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[hitmyvape]

Actually embarrassing I have to send this text to the work gc

[potatocrisp]

Gettin the good ads again

[lemonadier]

the whole world in its paw

[pangur-and-grim]

Hey wait where'd Belphie's bald spot go

it's still there, but his skin changed colour! Belphie has a pointed colouration, and pointing is form of temperature dependant albinism, so it basically means that his entire body is a heat map.

in the winter, he camps out by the heating vent and stays warm, so his bald spot turns bright pink (no melanin)

and in the summer, he goes out on the catio where it's chillier, and his bald spot turns dark

[pangur-and-grim]

[jayrockin]

I wanted to respond to two more questions for Gwailer clan members, but ran out of time tonight. Next week, then.

PATREON | Runaway to the Stars

JUST TWO DAYS LEFT on the book Kickstarter!!

[jayrockin]

I love how many people are greeting Rang lol. They are compelled by the power of Polite Child to be polite back.

[sparrowlucero]

all bark no bite

(available on my kofi as adoptables!)

[indeedgoodman]

[penguicorns-are-cool]

DO NOT DO THIS!!!

If a website has a paywall, like New York Times, DO NOT use the ctrl+A shortcut then the ctrl+c shortcut as fast as you can because then you may accidentally copy the entire article before the paywall comes up. And definitely don't do ctrl+v into the next google doc or whatever you open because then you will accidentally paste the entire article into a google doc or something!!!! I repeat DO NOT do this because it is piracy which is absolutely totally wrong!!!

[charlignon]

Also do NOT append "12ft.io/" before a URL ! Typing an URL like this https://12ft.io/<URL> will redirect to a site that would break the display of the page by removing the paywall !

[cinoclexity]

Honestly it's kind of prohibited to mash CTRL+P before some paywall windows can load in to get a PDF of the article. Really shouldn't be done tbh very dangerous🤷🏿‍♂️ ❌️

[genericpuff]

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

It's also really bad to disable JavaScript so it can't unload everything and pull up a blocker before you can read the article.

[ahumanbeena]

Did you know that after they switched to blind auditions, major symphony orchestras hired women between 30% to 55% more? Before bringing in “blind auditions” with a screen to conceal the the candidate, women in the top 5 major orchestras made up less than 5% of the musicians performing.

[shwetanarayan-deactivated202504]

so I believe it was actually more complicated than that, in interesting ways. Because at first, when they did blind auditions, they were STILL hiring more men.

…Then they put down a carpet, so that high heels didn’t clack on the floor,  and BOOM women were suddenly getting hired.

The testers didn’t even know that’s what they were picking up on, which just goes to show how tiny of a cue it takes for misogyny to kick in.

[isaacsapphire]

The case of blind auditions for orchestras and how it dramatically changed the gender makeup of orchestras is a very illuminating example of gender bias, and an interesting possible way of countering it.

[small-witch-big-hat]

You can be sexist without knowing it. You can be racist without knowing it. This is not a moral failing; it is a moral imperative to remember that you are fallible, and take steps to limit the damage your squishy ape brain’s foibles can cause.

[mindfulwrath]

The final chapter in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink (2005) describes this in detail.

What you don’t usually hear about when discussing this blind audition process is that after the blind auditions were implemented, when women had gotten many positions in the orchestra, men no longer saw being a member as prestigious and the salaries for the entire orchestra dropped.

[jimmyhoffathecat]

Do you even lift, bro?

[m1s0-s0ups]

Yo, where am I?!

[felinefractious]

🐱 Munchkin mix [Limb Deformity]

📸 Out of the Woods Animal Rescue

🎨 Black Roan [(Salt & Pepper) Mutations]

Note: This cat is named Blueberry and the rescue doesn’t know what she is mixed with but are “calling it Lykoi-chic,” she came to them with terrible skin issues (which is consistent with the Lykoi breed) and there is at least one person out there producing Lykoi x Munchkin mixes so this is plausible. She’s doing much better now and will be cleared for adoption soon if you’re in the New Jersey area and are in the market for a genetic dumpster fire. The rescue is still collecting donations for her many medical bills.

[stargeyzers]

[lilacsmothership]

the usual alternative to humanoid mechs is some variant of chicken, spider, or other inspiration from animals, but there's a lot of unexplored territory in robots that don't look quite like either, i think. mechs that look like a building on legs, multi-axis gantry cranes, etc - forms of locomotion only known in machines that lend themselves well to precision handling and other utilities that call for a robot's touch

[saidbyastoner]

Stoner Gossip #3

Eminem joined ISIS

[notjusthespongenextdoor]

For a city to be walkable. It must also be sittable.

[notjusthespongenextdoor]

#every time I read this phrase the same thing happens#I read it as shittable and go wait that can't be right#oh right they were talking about public benches that makes more sense#but public bathrooms available without fees should also be a thing tho#cities should definitely be shittable#it happens EVERY SINGLE TIME

it must also be shittable

[fidelcostco]

the human brain is so cool, if you're tired and stressed enough, your brain will go, "don't worry, I got you" and shadows will start moving

[fidelcostco]

and what's the genital situation on the shadows

[fidelcostco]

oh this is my post