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This blog is a multi fandom mess + other shit, I don’t even know what I like

[astraeons]

Some PJO doodles :>

You can buy all five of them as stickers for the price of one (1!) on Redbubble!

(and you can check out my IG here!)

[liciaunlockmyheart]

Is this just me or does it look like Matt says DAMN…. me too Matt me too lol

[mysteriouslybrokenmentality]

Eeeep I started watching Shadowhunters at a friend’s request and now I’m Malec trash. Help.

[izzymalec]

“alec showing that he loves magnus more than anything vs. magnus not realizing it or thinking he isn’t alec’s top priority”

requested by @likealionpaw

[petersspideysense]

amatw cast trying to pronounce mjolnir

[effervescentbi]

my religion

[marvelgifs]

[starkravinghazelnuts-deactivate]

Our heroes being reminded of their goodness 💜

[elmemehir]

Bilbo, being dragged across middle-earth by a group of dwarves he just met:

[solange-lol]

people saying will would be able to name any bone in the body while breaking it gives me harley quinn vibes and idek why

[curlicuecal]

domestication syndrome is one of the coolest findings from recent genetics

[curlicuecal]

Yes!

Basically scientists have found that if you start selecting for people-friendly animals, you see a bunch of hypothetically unrelated traits start showing up in all sorts of mammal species: floppy ears, piebald/patterned coats, etc.

This is true for everything from cows to dogs to rats! One of the coolest long term studies on this has been the Russian fox experiments.

So essentially the science goes like this:

You have two copies of every genes, one from each parent.

We tend to simplify genetics, and say that for every single gene you have it is random,l coin flip which copy you pass on to you offspring. We also tend think of genes as a 1:1 ratio of genes—>traits.

But! This is not quite the case.

Genes have a specific physical location and order relative to each other on your chromosomes, and the chance of genes being inherited together goes up the closer together they are located. This means random, unrelated traits can wind up being more commonly inherited together in specific patterns just because those genes are located close together, and you don’t get that completely random reshuffling of two parent’s traits. Some of them tend to stay “stuck” together.

This is called linkage, and it’s why you often see red hair, pale skin, and freckles together, for example.

The second factor that plays into this is that a lot of times 1 gene affects several different traits (or several different genes affect 1 trait). This means that sometimes you really *can’t* untangle two traits because they have a similar cause. For example, say genes for increased aggression are responsible both for making a spider a better hunter (pro) and making a spider more likely to eat its offspring (con). Because the same gene is the cause of both things, natural selection can’t really untangle them.

Circling back to the redhead/freckles/pale skin example, these traits are affected by a number of different genes, but also one gene in particular: MCR1, a gene that changes how your body responds to hormones promoting melanin production. Again, one gene related to pigment production can affect a BUNCH of different traits. (And also skin cancer risk. Fun!)

Domestication Syndrome in mammals turns out to be due to both linkage and genes affect by multiple traits!

See, when we domestic animals we want them to be friendlier/less aggressive, which normally translates to less FEARFUL.

And it turns out that the same genes involved in adrenal responses and other stress reactions are also involved in melanin, cartilage, and bone production. So when we domesticate animals we get these recurring changes in pigmentation (white patches, piebald costs), floppy ears (cartilage), shorter muzzles and other changes in physical stature (bone growth), etc.

We also wind up selecting for a lot of neotenic genes in general— that is, retention of childhood traits into adulthood. That’s because baby animals tend to have lots of friendly/trusting/biddable/curious traits we are looking for.

And honestly, who can say no to a face like this?

ps, since it was mentioned:

the same genes involved in domestication probably help animals form social groups in general. if you need to get along with and trust strangers you need a decrease in the panic/aggression genes.

cats, for example, probably domesticated themselves when they started living close to each other and to humans to feed off of pests in grain silos.

and yeah, some some recent theories suggest humans may have ‘domesticated’ themselves:

[sainamoonshine]

so basically you’re saying that when we breed animals to be friends, they become friend-shaped.

[bedwyrssong]

This user’s Nagini tweets have been making me laugh for at least an hour.

[micdotcom]

Watch: It’s your right to share your salary, not doing so could be holding you back.

[annakie]

At my last company, one day someone in accounting approached me at lunch and quietly told me I need to ask for a raise because I was way underpaid.

They gave me a number to shoot for.  It was about twice than what I had been making at the time.

So I went online, did some research, found some figures backing up my claim, put it all together and went to my boss.

I got what I asked for.

If it hadn’t been for that person in accounting telling me I was way underpaid, I’d have never known.  I went from barely scraping by to being able to have a savings account and getting all my debts paid thanks to them.

You should at least check sites like salary.com to start the process of seeing what you should be making.

[brianadeshe]

Because this is crucially important

[gayforbagels]

Except for the fact that 90% of the time you are under contract not to talk about your salary otherwise the company can sue you. Every job I’ve had I’ve had to sign that I won’t discuss my pay with other employees otherwise my employment is terminated and the company will take legal action. 

[kintatsujo]

It’s actually illegal for companies to forbid wage discussion, they’re just counting on you not knowing your rights.

[tuf-luv]

Important

[ryantherabbot]

Fuck.

[radiantsolstice-blog]

If you scrolled right past this - GO THE FUCK BACK UP - this is a huge PSA

jfc I’ll be having some words with some folks

[doritophysique]

Malec scenes with pages from the books

CITY OF BONES • 222, 223 • 231 • 235 • 243 • 256

CITY OF ASHES • 222, 223 • 262, 263 • 300, 301 • 369, 370

CITY OF GLASS • 73, 74 • 76 • 130, 131 • 157 • 175 • 222, 223 • 345 • 383, 384 • 386, 387, 388 • 424 • 479 • 487 • 490 CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS • 44 • 170 • 249, 250, 251, 252, 253 • 259, 260, 261, 262 • 293, 294, 295 • 306, 307, 308, 309, 310 • 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378 • 413, 414, 415

CITY OF LOST SOULS • 28 • 31 • 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 • 65, 66, 67, 68 • 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 • 119, 120 • 158 • 161 • 178, 179 • 192, 193, 194 • 246, 247 • 265, 266 • 310, 311 • 354 • 396, 397 (fav scenes tbh) • 466, 467 • 491 • 499, 500, 501 • The Pages Which Shall Not Exist

CITY OF HEAVENLY FIRE • 34, 35, 36 • 40 • 43 • 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 • 59 • 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 • 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 • 231 • 273 [293 and 294 as bonus] • 311 • 338, 339, 340, 341 [356] • 381 • 387, the famous pie scene • 454 and 472 (Alec deserves a medal) • 508 • 514, 515, 516, 517 • 552, 553, 554 • 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588 • 621, 622, 623 • 636

[make--it--gayer]

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“you can’t sleep your problems away” i can still try tho

[nativemissfit]

[wordsnquotes]

“We do this because the world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.”

— Sandra Cisneros, on writing.