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Thinking about how much of a full circle moment the Blue Marble photograph was/is.

This image was taken in 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17 on their way to the Moon - the last humans to ever visit Luna, to date.

And it just so happens that the approximate center of the image is the southeastern region of Africa, under bright noonday sun.

And it just so happens that the southeastern region of Africa, from the Cape to the Horn, is where our most ancient prehuman ancestors, the australopithecines, originally evolved.

Dinkʼinesh ("Lucy"), the holotype of Australopithecus and the genesis of our modern understanding of our species' origins, was not discovered until two years after this photo was taken. In this image, the bones of our most treasured ancestor still lie beneath the earth of Qadaqar, Ethiopia.

This is not just an image of our home planet. This is an image of our cradle. This is where the humanity was born, four million years ago.

What a marvelous coincidence, no?

#spy has thoughts #i'm not crying you're crying #my deep and abiding love of humanity knows no bounds #science #paleoanthropology #anthropology

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“Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised. Their flu vaccine will also likely be delivered in the form of a spray, as many people have an aversion to needles. “Respiratory infections move through the nose, so a spray might be an easier delivery system,” Hai said. Additionally, the researchers say there is little chance of a virus mutating to avoid this vaccination strategy. “Viruses may mutate in regions not targeted by traditional vaccines. However, we are targeting their whole genome with thousands of small RNAs. They cannot escape this,” Hai said. Ultimately, the researchers believe they can ‘cut and paste’ this strategy to make a one-and-done vaccine for any number of viruses. “There are several well-known human pathogens; dengue, SARS, COVID. They all have similar viral functions,” Ding said. “This should be applicable to these viruses in an easy transfer of knowledge.””

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Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

This is HUGE. This will fundamentally change how we get inoculated.

#oh my GOD #please let this be real. please let this work. #do you have any idea how completely this is going to change the face of medicine #we have an ultimate weapon against an entire class of pathogen now. a class of pathogen that is NOTORIOUSLY difficult to treat #the team behind this deserves a Nobel Prize if it really works the way they say it does #science #biology #immunology #genetics

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the new Inspector Gadget reboot has taken an odd turn

Is that your phone in your pocket or are yuo penis just square and flat and full of information

#spy is funny #nsfw #shitpost rb

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at 23 I have become old. I hate new technology. I hate apps. I hate facial recognition. what happened to emails? just send me emails. I don't want to download your app, make and account, add you to my password manager, enable two factor authentication, and verify my identity through sending a photo of my id and recording a video of my face just so I can access information that could just be emailed to me

all of that for what? so you can spy on me a little bit more? so you can sell me as a product? there is no benefit to me of any of this bullshit. I hate the future

#yeah #if a web service tries to make me use an app I will stop using it entirely #I'm not wasting my storage space on you. you have a web domain for a fucking reason

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Bothering the beast

#when it's time to pet your cat #art reblog #shitpost rb

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promo time!

Voting for the Worldbuilding Awards is now open!

Please vote for my submissions!! You do not need to have or make a World Anvil account to vote!!! If you are voting as a guest all you have to do is enter your email!

Best Article: Alone Together [Astra Planeta]

Wondrous Nature Award: Earth [Astra Planeta]

Strength & Honour Award: Ares Program [Astra Planeta]

Pillars of Progress Award: Warp Drive [Astra Planeta]

Rise of Nations Award: Heraðsriki [Sphaera]

Myths & Legends Award: Temoranity [Sphaera]

#another bump #i worked really hard on all of these and i'm up against some pretty stiff competition #if y'all could take just a couple moments to vote for my articles i'd really appreciate it

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it's been five years since the first Eel Day

#dumb inside joke #eel day

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this seems self-centered you know “stereotypical American bs” but I’m curious

#hmm #counting states I've been in for more than a day it's 20 #counting states I've been in for less than a day but more than just passing through for a few hours it's 29 #fascinatingly enough almost all of them are east of the mississippi #the exceptions being Missouri Arkansas Washington California and Hawai'i (although I was too young to remember Hawai'i) #one day I will tick more of the western states off my list #new spy lore unlocked #reblog game

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if nobody got me I know my local pizza place got me. dear Milanos employees, you guys are real ones. mfrs deliver as reliably as the dang postal service

#I can say the name without fear of doxxing myself #bc I'm pretty sure every major city in America has an unrelated pizza place called milanos #also the other person I know always got me is my datemate but that's like. a given #love you hon <3 #not even gonna tag this with spy has thoughts bc it's just me sayin shit

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"nothing is real atoms never touch each other youve never touched anything in your life" ok. well when i pet my dog he is soft and when he licks my hand it is wet and that is far more real to me than whatevers going on at an atomic level

#I am literally never going to stop thinking about this #this changed my entire worldview #hi can I interest you in my new religion it's called the miracle of existing together #this is a world heritage post to me #important post

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promo time!

Voting for the Worldbuilding Awards is now open!

Please vote for my submissions!! You do not need to have or make a World Anvil account to vote!!! If you are voting as a guest all you have to do is enter your email!

Best Article: Alone Together [Astra Planeta]

Wondrous Nature Award: Earth [Astra Planeta]

Strength & Honour Award: Ares Program [Astra Planeta]

Pillars of Progress Award: Warp Drive [Astra Planeta]

Rise of Nations Award: Heraðsriki [Sphaera]

Myths & Legends Award: Temoranity [Sphaera]

#scheduled bump! #go vote please!

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Restarting the #addlaserstopalaeoart trend, are we?

Are there any more cambrian creachurs spaceships?

The first iteration of this was this Nectocaris sketch, but that's all for now

#coprolitepost #art reblog #paleoart #shitpost rb

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HEY SO THE FIRST FOUR OF THESE GOT NOMINATED FOR THE FINALS

Thanks so much to everybody who voted, holy FUCK I can't believe I got FOUR NOMINATIONS FOR THE FINALS!! But now comes the part where I ask everybody to vote for my entries to win!!!

Please vote for my articles in the finals of the 2024 Worldbuilding Awards!

Voting ends on April 26th!!! (So I'm gonna be super annoying and reblog this daily for the next two weeks)

promo time!

Voting for the Worldbuilding Awards is now open!

Please vote for my submissions!! You do not need to have or make a World Anvil account to vote!!! If you are voting as a guest all you have to do is enter your email!

Best Article: Alone Together [Astra Planeta]

Wondrous Nature Award: Earth [Astra Planeta]

Strength & Honour Award: Ares Program [Astra Planeta]

Pillars of Progress Award: Warp Drive [Astra Planeta]

Rise of Nations Award: Heraðsriki [Sphaera]

Myths & Legends Award: Temoranity [Sphaera]

#THANKS EVERYBODY WHO VOTED FOR ME IN THE FIRST ROUND #HOLY SHIT HOW DID I GET FOUR NOMINATIONS #NOW I REALLY WANNA WIN AT LEAST ONE #spyglass’ realms #worldbuilding #world anvil #worldbuilding awards

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I finally (got help) slapping Wordpress into shape and Runaway to the Stars is now releasing as a public webcomic! Thank you so much for your support over the years, and sticking with me while I'm slowly chewing my way through this book. I'm very excited to share this story! It'll be updating every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday thanks to the massive Patreon backlog. Patreon will continue to update as I finish pages, which happens on a sporadic non-schedule.

If you experience bugs with the site report them to me. Some things may occasionally break, as coding problems tend to be a very "whack-a-mole" affair; and I'm still getting used to the interface.

#HOLY SHIT YEAH #TODAY IS A GOOD DAY #art reblog #rad art #comics

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#shitpost rb #we post homestuck here sir

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Those guys are our closest non-primate relatives!

Seriously they release new animals every week what the hell is this

#I love colugos they're so funny #science #biology #zoology #phylogeny #beaſt #video

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Every time I advocate for voting people are like "no you shouldn't vote! Read this literature, it'll totally change the way you view voting!" And every single time it's the same fucking "you shouldn't vote because both parties are exactly the same so it won't make a difference who wins" bullshit wrapped up in some fancy language

#yeah I will never understand people who abstain from voting for idk moral purity reasons #for real do you just not understand the concept of incremental change? #important post