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#remember when websites used to look this cute and designers were paid to actually make something unique?

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We need like “unclench your jaw” posts but for eye strain. Like

Go look at something 20ft away for 20 seconds.

#this is why I always tell people to put their desk near a window #that way you can look outside at something far away every now and then!

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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.  Every year, researchers try to predict the four influenza strains that are most likely to be prevalent during the upcoming flu season. And every year, people line up to get their updated vaccine, hoping the researchers formulated the shot correctly. The same is true of COVID vaccines, which have been reformulated to target sub-variants of the most prevalent strains circulating in the U.S. This new strategy would eliminate the need to create all these different shots, because it targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus. The vaccine, how it works, and a demonstration of its efficacy in mice is described in a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  “What I want to emphasize about this vaccine strategy is that it is broad,” said UCR virologist and paper author Rong Hai. “It is broadly applicable to any number of viruses, broadly effective against any variant of a virus, and safe for a broad spectrum of people. This could be the universal vaccine that we have been looking for.”

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#huge #cool shit

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there are many, many funny things about kingdom hearts, but for me the funniest part is in any scene where there’s supposed to be a big crowd but the devs didn’t want to model literally anyone so it’s just a huge empty room with only the absolutely necessary characters there

#well it's less about the devs not wanting to and more about the limitations they were experiencing both with the tech and budget #at least that's what I've read #kingdom hearts

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Some black magic levels of precision.

#cool shit

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Zodiac series by Rozenn Grosjean

#art inspiration #rad art

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Ryo Takemasa "Railbus through Rice Fields" (2022)

武政 諒

#rad art #art inspiration

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Crown's pride and shame

#rad art

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Finally got a clear shot of noonoo carrying her spring, it's her favourite toy

#cats

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MF DOOM's villainous Mac and Cheese recipe

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A whisper in the wind.

#art inspiration

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dungeon minis

they will become keychains yesyes

#dungeon meshi

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Behind the scenes photos of the practical effects werewolf from Bad Moon (1996)

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I am once again thinking about digging holes

It's so fucked up that digging a bunch of holes works so well at reversing desertification

I hate that so much discourse into fighting climate change is talking about bioenginerring a special kind of seaweed that removes microplastics or whatever other venture-capital-viable startup idea when we have known for forever about shit like digging crescent shaped holes to catch rainwater and turning barren land hospitable

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my pet mold spore