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Does anyone else get really caught up on the small details in their writing? Like you can be really good at writing situations and feelings and characters, but you get to a point when you’re writing something small like what they’re making for dinner and before you know it, you’re googling recipes with tomatoes because you think the scene won’t be convincing unless you know the cooking time and temp??

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My hand was very cold taping this. 

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follow @the-future-now

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It is in the care of small things- a fish, a plant, an insect- that you come to realize that even the most unassuming living things are unique and never replaceable.

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Enrollment for 2018 Affordable Care Act (ACA / Obamacare) starts November 1 and ends December 15. Trump (what an asshole) reduced the ADVERTISING funds by 90% to announce when people can enroll. Spread the word.

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Something is happening at my brother’s house. Something very strange...

Can you hear it?

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Octopus and squid evolution is officially weirder than we could have ever imagined

Just when we thought octopuses couldn’t be any weirder, it turns out that they and their cephalopod brethren evolve differently from nearly every other organism on the planet.

In a surprising twist, scientists have discovered that octopuses, along with some squid and cuttlefish species, routinely edit their RNA (ribonucleic acid) sequences to adapt to their environment.

This is weird because that’s really not how adaptations usually happen in multicellular animals. When an organism changes in some fundamental way, it typically starts with a genetic mutation - a change to the DNA.

The findings have been published in Cell.

Olga Visavi/Shutterstock

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Scythian Acinaces Dagger, 6th-5th Century BC

An iron acinaces dagger with lozenge-section leaf-shaped blade, recurved lower guard, flat-section grip, antenna pommel; mounted on a custom-made stand. 43.5cm including stand (17 ¼")

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So let’s be clear: getting fired because you hate women is not an equivalent hardship to getting fired because you happen to be one. People who have been disowned by their parents for being gay or transgender aren’t going to have sympathy when your mum and dad find your stash of homophobic murder fantasies and change the locks. Getting attacked for being a racist is not the same as getting attacked because you are black. The definition of oppression is not “failure to see your disgusting opinions about the relative human value of other living breathing people reflected in society at large.” Being shamed, including in public, for holding intolerant, bigoted opinions is not an infringement of your free speech. You are not fighting oppression. You are, at best, fighting criticism. If that’s the hill you really want to die on, fine, but don’t kid yourself it’s the moral high ground. I repeat: You cannot be a rebel for the status quo. It would be physically easier to go and fuck yourself, and I suggest you try.

You Are Not a Rebel | Laurie Penny (via brutereason)

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Alternative Headline:

“Rapist values meaningless symbols more than Black lives”

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Roman Gold Chain Bracelet, 1st-2nd Century AD

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Title: Incense Burner in Form of a Praying Mantis Date: 19th century Culture: Japan Medium: Iron, gold, lining of silver Size: H. 3 1/3 in. (8.9 cm); L. 6 in. (15.2 cm) Source: The MET

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I bet racists gonna hate this  

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When you set out to watch a hokey 50s sci-fi and are overwhelmed by the psychic scars left on Japan by the dropping of the bombs.