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28 | autistic lesbian mathematician

[vintage-tigre]

600 AD. Chaturanga, the earliest precursor to modern chess, emerged in India as an intense military simulation. It forever transformed a simple grid into a battleground of pure strategy.

The game now boasts more potential legal variations than atoms in the observable universe. This mathematical complexity proves the board is merely a canvas for infinite tactical warfare.

[vinwarren]

Hello tumblr dot com. Please look at this 5000 year old terracotta pig statue from Egypt. I think it's pretty neat.

[wingkink]

btw it's so fucking stupid you can be anxious physically in your body even after you've decided mentally you don't care. I'm supposed to be in charge here

[soundoftheirwings]

Gotta tell you guys something wild in the Chinese fan sphere

So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.

And that is how this charity received over 1 million in donations in three days lol. Oh btw the “freedom of expression” side won by a landslide (960k to 40k)

[tlbodine]

From now on this is how all petty fandom disputes should be settled.

[ahedderick]

This is the most beautiful scientific diagram I've ever seen.

Also a great example of why pink is a tint of red, but also a completely different color. Erbium? Neodymium? So beautiful.

[alleesaur]

rolling rolling rolling

[binturong-of-the-day]

The binturong of following mama’s example

[herpsandbirds]

Longtime Nautilus contributor and the "Indiana Jones of marine biology," Peter Ward has spent decades studying the ancient cephalopod that gave our magazine its name. On an expedition to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Ward and his colleagues sampled two nautiluses long regarded as separate species. Despite striking differences in their shells and anatomy, DNA analysis revealed no genetic difference between them. The discovery became the starting point for Ward's exploration of epigenetics—the study of how environmental influences can alter the way genes are expressed without changing the underlying DNA sequence. In this essay, Ward argues that epigenetics may help explain why some organisms that appear to be distinct species are actually one and the same—and why Earth may contain fewer species than scientists have traditionally believed.

Read here: https://nautil.us/why-the-earth-has-fewer-species-than-we-think-237177

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[thememedaddy]

[wykart]

what do you mean my disability disables my abilities? what the fuck

[scunthotter]

People who are making posts telling us what is happening over on threads, twitter, and Instagram are like war correspondents sending us reports from the front.

[mapsontheweb]

The Journey of Odysseus

[sigmaleph]

every day i am thankful to ancient humans for the domestication of the cat. fucking genius idea. agriculture was a good one too btw but you really outdid yourselves with the cat thing

[bagel-of-masyaf]

rarely laugh out loud at math memes but this got me

[thagomizersshow]

I think the fact kiwi birds have nostrils at the tip of their beaks isn't just y'know, an adaptation for sniffing out worms, but also important for their vibes and aura.

You can't see it, but you can feel it

[villainpencils]

Jumping on the Twitter trend

[poisonousquinzel]

live reaction of me seeing thiss