#bug op

[greyphitus]

Hey guys

There's a post going around about something called the "Invertebrate Studies Institute" needing help. A few comments made on the post made me curious, so I checked it out and it seems sketchy to me. (ETA: the post's OP is now aware of the situation and is trying to rectify things on their end, and are ok with my post getting more exposure. Read the notes for more info too!)

The institute is a startup and the owner has displayed misogynistic behavior. He made a company and received "$1.3 million in research grants from the USDA and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation" in 2011, but there aren't any research papers listed on the ISI website more recent than 2012 (sources: ISI website, People Behind the Science podcast transcript, All Things Bugs LLC webpage). It's possible his research is still a work in progress, but I would expect to see some genome sequencing work at the least since that seems to be a major focus.

Also, it's possible to ship frozen specimens in dry ice and have them be fine. Even stuff for molecular work and genome sequencing. So the inability to get help from other research groups, to where they're asking for a local freezer plug-in, is a bit weird to me.

Some screenshots below the cut, didn't screenshot everything since it's mostly just text, but I did cite the sources if you wanna read them yourself.

Not sure what the overall point is of this post is besides "seems sketch to me" but I saw a lot of people worrying on the initial post so I wanted to at least mention this stuff.

Comments from the tumblr post which sparked my initial concerns.

Screenshots from the LinkedIn link, with the initial contact and follow-up legal threat.

Screenshot from the ISI website talking about their facility and "initiative" (I noticed a lot of the wording on the website sounded like they hadn't done significant research, which also gave me pause).

And, for fun, the CDC guide on shipping frozen specimens.

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HAWKeye as a boat⛵

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[jnece-maharlika]

DPx PJO

Would Danny rule over hades?

In a ghost king Danny au, who would be stronger? Danny or hades?.

Think about it, the infinite realms holds together reality and many different dimensions. Each dimension has its own religions and different religions will have different afterlifes.

Since the infinite realms are technicaly also the land of the dead that would mean that all afterlifes are in the realms.

(I like to think of it as a sort of territory where, normal ghost (those from ectoplasm) cannot enter said afterlives since they aren't "pure soul" and have ectoplasm. Like, the ectoplasm prevents them from entering a form of heaven or hell so they just wander the realms)

So the underworld that hades rule over would be in the realms.

Alongside many other forms of underworlds with different gods from different dimensions.

Keep in mind that not all dimensions are gonna worship the same gods. Zeus might be the strongest in this dimension but there will be another dimension with a god stronger than him.

(gods like clockwork, exist in almost every dimension but with different names, mostly Ancients of the realms)

Since Danny is the High king of ghosts and the infinite realms, wouldn't that technically put hades, and any other God under him?

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buggy drunk, flirting with marco: heyyy~ marco

marco responding because if nothing else it'll make shanks mad: heyyy~ bugs

shanks, halfway across the grandline, tense as hell as he gets a that's so raven like premonition: buggy and marco are fucking

benn with his head in his hands, halfway to crying because this is the fifth time kashira has turned the ship around because he cant stop chasing after that fucking clown and he doesnt get paid enough for this and-: this ship is fucking NIGHTMARE!!!

[lemon-t4rt]

kobylu modern uni au just because i can…

i apologise but i wanna draw them, if nobody else will then i must step up.

[galedekarios]

i saw a post that was like gale gatekeeps his own romance if you fail any of the skill checks during the weave scene, but he actually has a really sweet follow-up dialogue if you do fail and the weave scene ends without getting to imagine that kiss/romantic walk:

[lumiereandcogsworth]

magic detect activated ✋ 🤚

[dykelizard]

more mermaid zolu. for the soul. pov ur dragging carrying around ur fish bf while ur on land so that he can find cool stuff without having to flop around

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Last spring:

a YEAR AGO, can you believe it?

[facelessoldgargoyle]

nominating Taylor for Queer Eye. It wouldn’t fix her but it would be fun

[nart-is-a-monster]

KOBYYYYY :33333

did this for my beloveds @glitter-lisp @aziraphalesbookkeeper

SMOOCHING YOU BOTH

(edit) also yeah I forgor his glasses were porpol

[d0llqueen]

1st try at an animatic, i had fun and learned lots!

audio is edited from @jelloapocalypse 's gaming channel

characters are from Bug Fables

[hauntedtoybox]

flint firefly, inchy inchworm and syd snail by douglas

[maofa]

something something beetles>one piece