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Sorry, I'm not on Tumblr much so I won't reply to your messages right away. Cade, 33. he/him. This is my personal, Transformers blog is @ teleconnect, art blog @sinousine OCD havers: I tag all donation posts as "fundraiser".

[mariolanzas]

ARTIODACTYLA size chart

Artiodactyls are a very diverse group of mammals, mostly herbivores easily recognizable for their double hoofs. Deers, Camels or Hippos belong to this group. Although it's not obvious at first sight, whales also derived from this lineage, representing one of the best examples of evolution and adaptation in Natural History

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[weizhentian]

Mohammed @helpmohammed0 is a young man from Gaza City who has been living in a tent with his family after his house was destroyed in an IDF bombing.

He's been raising money to cover the cost of necessities, which is exorbitantly high due to most of Gaza's infrastructure being destroyed and minimal aid being let in.

Today he told me 7 tents around him was damaged in a ceasefire violation and several members of his family were injured.

Please consider donating through his Chuffed link.

(If you're wondering about the other name on the fundraiser: Palestinians in Gaza can't receive funds directly through Chuffed but need a sponsor in a qualifying country to hold the money until it can be moved through a bank transfer. If you're hesitant, donations through Chuffed are insured case of fraud.

[weizhentian]

Do you think Nostramans are disproportionately colorblind, since colorblind people have more rod cells which are useful for night vision? Achromatopsia, which is a total lack of color vision, also comes with severe light sensitivity.

(The reason most mammals are dichromats while other animals are tetrachromats is believed to be because they had a nocturnal niche and seeing colors isn't as useful in the darkness.)

The irony of Night Lords being blue and red when most colorblind people don't perceive red as boldly red as trichromats do. Space Marine enhancements would give Night Lords the ability to see more colors. Gotta flex on the normies, I guess :P

[weizhentian]

Pretty nuts that two people I saw on TLC documentaries (Hannah Betts and Rose Siggins) as a kid are no longer living. They were hardly old when they were filmed.

[weizhentian]

I've been listening to readings of psychedelic trip reports.

It seems the elements of near death experiences are basal human software that psychadelics can tap into.

[weizhentian]

I don't like it when couples create a person (have a child) because what they really want is a loyal servant.

[weizhentian]

Making up a guy to get mad at and wondering if there's someone who thinks it's ableist to say "don't drink alcohol while pregnant or your child will get fetal alcohol syndrome" 🙃

(Adjacent to "it's ableist to say inbreeding is bad because of the increased chance of birth defects")

[weizhentian]

The world would be a better place if nobody under the age of 18 could get pregnant or impregnate anybody and the reproductive systems of rapists exploded.

[weizhentian]

People who choose not to have biological children because they don't want to pass on highly inheritable terminal diseases which will result in their child watching either parent die slowly and horribly are superstars.

People who take the risk anyways are selfish assholes.

( As far as I know I didn't inherit a horrible terminal disease, but my parents were certainly selfish assholes for blaming me for inheriting "shitty genes".)

[creature-wizard]

Hi! So my MIL believes in soul contracts and says that both her and my partner chose him before they were even born. It feels SO victim blamey. I looked into it and saw that the idea was created by Dr. Michael Newton (?) have you heard of him before? I searched but hadn't seen anything- Just curious! I wanna change her mind, but I'm horrific at finding the words to do so.

I don't think I've heard of this specific guy, but yeah, the concept of soul contracts is tremendously victim blamey. Like, it implies that billions of people have made contracts to be exploited by billionaires just because they could. It implies that CSA survivors chose to be abused. It implies that people chose to have their homes poisoned by industrialization. It implies that people chose to be genocided. It implies that people chose to be enslaved. It's a truly depraved worldview when you think it through.

[json-derulo]

it sucks that the overwhelming majority of medical messaging around salt/sodium is "evil poisonous substance that you're definitely already eating way too much of," because like. you do still need it. (trust me, as a POTS-haver, I've had to completely rewire my own brain about salt.) and you need more salt when the entire northern hemisphere is hot enough to fry an egg on. ever tried sucking down the recommended 64oz of hydration per day entirely as water, only to find you're peeing constantly without any of the purported benefits of being "hydrated"? assuming you don't have another medical condition that causes frequent urination, your body probably needed more salt/electrolytes to be able to hold onto that water and make use of it. if there was ever a time to keep a sports drink/pedialyte/etc within constant reach, it's when the heat index is 110°F/43°C.

[caesxr]

‘beyond the scope of this paper’ is a dear friend to me. I Am Not Fucking Talking About That

[somestorythoughts]

"Look I can stay on track or this paper can be three times as long, your choice."

[moghedien]

One like nitpick thing that drives me crazy is when people call Blue Whales the largest whales or the largest living mammals or some shit like that

Because yes that is true. But when you frame it like that you are completely disregarding the absolutely batshit reality that Blue Whales are the largest animals that have ever existed on earth through the entire history of the planet and they are alive right now today

[superdaisypowerhour]

"if i had a time machine i would go back in time and kill hitler"

I would put sea mines around medieval britain. i would give hannibal barca ww2 era heavy artillery and tell him not to stop till he starts seeing gauls. i would give boudica a fucking abrams. i would appear before jesus like an angel and tell him "you gotta stop. not cause theyll kill you, youre fine with that, surprisingly, but because your fanclub is gonna spend about 1500 years making everything worse for everyone, everywhere." I would take a glock back in time and shoot romulus, shoot remus, and shoot that damn dog too just to be safe. i would be on the side of christopher columbus' ship in a scuba suit planting c4 on that bitch like rainbow six siege. i would be waging a one woman campaign of terror across andalusia to prevent the reconquista. i would be getting way out in front of that shit is what im saying,

[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.

[weizhentian]

Religion

I feel like if God wanted to beat us over the head with "we are all connected", having humans share about 60% of genes with bananas would be a good way.

[maxknightley]

in the contemporary world, the most fundamental human right - and, it often seems, the least protected one - is "being both Allowed and Able to go Somewhere Else." the rest is commentary.

[maxknightley]

the torments of prison are predicated on Not Letting You Leave. the most terrifying and degrading aspects of childhood are predicated on Not Letting You Leave. misogynists wail and moan and fearmonger about divorce and equal opportunity employment because they Allow Wife To Leave. borders and immigration restrictions exist, in no small part, to Prevent People From Leaving countries where they will be exploited and/or oppressed. fuck you for trying to leave. fuck you for exerting any control over your life whatsoever. that makes you the one at fault, actually.

[str-ngeloop]

david graeber described three fundamental freedoms: freedom to move, freedom to disobey orders, and freedom to reorganize social relations

[prudencepaccard]

fundamental human right

[weizhentian]

(image description: "just walk out" skeleton meme)