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americans will, with a straight face, tell you they care about the status of women and minorities in SWANA, and then follow that up with "and that's why i support bombing them".

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Cynodonts were one of the few lineages of synapsids ("protomammals") to survive through the Great Dying mass extinction into the Triassic. And while a major branch of cynodonts known as probainognathians would eventually go on to produce the ancestors of modern mammals, for much of the Triassic a separate branch called cynognathians were initially much more diverse and numerous.

Exaeretodon argentinus was a large traversodontid cynognathian, growing up to about 1.8m long (~6'), known from the Late Triassic (~234-227 million years ago) of what is now northwestern Argentina. It was a low-slung animal with short stocky limbs, sprawling at the front and semi-upright at the back, and had a large head with a fairly short narrow snout and wide flaring cheekbones accommodating massive jaw muscles.

Although it it had large fang-like canine teeth, further back in its jaws wide molar-like grinding teeth show it was a specialized herbivore – at least as an adult. Different skull proportions in juveniles suggest that young Exaeretodon may have actually started out life as omnivorous or carnivorous, with jaws better suited for crushing hard-shelled invertebrate prey.

One Exaeretodon specimen shows evidence of severe rib injuries that would have hindered its mobility and made it very difficult to forage for food or avoid predators. But in this case those injuries were healed, suggesting this species may have lived in social groups that helped to protect each other.

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Chinsamy, Anusuya, and Fernando Abdala. "Palaeobiological implications of the bone microstructure of South American traversodontids (Therapsida: Cynodontia): Research Letters." South African Journal of Science 104.5 (2008): 225-230. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC96794

Doneda, Ana Laura, Lívia Roese–Miron, and Leonardo Kerber. "Bony injuries in a Late Triassic forerunner of mammals from Brazil." The Science of Nature 112.3 (2025): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-025-01984-2

Kerber, Leonardo, et al. "New insights into the postcranial anatomy of Exaeretodon riograndensis (Eucynodontia: Traversodontidae): phylogenetic implications, body mass, and lifestyle." Journal of Mammalian Evolution 32.1 (2025): 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-024-09741-4

Ruta, Marcello, et al. "The radiation of cynodonts and the ground plan of mammalian morphological diversity." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280.1769 (2013): 20131865. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1865

Wynd, Brenen, Fernando Abdala, and Sterling J. Nesbitt. "Ontogenetic growth in the crania of Exaeretodon argentinus (Synapsida: Cynodontia) captures a dietary shift." PeerJ 10 (2022): e14196. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14196

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“Women don’t have rights in Iran, they are homophobic in Iran!”

A black woman’s dying body was used to incubate a fetus because the state said so and the Supreme Court, regurgitating debunked talking points, ruled that trans kids could be denied gender affirming care that is proven to save lives. Does that justify a foreign power bombing New Jersey indiscriminately? Like some of y’all don’t give a fuck about LGBTQ Iranians or women in that country because I never saw a people get free through just having their shit blown up

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when me and my boyfriend make meals we have a tradition of sending each other unappetising off-centre photographs of them in poor lighting. we call this "wikipedia food".

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The backdrops in TOS are certainly a choice however I do appreciate how often they have characters stand in front of a bi flag gradient

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somewhat virgin olive oil

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Summer vibes for Arcanine

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the weirdly vengeful and petty tones aborted babies take in pro-life propaganda images are so funny like this passive aggressive "was it worth it mommy?" and "it's a shame you can't join me in heaven mommy 😔" like do you ever wonder if you were aborted for a reason you little bitch ass baby

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MBMaBM Fan: Have you watched MBMBM?

Me: Nah bro I’m not Gay

MBMaBM Fan: What?

Me: You talking about Man Booty Man Butt ass Butt Man?

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"games are special.... because we... have stories to tell..."

*montage of third person combat in unreal engine 5*

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Cute sylveon and eevee drawn on ajpw

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>You see a strange creature dart under your car.

>CHECK UNDER CAR.

>You have discovered COTURNIX QUAIL CHICK.

>Side quest "WHY DID THE QUAIL CROSS THE ROAD" available.

>WHY DID THE QUAIL CROSS THE ROAD: Ask your next door neighbor about the COTURNIX QUAIL CHICK.

>NEIGHBOR: I haven't seen that before. Though I hear THE FARMER ACROSS THE WAY caught a strange bird on his property last week.

>WHY DID THE QUAIL CROSS THE ROAD: Ask THE FARMER ACROSS THE WAY about the COTURNIX QUAIL CHICK.

>THE FARMER ACROSS THE WAY: We don't keep birds. But you might want to ask THE FARMER DOWN THE ROAD. He has lots of birds.

>THE FARMER ACROSS THE WAY gave you two SWEET CORN and one CUCUMBER.

>WHY DID THE QUAIL CROSS THE ROAD: Talk to THE FARMER DOWN THE ROAD.

>THE FARMER DOWN THE ROAD: Oh! You found my COTURNIX QUAIL CHICK! He keeps escaping. Thank you so much!!

> You have cleared side quest WHY DID THE QUAIL CROSS THE ROAD. You have gained +2 to NEIGHBORLY BONDS and +3 to CHARISMA. THE FARMER DOWN THE ROAD has been added to your CONTACTS LIST.