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*meows loud as fuck to no avail*

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the type of ship i fuck with the most

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sick desire

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Half of AI "tells" are also easily just normal human mistakes you make while learning how art works and im gonna be so real here and say that if I spent hours slaving away at a drawing only for half the comments to accuse me of using AI because "the shadows dont have a consistent light source," "the hands arent anatomically accurate," "one eye is bigger than the other," i think I would quit ever trying again for the foreseeable future

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just layers and layers to this thing, huh.

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being on tumblr for a long time but never reading homestuck like

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reaching

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Long before the introduction of color film, a Russian chemist and photographer named Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky used an innovative technique. He took three individual black and white photos, each through a colored filter (red, green, and blue), to create fully colored, high-quality pictures. The photo of this woman, taken by him, is around 107 years old!

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Ugandan entrepreneurs Sandra Namboozo (26) and Samuel Muyita (28) have scooped both the People’s Choice and Community Healers awards at the prestigious 2025 Young Inventors Prize, organised by the European Patent Office (EPO). The duo was recognised for their groundbreaking innovation, Karpolax—a biodegradable sachet that preserves fruit freshness without refrigeration. The invention impressed both the public and an independent jury. The sachet, placed inside fruit packaging, emits a blend of plant-based volatile organic compounds derived from cloves, lemongrass, eucalyptus, and wintergreen. These compounds suppress ethylene emissions to slow ripening and protect against mould, fungi, and bacteria.

In pilot trials conducted with the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), Karpolax extended the shelf life of mangoes from 11 to 33 days. The technology has also been tested successfully on bananas, apples, and oranges.

The innovation offers a critical solution for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, where cold storage facilities are often unavailable or unaffordable.

Since its launch in 2020, Karpolax has supported over 100 farmers, 20 exporters, and 250 vendors, helping prevent the spoilage of more than one million tonnes of fruit. The sachets are now being adapted for use with pineapples, capsicum, and berries.

“One sachet can preserve a five-kilogram box of fruit for up to 30 days, after which its active ingredients are used up,” Namboozo explained.

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when i first heard about the male loneliness epidemic i was like oh yeah close camaraderie and bonding between men is often discouraged in favor of competition or, if not discouraged, at least filtered through a lens of individualism that precludes deep connections. and then i learned what people meant by it (men arent getting laid) to which i say skill issue

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Stop Doing Borders

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after we have sex i'm lying in your arms when i'm like "hey can i tell you something?" and you're like "sure" and you figure it's going to be a love confession or something like that, but then i grab your arms in a vice grip so tight my nails are digging into your skin and stare into your eyes with a haunted expression and say, with grave urgency and deadly seriousness, "i'm a bad person. i've done terrible things." then i go back to cuddling you like nothing ever happened

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being on this app and also having a lot of bisexuals in your social circles will deadass make you forget 100% straight people actually exist sometimes

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she is still learning