confused as to why things were playing out this way

cantabilechaos

Like the loach was just like “why am I not able to stay in this spot where I’m trying to rest :/“ and then gourami was just like “hmm I wonder why this guy keeps bumping into me :/“ and that’s basically as far as either one felt compelled to care about the situation because there were more important matters to attend to (brine shrimp cube)

cantabilechaos

I think to fully understand the absurdity of this scene you need to know that the loach is also like significantly larger than the gourami like imagine a greyhound trying to climb on top of a beagle to get up to a high shelf

disgruntled-lifeform

Stolen from reddit where it wasn't being properly appreciated

leiyahime

"Indigo dyeing silk thread"

In case anyone wonders what the Japanese is saying

torkmatic

I just learned about this recently from a Viking reenactor! Indigo dye isn't blue until it oxidizes, so when you dye with indigo your cloth or thread doesn't come out of the water blue, it comes out and then reacts with the oxygen in the air and seems to spontaneously turn blue in front of your eyes. It's a really cool process to witness.