I learned a lot about donestication from this video. I knew domestication was basically eugenic, but I didn’t realize it could happen in so few generations.
This is the most fun I’ve had with any Ninja turtles media since like that comic book where they had to fight a bunch of stuff some kid drew because he had a magic crystal....
It was a footnote in an article I read about a monkey using blindsight and that there had been several experiments with humans proving blindsight existed and that surprised me. As a footnote....
Incidentally, it’s a pretty great show. I am way more jazzed about watching this fan-made fallout show than I was when I saw the preview for the upcoming netflix show....
So the dog. Opening scene. If it’s just looking to infect everyone it possibly can, it doesn’t make a lot of sense for it to turn around and stare at the pursuing helicopter....
Actors not sweeping correctly when somebody broke a glass or somebody’s ashes were spilled on the floor or something like that is infuriating hahha....
Someone commented that sanctions wouldn’t work on China because sanctions were too harsh, and that the US should treat China as a parent does a child, educating them and encouraging them toward US goals so that sanctions were unnecessary....
A landmark case was won in 2021 ruling against the rights of a mining company to mine los cedros’ cloud forest, a high altitude rainforest, because it would harm the biodiversity of the area....
has the font size and color for the points been changed in the update?
I’m having trouble seeing the points and I noticed that they’re a dull gray and I believe tinier than they used to be....
wow, how good is "careless whisper" (www.youtube.com)
It’s unfortunately such a pop culture joke that I’ve never listened to it before now....
The successful domestication of Belyaev foxes (www.youtube.com)
I learned a lot about donestication from this video. I knew domestication was basically eugenic, but I didn’t realize it could happen in so few generations.
TMNT Mutant Mayhem is great! (sh.itjust.works)
This is the most fun I’ve had with any Ninja turtles media since like that comic book where they had to fight a bunch of stuff some kid drew because he had a magic crystal....
Yea, sure, I mean I guess... (sh.itjust.works)
does anyone know why all my Google search results are dated something xxxx BE, like 2567 BE or the like? (sh.itjust.works)
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/563b4f86-b2f9-49e5-8178-dfcf45d5200a.png
Where are the White Ninja animated comics from Vine?
So apparently 60 animated white ninja shorts based on the white ninja web comic aired on Vine, does anyone have any idea where they are now?...
Wow, I know I'm late to the party, but Andor is literally what I've always wanted from Star Wars.
What an absolutely perfect depiction of this universe. I’m starting the second episode of season 1 now.
TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Very weird that I am so old and have literally never heard this mentioned in a TV show or book or movie or anything....
does anyone have more insight into ellen Ripley's role as warrant officer on the nostromo in Alien(1979)? Happy Aliens day btw
Update: Answered in the comments much more thoroughly and succinctly than I can summarize, so head below for some great answers....
TIL about blindsight, a phenomenon by which visually blind people can apparently see or detect objects without using their visual cortex (en.m.wikipedia.org)
It was a footnote in an article I read about a monkey using blindsight and that there had been several experiments with humans proving blindsight existed and that surprised me. As a footnote....
Mulling Over Morphs #24 - The Suspicion (sh.itjust.works)
The helmacrons. So…
I'm watching Nuka break on YouTube and noticed these boys sticking out their tongues (sh.itjust.works)
Incidentally, it’s a pretty great show. I am way more jazzed about watching this fan-made fallout show than I was when I saw the preview for the upcoming netflix show....
So now I have to open Bluetooth to toggle it on and off instead of a one-click toggle. Real shit "feature upgrade"
And there’s no way to fix it short of flashing a new rom,as I understand. Just have to deal with the extra step now....
the thing opening scene
So the dog. Opening scene. If it’s just looking to infect everyone it possibly can, it doesn’t make a lot of sense for it to turn around and stare at the pursuing helicopter....
Does anyone know what Tricia o'neil is saying around 37:16 in Piranha 2?
Sherman: Your methods pretty scientific lady...
Some massively impressive animorphs fanart from byelacy.(complete set in comments) (sh.itjust.works)
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/2d6d5314-348b-4769-966b-6944707c92d1.jpeg...
Towering above (sh.itjust.works)
Hit me right away, but face close-up in the comments
What's a good book that unfolds over a short time in-story? No spoilers, thanks.
Everything takes place over a few hours, or entirely set during the immediate aftermath of an automobile crash, for example?...
I'd love to hear everybody's pet peeves in movie and TV production.
Actors not sweeping correctly when somebody broke a glass or somebody’s ashes were spilled on the floor or something like that is infuriating hahha....
VPNs still work well in China, for those who were wondering.
PSA...
Has anyone else been banned for "Orientalism"?
Someone commented that sanctions wouldn’t work on China because sanctions were too harsh, and that the US should treat China as a parent does a child, educating them and encouraging them toward US goals so that sanctions were unnecessary....
A breezy evening in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (sh.itjust.works)
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/2519c28a-7931-45e1-8d43-09db97b54535.jpeg...
TIL Ecuador has constitutional protections for the rights of nature, and those protections are actively determining environmental legal cases. (amp.theguardian.com)
A landmark case was won in 2021 ruling against the rights of a mining company to mine los cedros’ cloud forest, a high altitude rainforest, because it would harm the biodiversity of the area....
bored and screaming (sh.itjust.works)