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27, vegan, pnw, concerts, music, books, animals

[vegcrybaby]

Hey turns out enough sleep makes a difference

[elainiisms]

[ibaaad-deactivated20150507]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

honestly even the highest concept sci-fi seems tame once you learn BioSteel™ Goats exist irl

[zenithreach]

What the fuck are you talking about

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

you know. the spider goats. the goats spliced with spider genes.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

they shoot bulletproof webbing out of their udders!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

ok ok that last part’s not technically true, but the truth is still pretty nifty:

yes these goats really exist! in most ways they are normal goats, except for how they secrete spider silk in their milk

(or rather, they secrete a special protein in their milk, which is then extracted and woven into silk fibers)

their DNA contains transplanted genes taken from the Golden Orb Weaver Spider, whose silk is incredibly strong–but can’t be naturally produced in large quantities. because…spiders are tiny ya’ll.

these superpowered web-slinging spidergoats genetically modified but otherwise normal and healthy goats can produce much larger amounts of this material (marketed as BioSteel), which is stronger than steel and more bulletproof than kevlar. plus it’s lightweight, elastic, and bio-compatible (compatible with living tissue), meaning it has a ton of potential industrial and medical applications.

(imagine 40 years from now you need knee surgery, and your doctor sits you down and explains that your shiny new anterior cruciate ligament was actually artificially woven out of SPIDER GOAT MILK SILK. also in this magical hypothetical future we have universal healthcare. and the wealth of all billionaires has been globally redistributed. this is my hypothetical scenario, i do what i want.)

like i said. pretty nifty!

and here is a photo of one such genetically modified BioSteel™ Goat, her name is Freckles

ko-fi

[maejacrezz007]

May I add the fantastic glow in the dark cats. They’ve been tagged with a gene from jelly fish that causes them to glow and that can be passed down. Was used to help study how other genes were passed.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

for those wondering, yes glow-in-the-dark jellyfish cats are a real thing and they are helping scientists with AIDS research

[ellendd]

I love how this reads as if the cats are actively choosing to assist with scientific research.

[jael-dub]

has this been done before

[cannibalchicken]

[theboost]

The moral of house md is that romantic relationships are temporary and fleeting and all marriages are doomed but the weird gay thing you have with your coworker is eternal

[kynimdraws]

Another parenting guide from Paldea’s finest :)

Some past ones here

[sylviaplathquotes]

“I hated men because they didn’t stay around and love me like a father: I could prick holes in them & show they were no father-material. I made them propose and then showed them they hadn’t a chance. I hated men because they didn’t have to suffer like a woman did. They could die or go to Spain. They could have fun while a woman had birth pangs. They could gamble while a woman skimped on the butter on the bread. Men, nasty lousy men.” - Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

[twilightknight17]

Today was my last day of work at the library, so I went full Chaos Goblin, photoshopped a Goncharov DVD cover with the poster, screenshots from posts in the tag, part of the Polygon article, and some vague plot insinuations, and I left it on the shelf for whoever to find. Only one coworker knows what I did, and we're friends, so she's all for it.

For bonus points, I photoshopped the spine to look like it had a library spine label on it. Let the games begin.

[riverlight82]

Okay, this is PHENOMENAL.

[allamericansbitch]

You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye And I got that red lip classic thing that you like

[tilthat]

TIL that there are four stages to learning a new skill: unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence, and unconscious competence.

via ift.tt

[aishahiwatari]

“Sometimes, when you practice a skill that you’re trying to improve, you might feel like you’re actually getting worse over time, instead of better. A common reason why this happens is that you’ve advanced from the first stage of learning, unconscious incompetence, to the second stage, conscious incompetence.

This means that you might start feeling like you’re suddenly making a lot of mistakes. In reality, however, you were likely already making those same mistakes beforehand. The difference is that you’re now good enough to actually realize when you’re making those mistakes, whereas earlier you simply didn’t have the necessary proficiency which is required in order to be able to notice it.”

You’re getting better, I promise! Keep it up! 💖

[lolwtfmemes]

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[redoanrony]

pigeonforge

[snyderman37]

[memewhore]

[tayloralison]

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