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Hereā€™s one good thing to come out of 2020:
Paleontologists completed a life-sized replica of Sue, the most complete T. Rex ever found.
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And she is freaking GORGEOUS!
As I read more about this beauty, I found out some new details regarding things I thought I previously knew about the beast that was Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Iā€™m going to share them with you.
First, and most obvious, her size:
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This is nothing new, we all figured T. Rex was big, but I for one never stopped to consider exactly how big it was. Nobody ever really knows what to imagine when they read about something the size of a whale that walked around and ate everything it could kill.Ā 
Speaking of eating things, I just want to remind you all that T. Rex hadā€“by milesā€“the strongest bite of any terrestrial animal living or dead, somewhere around six and a half tons of force. Thatā€™s over six times greater than the current estimate of what AllosaurusĀ was capable of, and three times what was delivered by the highest measured reading of the living title holderā€“the estuarine crocodile. It didnā€™t have to waste time swinging its head open-mouthed likeĀ Saurophaganax for a little extra oomph, or grow fancy serrated teeth likeĀ CarcharodontosaurusĀ to cut pieces out of its prey. It opted for the simplest approach: get its mouth around something and crush it to death; imagine the full weight of an elephant on whatever was between this thingā€™s jaws.
ā€œHow did it find something to eat?ā€ I hear you asking. ā€œIt canā€™t see something if it doesnā€™t move, right?ā€
Listen, I love Jurassic Park too, but thatā€™s a big crock of shit.
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Notice how both her eyes face forward. That gives her binocular vision (the ability to focus both eyes on one target, like you and I). More importantly it means she has impeccable depth perception due to overlapping fields of vision from each, large, eyeball. Researchers agree that T. Rex not only had incredible vision, but that it was probably better than most modern animalsā€“including eagles, hawks, and owlsā€“and that she could likely spot something three and a half miles away. If something that big can see that well, it doesnā€™t matter if you move or not, sheā€™d be able to tell if it was an animal trying to hide or a piece of vegetation. SoĀ pray she isnā€™t hungry if she lays eyes on you. And even if by some miracle she didnā€™t see you, sheā€™d still smell you.Ā 
If she decided you looked tasty, you probably wouldnā€™t hear her coming as much as youā€™d feel her. Modern science indicates thatĀ T. Rex didnā€™t roar like in Jurassic Park, but rather bellowed or maybe even hissed like crocodilians. If she were on to you, youā€™d most likely feel this sense of unease creep up your spine as a low-pitched rumble in the air permeated through you. You wouldnā€™t know what it was or where it was coming from until you hear her footfalls. By then itā€™s too lateā€“you could try to run but sheā€™d probably catch you.Ā Thereā€™s plenty on YouTube that reconstructs what T. Rex may have sounded like, and itā€™s legitimately haunting.Ā Ā 
To wrap all of this up, the one bit of good that came out of the cursed year that is 2020 is that this wonderful child of science and art came into the world, and reaffirmed my respect and admiration for the eight ton slab of muscle and teeth that is this magnificent creature.
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ā€¦and it is nothing if not magnificent.
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Someone requested Ragnarok and What if...? Loki, so I made both, but how could I not change the latter for my own likingšŸ™ˆ
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the most disappointing thing about music is i canā€™t bite into it like an overripe peach
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BRAM STOKERā€™S DRACULA 4K Blu-ray SteelbookĀ 
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppolaā€™s retelling of Dracula, a steelbook will be coming home in time for Halloween onĀ October 4, 2022.Ā 
Special features on the 4K disc:
PREVIOUSLY RESTORED IN 4K
DOLBY VISION/HDR PERSENTATION OF THE FILM, including the original theatrical English subtitle font for texted instances
NEWLY ADDED ā€œLove Song For A Vampireā€ Music Video by Annie Lennox
NEWLY ADDED Blood Lines ā€“ Dracula: The Man, The Myth, The Movies Featurette
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Inspirational. Women need this energy.
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BILL WATTERSON ā€˜A cartoonistā€™s adviceā€™
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THE MUMMY (1999) + letterboxd reviewspart two ā†³ part one | insp.
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This seemed appropriate as today is my birthday ā¤ļø
actually i love growing older and learning how i work as a person like realizing what kinds of fabrics feel best on my skin or what brand of yogurt i like best or how I want to be touched. watching myself change, enjoying brussel sprouts when I used to hate them as a child, understanding why I got angry in that one conversation 10 years agoā€¦ there are so many mysteries inside me that i have yet to unravel and there will always be more and sometimes i think maybe its all worth it
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Thereā€™s so much to unpack here:
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Pack of Beakers
Goth Beaker
The Beaker snitching and pointing out the photographer
The Beaker thatā€™s about to unload on the photographer
The terminator strut before the ass whooping and you know heā€™s moving at speed because of the blur
The ominous feeling that you know this is 3 in the morning
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Moving parts. The full strip I posted the first part two days ago and I wrote the rest after. This is it all together #kittycatandmanlyman
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LIZZO NEVER MISSES, EVER!!!!
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