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ASAB (all shadows are beautiful)

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two famous pairs of red and blue

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ASAB (all shadows are beautiful)

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This is pretty much the new crap with the "dire wolves"

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To anyone who follows me, I don't care about nor trust Colossal Biosciences anymore (The people behind the "Wooly Mice"). They have proven themselves to be headline-chasing grifters after this latest stunt. They are claiming to have de-extincted *Aenocyon dirus*, aka the Dire Wolf, by editing just 20 genes from the the DNA of a Grey Wolf (*Canis lupus*) to make this thing:

If it wasn't clear from their scientific names, Grey Wolves and Dire Wolves aren't remotely related to one another aside from being Canids, despite what pop culture like Game of Thrones would have you believe. If they did look like each other, it would have had to be via convergent evolution, as they only shared a common ancestor over 5 million years ago.

This distinction, however, isn't found in the publicized articles about this so-called resurrected Dire Wolf and makes their claim that they brought the Dire Wolf back by simply editing *20* genes from the genome of a Grey Wolf laughable. A Dire Wolf would have shared more in common genetically with a Maned Wolf (*Chrysocyon brachyurus*) or Bush Dog (*Speothos venaticus*) than it would with a Grey Wolf.

Bottom line, don't fall for whatever this company is trying to tell you. If the Dire Wolf were to be brought back, it wouldn't be via something like this, and certainly wouldn't *look* like this. If you want an idea as to how a real Dire Wolf would look like in life, here is some fantastic paleoart by artist Mauricio Antón:

Addendum: I seem to have partially miscalculated Dire Wolf genetics. They were not closer to Maned Wolves or Bush Dogs, but they were still not closely related to Grey Wolves. They were basal members of Canini, related to canids like Jackals (genus Lupulella) but distinct from them. I am sorry for this misinformation in my attempt to correct other misinformation. My main point, however, is still correct.

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EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP SCIENTISTS AT THE SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE HAVE FOOTAGE OF A LIVE COLOSSAL SQUID FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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There certainly was a time when Shadow was just a tiny, trusting baby-hedgehog, hanging onto big sister Maria’s every word, and her playful mischief got him into all sorts of trouble. Siblings life. One’s the bad influence, but they both end up getting yelled at.

Gerald might be grumpy, but he's a loving grandfather.

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Lol. Lmao even

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Revenge is best served with a side of guac! I love these two so much:)

process pics

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Why are pokemon card people (ie scalpers) so fucking insane. For context I work in one of two stores that sell pokemon cards in our town. This isn't even about Prismatic evolutions. This is about regular S+V Card packs.

Some crazy (reseller) decided that online orders are not as strict for the 3 per person as going in store is. So she ordered 3 card packs 12 times. Online team thought it was weird but the store manager let those 12 orders go though. by the time they packed those 12 another 30+ orders came through then another 20 or so.

Come in this morning to 86 orders from the same lady for the same 3 pokemon packs each order. Mangers pinged it as suspicious and sent an email to higher up before taking on those orders.

By lunch time I got the gossip from the online team that all her orders have be cancelled/refunded and she'll be blocked from ordering again.

Come to find out that in my state she ordered over 800 times through the night for the same 3 packs and other stores had pinged it and sent off emails. I think they said a total of $1700 of just S+V packs.

jeez

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ao3 is an awesome website for people who love "open in new tab"

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In case you aren’t familiar, Michael Scott Moore and David Rohde are both journalists. Moore was held by Somali pirates for 977 days. Rohde was held captive by the Taliban for 7 months after being abducted in Afghanistan.

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us politics has been beamed into everyone’s brains non stop for the past year - please remember & remind people you know, that ‘wasting your vote’ on minor parties doesn’t exist in australia. you can and should put minor parties at the top of your preferences and your vote will still matter