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who up gronking they spleege

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My boyfriend is trying to explain cricket to me again. “He’s only got two balls to make 48 runs”, he says. The camera focuses on a man. Underneath him it says LEFT ARM FAST MEDIUM. A ball flies into the stands and presumably fractures someone’s skull. “There’s a free six”, my boyfriend says. 348 SIXES says the screen. A child in the audience waves a sign referencing Weet-Bix

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promo time!

Voting for the Worldbuilding Awards is now open!

Please vote for my submissions!! You do not need to have or make a World Anvil account to vote!!! If you are voting as a guest all you have to do is enter your email!

Best Article: Alone Together [Astra Planeta]

Wondrous Nature Award: Earth [Astra Planeta]

Strength & Honour Award: Ares Program [Astra Planeta]

Pillars of Progress Award: Warp Drive [Astra Planeta]

Rise of Nations Award: Heraðsriki [Sphaera]

Myths & Legends Award: Temoranity [Sphaera]

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Mammoth Cube Mammoth Cube Mammoth Cube

Known as the Jarkov Mammoth, this specimen was found in Siberia. The 23 tonne block of mud and ice was lifted to an ice cave where the mammoth inside was recovered and studied.

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The haunting ancient Celtic carnyx being played for an audience. This is the sound Roman soldiers would have heard their Celtic enemies make.

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thoughts on gravity recorded from the ground.

There is a saying for the wicked in Russian that goes, “How does the earth carry you?”. Lowercase “e” - “earth”, the implication being that it would be decent to swallow you whole. 

I am left thinking of Earth - capital “E”; the thought all the more staggering, all the more stilling. As if, if you are too far gone, you will be exiled from the laws of gravity altogether,  singled out,  spat out.

But then the flip side: gravity as “I want you”; gravity being a choice to hold us close to its chest.

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Manifest #77982 from NROL-111 (UNCLASSIFIED)

1. Unnameable Girlfriends 2. Cannabis Lab

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How to train an AI to generate an image of a horse

okay so first you take a regular horse

and then y–

uh. that. that’s a bit too much horse there buddy. remove some horse and then w–

well fuck, now there’s not enough horse. add the appropriate amount of horse t–

OH GOD OH FUCK TOO MUCH HORSE

okay so just reset your horse and give it a normal amount of hor–

sir that is a duck. that is not a horse anymore. you need a horse for this task.

okay you know what? fine. sure. I’ll settle for Horse But Slightly To The Left.

now what you do is you take that horse and–

OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE

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Thinking about how much of a full circle moment the Blue Marble photograph was/is.

This image was taken in 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17 on their way to the Moon - the last humans to ever visit Luna, to date.

And it just so happens that the approximate center of the image is the southeastern region of Africa, under bright noonday sun.

And it just so happens that the southeastern region of Africa, from the Cape to the Horn, is where our most ancient prehuman ancestors, the australopithecines, originally evolved.

Dinkʼinesh ("Lucy"), the holotype of Australopithecus and the genesis of our modern understanding of our species' origins, was not discovered until two years after this photo was taken. In this image, the bones of our most treasured ancestor still lie beneath the earth of Qadaqar, Ethiopia.

This is not just an image of our home planet. This is an image of our cradle. This is where the humanity was born, four million years ago.

What a marvelous coincidence, no?

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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. Their flu vaccine will also likely be delivered in the form of a spray, as many people have an aversion to needles. “Respiratory infections move through the nose, so a spray might be an easier delivery system,” Hai said. Additionally, the researchers say there is little chance of a virus mutating to avoid this vaccination strategy. “Viruses may mutate in regions not targeted by traditional vaccines. However, we are targeting their whole genome with thousands of small RNAs. They cannot escape this,” Hai said. Ultimately, the researchers believe they can ‘cut and paste’ this strategy to make a one-and-done vaccine for any number of viruses. “There are several well-known human pathogens; dengue, SARS, COVID. They all have similar viral functions,” Ding said. “This should be applicable to these viruses in an easy transfer of knowledge.””

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Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

This is HUGE. This will fundamentally change how we get inoculated.

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the new Inspector Gadget reboot has taken an odd turn

Is that your phone in your pocket or are yuo penis just square and flat and full of information

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at 23 I have become old. I hate new technology. I hate apps. I hate facial recognition. what happened to emails? just send me emails. I don't want to download your app, make and account, add you to my password manager, enable two factor authentication, and verify my identity through sending a photo of my id and recording a video of my face just so I can access information that could just be emailed to me

all of that for what? so you can spy on me a little bit more? so you can sell me as a product? there is no benefit to me of any of this bullshit. I hate the future

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Bothering the beast

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promo time!

Voting for the Worldbuilding Awards is now open!

Please vote for my submissions!! You do not need to have or make a World Anvil account to vote!!! If you are voting as a guest all you have to do is enter your email!

Best Article: Alone Together [Astra Planeta]

Wondrous Nature Award: Earth [Astra Planeta]

Strength & Honour Award: Ares Program [Astra Planeta]

Pillars of Progress Award: Warp Drive [Astra Planeta]

Rise of Nations Award: Heraðsriki [Sphaera]

Myths & Legends Award: Temoranity [Sphaera]

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it's been five years since the first Eel Day

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this seems self-centered you know “stereotypical American bs” but I’m curious

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if nobody got me I know my local pizza place got me. dear Milanos employees, you guys are real ones. mfrs deliver as reliably as the dang postal service