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alright nerds--
favorite academic field
anthropology and archaeology
art, theater, music, and art history
astronomy, astrobiology, and astrophysics
biology and health science
computer science
economics
forensics and CSI
history
language and literature
math
physics
psychology and sociology
^tried to include as many as possible
Mourning Scorpionfly
What is up with these gorgeous goth princesses??? (Yes ik this one is a male but he’s still a gorgeous goth princess) They are also detritivores, and they even eat ✨human corpses✨so they can be used in forensics to tell how long someone has been dead!
Why did evolution decide to make this badass creature and can we get more like this??
I um… have this picture printed out and on my bulletin board…
Edit: (photo credits to Jonathan D. Mays on inaturalist)
I keep seeing this in fiction and it drives me bonkers. Guys. Guys. You can't use dental records to identify someone if there aren't any dental records to speak of from before the person becomes a Doe. Dental identification works by comparing the state of a Doe's teeth to existing dental records of potential matches. Such as, if there were dental records for a man named John Smith that show he had a filling on one of his molars, and a John Doe has a filling on that same tooth, comparing Doe to the records would be an extra line of evidence towards identifying the Doe. But if the Doe never had any dental work done, or if none of those records were saved, dental identification is impossible.
Thinking about @roselees post about Michael playing dnd admist the satanic panic in the US. Somehow I watched a video essay that touched on this time period and I had no idea it was bad to the extent it became almost a modern witch hunt. Also the whole troubled teen industry being really prominent in Utah specifically at that time is interesting to think about (which is a horrible industry that needs to be dismantled completely). The problem of being a humanities major is wanting to examine structural flaws in the US in the 80s and apply it to my fics lol. The time that Michael grew up in explains a lot of how and why William could have gotten away with what he did.
This post is now me rambling a bit incoherently but my sibling and I had a fic idea that would examine law enforcement in 1980s Utah up to the time of pizza sim. Basically an older detective examines the MCI which has become a cold case after Henry is released from prison (and starts to peice together everything that happened including the bite of 83 and Charlie's death). Mostly it's an outsiders perspective and a realization that the system is broken. William should have been caught, but the system failed at every turn. Michael, his siblings and all of the other children should have been protected but they weren't. Freddy's should have been completely shut down after what happened to cc but it wasn't (and if not that then especially after Charlie and when kids started disappearing).
A small town like Hurricane in Utah was not equipped to deal with what happened, especially in the 80s. Everything failed on a systemic level so spectacularly that William not only got away with what he did, but he could just fade into obscurity with a fake name and persona that probably didn't actually fool anyone. So the detective character has to realize that this case isn't really cold. It's pretty obvious what happened, but no one seems to care or has the resources to handle this case properly.
That's why fnaf is extremely tragic to me as well. Someone like Michael or even Henry shouldn't have to stop William and bring him to justice, but often times traditional justice fails you. I'm sure for Henry especially that he eventually became disillusioned as the years dragged on, and realized he'd have to do everything himself if he wanted answers.
That was so much yapping but I need to write a fic actually exploring these ideas because this is what an interest in history and forensic science/investigation does to you lol.
next ? 💤
You know how transphobes often say things like “When they dig up your bones in the future, they’re gonna see your sex, not your gender”?
That’s actually not quite accurate. The most common bone used to identify sex is the pelvis, which is in fact quite static and remains relatively unchanged after puberty. However, the chest is quite flexible, and changes often throughout a person’s life due to several activities. And the chest is also used for sex identification of human remains.
Many lifestyle changes affect the structure of your chest, such as weightlifting, javelin throwing, and… hormone replacement therapy! Estrogen and testosterone supplements change the chest in ways that are closer to a person of your gender identity, to the extent that a forensic scientist could potentially identify you as transgender simply looking at your bones.
Trans people have trans skeletons!
