Lance Train

trains and stuff is what I post

[montereybayaquarium]

Sea star wasting syndrome killed billions of stars, including sunflower stars. Thanks to a cohort of scientists, a cause of the syndrome is now identified. Each day, new science is emerging that will help us in our efforts to restore the population!

Learn more about the syndrome and why these creatures are essential for the ocean we love. 

Discover the curiosities of sunflower stars on our website:

Sunflower star | Animals | Monterey Bay Aquarium

For a sea star, this animal is a voracious predator.

#SunflowerStars #MontereyBayAquarium #KelpHelp101

[outofcontextarthur]

[sussura]

This is what having an argument on the internet is like

[xeansicemane]

Honestly teaching first years in college chemistry was a bit like this too

[lancetrain]

>takes the hose out the bucket

[lancetrain]

The Mummy had one of the fastest chariots in the whole world for thousands of years, but since the Industrial Revolution the Mummy’s chariot has become comparatively slower and slower. That’s why he decided to upgrade it to a race car! The Mummy’s race car features crystal lights, golden ornaments, fins, headlights filled with a strange green liquid, pikes, gold plated stereo speakers, and best of all a goblet holder! The whole thing is powered by an ancient crystal that used to adorn the original chariot, and is now housed within a rotating engine from the future which was obtained the Mummy’s limited time travel capabilities.

[lancetrain]

On December 25, 2024, Britt Allcroft died at the age of 81. She led a great life and created the Thomas the tank engine tv series and by doing so had inspired many stories and brought joy to many people around the world. It’ll be a shame now that she won’t be able to see the stories that she inspired, but she will be remembered for all that she has done.

Rest in peace Britt Allcroft.

1943-1914

[oinramhamwald]

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[depsidase]

[macleod]

Not so friendly reminder that musk specifically came up with, and pushed, for hyperloop knowing that it would never be made, as an effort to stop the development of highspeed rail in America and shift all political discussions of it because "something better is around the corner":

As I’ve written in my book, Musk admitted to his biographer Ashlee Vance that Hyperloop was all about trying to get legislators to cancel plans for high-speed rail in California—even though he had no plans to build it. Several years ago, Musk said that public transit was “a pain in the ass” where you were surrounded by strangers, including possible serial killers, to justify his opposition.

source: new york times

Also: 2024 update, the total length of China's high-speed rail tracks has now reached well over 45,000 km, or 28,000 miles, by the end of 2023.

They are additionally five years ahead of schedule and expect to double the total number within ten years. And, before someone inevitably complains about "how expensive it is", they are turning over a net-profit of over $600M USD a year.

[lancetrain]

At least by 2024, we’ve got some progress on high speed rail, like the new electric trains here in California, but it’s still not nearly complete yet so we just have to wait a few more decades for it to be finished.

[sm64mario]

New Democratic Nominee! Since'a Biden finally stepping down!

[jaegerisim]

Some of yall needed to hear this

Credits to @/mattxiv on Instagram

[justeliiijah]

Sources confirming this include

Project 2025 website

BBC News explanation of Project 2025

Wikipedia page on Project 2025

MsMagazine’s explanation of Project 2025

NewRepublic’s explanation of Project 2025

Trump says he doesn’t know shit about P2025, ABC News theorizes he’s full of it

you can find plenty more information on Project 2025 on any reputable news source, but I thought I’d confirm OP wasn’t full of fear-mongering shit, ‘cuz this is insane.

[lady-raziel]

Reblogging because this has additional links for more info and because this is one of the best concise summaries of project 2025 I’ve seen—good reference for people to understand the conservative game plan in both the coming years and their long term goals.

The important thing I’d note is that while this transition plan and objective set was created for Donald Trump, it is not necessarily specific to him—this is the distillation of what conservatives have wanted for a long time and WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR even after Trump is no longer in the picture someday. They are proposing it now because they know Trump will be likely to enact these proposals, but understand this: the things outlined in the graphics above are the world the Republican Party envisions going forward regardless of who their candidate is. They are not going away. Unless time and time again those who oppose this vision fight the Republicans at every level of government, one by one the hard fought wins those in the past have achieved will be stripped away.

Look, I have no idea what’s going to happen at the top of the Democratic ticket. And I will be the very first to list the problems I have with the way the Democratic Party is run. But I firmly believe that helping the Democrats defeat the extremely harmful things the other side wants to do needs to be a priority, and that the only way the Democrats ARE going to get reformed and start finally listening to the people they claim to represent is by making changes while working inside and alongside the party. Remembering what stands to be lost is a good reminder on why it’s important not just to throw up our hands and say it’s all fucked and there’s no hope for politics.

[mysterious-art-greenhouse]

i live in the other side of the globe, but what the FUCK is going in in the usa. project 2025 is so screwed i have no idea how it could possibly be worse than that. everything on the list is messed up, but environmental part??? what the hell??? they want to send humanity and THEMSELVES HEAD FIRST to hell with this one

[kazooie]

Genuinely terrified for my American friends, please fucking vote, there really, REALLY is a lesser of two evils here

[bogleech]

It bears repeating that Trump criticized Biden for being "soft" on Gaza and wants to help Israel (exact words) "finish the job."

[lancetrain]

Please vote Biden, or we’re all going to die!

[lancetrain]

Crinkly

[lancetrain]

How do you ask gooseworx things, I cant

She just had the thing open

[kayleeelainee]

[fair-night-starry-tears]

I don’t accept child abuse! I’m reblogging to show I own a big heart!

[anxious-twisted-vampire]

ALL CHILDREN DESERVE ALL OF THE LOVE FROM THE WORLD

[mia-ships]

As a victim of child abuse, protect the kids, child abuse isn’t ok at all.

[awakentrashpanda]

Abuse is already fucked up but doing it to a child somehow doubles the fucked-upness

[lancetrain]

Ah yes, Toby and the train eater. A classic Thomas and friends episode.

[lancetrain]

Thomas is scared because of the ghosts everywhere.

[kaijuno]

[lancetrain]

Say, have I ever shown you my HO trains?

[lancetrain]

Hi! The cat donation post is a scam. The OP has been taken down on multiple occasions and is making new accounts, stealing cat pictures from Facebook, impersonating real people by using different names in PayPal, and stealing people’s tumblr bios. The post is completely fake, please don’t donate to it and report their blog.

The post has been deleted

[lancetrain]

Hey, please check the op of the cat donation post you shared, they are a known tumblr scammer. They've been taken down countless of times and keep remaking with different cat pics stolen from Facebook, using paypal names that's impersonating a real person. Even their bios are copied from real tumblr users on here. Kindly check kyra45 who's been documenting this scammer or copy and paste their whole ask on the search tab, it should turn up similar asks from other deactivated users and the people who have been calling them out. If you have the time, please report their blogs as unlawful content and encourage others to do so as well. If you have already received a warning about this, please feel free to ignore this message and sorry for bothering you.

Okay I’ve deleted the post