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#environmentalism #insects #politics

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they might be giants is my favorite boy band.

Based on a conversation yesterday. Personally I'm of the opinion it's option 1 but my friends seemed to think it was vibe based.

To be clear I'm not including guest musicians in the must be exclusively male definition, but nonvocal musicians who are a primary member of the band still count.

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Based on a conversation yesterday. Personally I'm of the opinion it's option 1 but my friends seemed to think it was vibe based.

To be clear I'm not including guest musicians in the must be exclusively male definition, but nonvocal musicians who are a primary member of the band still count.

#polls #music #boy bands

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#multiple but one that springs to mind is my friend’s mom was named Julia after the 1984 character #I remember learning that and being baffled because what an odd character to name your kid after

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I made a Charjabug and a little pokeball too ϞϞ(๑⚈ ․̫ ⚈๑)∩

#charjabug #pokemon #nintendo #other people's art

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#insects #beetles

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I might be a little biased but I’m honestly starting to believe that there’s no purer form of love than the defensive spite you see from biologists that have devoted their life to the study of a maligned or misunderstood species. For example:

The hyena biologist that arranged for Disney animators to come sketch captive  hyenas for The Lion King film (Laurence Frank) was so incensed when the animals were depicted as villains in the movie that he later included boycotting the film on a list of ways the average person could help hyena conservation.

Though it’s commonly known that Charles Darwin’s distaste for parasitic wasps played a role in his development of evolution theory (since he felt no loving God would create animals with such a disturbing life cycle), the biologists who study these wasps find it an unfair characterization. When they were tasked with coming up with a common name for the family of parasitic wasps (Ichneumonidae) that old Charles so disliked, they proposed the name “Darwin Wasps” to spite the famous naturalist who had insulted their beloved family of insects.

Parasitologist Tommy Leung was so frustrated with the way people write about parasites to evoke horror and gore that he started writing a Parasite of the Day blog, that specifically avoids inflammatory or unsettling language to describe them. He also illustrates different species in colorful anime art on Twitter in a series called Parasite Monster Girls—which he calls his “love letter to parasites.”

I guess I’m just saying that if you’re a biologist studying an unpopular species and you have a little bit of a chip on your shoulder about it you can always count on me to be in your corner if you want to get a little petty with the public!

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lo i am but a lowly worm. but god is the garden. i love to wiggle around the dirt and know that i am a part of creating something good and beautiful.

#religion #christianity

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Tuvok and Seven of Nine l Star Trek: Voyager "Human Error"

#star trek #star trek voyager

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Laios & "Chil"

Excuse the bad photo. But basically, this tidbit from the Adventurers' Bible says that "Only people are very close to an individual call them by their first name on its own."

So in other words, only someone very close to Chilchuck would call him "Chil".

Well, something I noticed...

Laios can be oblivious about names, but he doesn't call him this before [EDIT - he does! briefly when trying to snap Chilchuck out of the mermaids' song. thanks to people in the tags and replies pointing this out :) ] - and this is right after this scene:

where Chilchuck confesses to caring about him (& the others. but also him!) on a personal level. So I do think it's intentional. And Chilchuck clearly isn't objecting! Look at that grin.

This just makes me happy. Despite how he often acts like he doesn't care, of our main party of four, Chilchuck and Laois have known each other the longest, and they are good friends.

It reminds me of this moment from the prequel extra Kui posted on her blog.

He's scolding him, but it's cause he feels awkward in the group when Laios isn't there! Me when the one coworker I'm friends with is late. They're buddies! It's cute!!

#I feel like this also ties in to how Laios is the the one of the group who had the best idea of Chilchuck’s age #as in actually respected him as a competent adult before the race swap fungus incident #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon

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I got my eye on you

#insects #true bugs

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enchanted by the way trek paces things. give me 10 solid minutes of a whale talking to a space probe with no subs. we need to see their entire conversation but no we dont its private

#star trek is slow paced bizarre and unbingeable and I love it so much #star trek #star trek tos

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Insects are critical to the survival of most other animals, including humans. But many insect species, from beetles to dragonflies to butterflies, are declining in abundance due in part to human activity. For Earth Month, Insectarium host Dr. Jessica L Ware gives tips on small things each of us can do to make a lasting impact and help insects thrive for years to come.

Learn more about insects with Museum Curator Jessica Ware in Insectarium on PBS Terra's YouTube channel.

#happy earth day #insects #environmentalism

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harry: good at code documentation, describes even the wildest modifications to voyager in a way that makes them seem reasonable and easy to understand

b’elanna: has her own unique method for code documentation, takes a while to get used to but it works. a lot of swearing

seven: absolutely under no circumstances documents her code. if you don’t get it that’s a skill issue

#pretty sure this is basically canon especially for seven lol #star trek voyager #star trek

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I can't stop thinking about this post

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #other people's art

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#lockwood and co #screw you netflix

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saw a poll about dry/humid heat and like OBVIOUSLY everyone preferred dry heat but. would love to know what everyone considers to be “too hot”

me personally it’s a hard cutoff at 75°F. don’t need anything more than that thank you 🫶🫶🫶

#you have forgotten the glories of The Sauna #also having a couple 100+ degree days in the summer is nice. having many of them one after the other without it cooling down at night is ba