#mad cow genetics

[sansxfuckyou]

I have never in my life been more intrigued by a genetic disorder until researching color blindness

[omarfor-orchestra]

Learned a cool thing about proteins last week and it concerned cannibalism and I was like oh would Hannibal get mad cow disease too

[doiefy]

mad city // nct series

GENRE: sci fi, biopunk, dystopian, thriller PAIRINGS: features both x reader and mxm fics MEMBERS: johnny, doyoung, jaehyun, jungwoo, mark, possibly more to come!

note: if this series looks somewhat familiar, it's because it is! this is a massive rework of my old 'fight or flight' fic for doyoung, which I posted almost two years ago (pls don't read it, like 69% of it isn't canon anymore and I kinda hate it anyways). it's been a real struggle turning it into something I actually want to write for again (which involved changing the original plotline from x reader to dojae, for which I am VERY unapologetic, don't fucking touch me), but after a year or so of on-and-off planning, here it is. I can't guarantee that I’ll get these fics out super speedily, as I also want them to be very visual and will be spending a shit ton of time on graphics; but if you're interested in a tag list for any of these fics, let me know!

WHAT PEOPLE HAVE REFERRED TO AS THE SPLIT: the fracturing of life as it once was, the steady decline of the natural world, all perpetuating political tensions and rampant crime in two rival cities. 

To the north lies Iameh, an urban paradise of impressive art and culture, resulting from centuries of mining and exploitation—a pristine exterior built upon the hardship of their southern neighbours. In one of their forgotten limestone quarries lies Siacia: Iameh’s shadow, their forsaken history, but a thriving metropolis nonetheless. 

Siacia is all the blinding colours and deafening sound that Iameh is not, boasting citizens with supernatural powers and the most sinister advancements in biotech. From their empty mineshafts and grotesque lifeforms in the quarry lake arises Burner: the Siacians’ fuel, their weaponry, and their only chance against the genetic mutations that plagued them for generations.

But like all things that come out of the ground, Burner is exploited. It is quickly monopolized, used as a drug, turned into a bargaining chip by the Assembly, a loose organization of businessmen and mutants claiming to be Siacia’s ruling government. Those on the streets of the Quarry and its four cardinal faces know very well: what the Assembly demands from them must be given, lest they face their wrath. 

So the fissure spreads and opens wider between the two cities, between all people—only a matter of time before one finds themselves dangling off the edge. 

VOLUME 1: FIGHT OR FLIGHT

pairing: doyoung x jaehyun dark comedy with a side of angst, gay shenanigans and way too many dirty jokes.

KIM DOYOUNG HAS SPENT THE LAST THREE YEARS surviving the Quarry streets alone: hunting bounties for the Coffee Cow (a ruthless contract killing agency despite their name), making poor decisions at drinking establishments, and searching for his missing brother. 

It’s on one trip to the bar that he runs into Jay: a charming, well-mannered businessman from the East Lanes, with a dimpled smile and particular taste for aged whiskey. One occasion turns into two into multiple—the two seeing each other more frequently with slowly-changing intentions, until the truth comes out. Jay, Jung Jaehyun to his close colleagues, is one of the Assembly’s founding members. Which, unfortunately, means he might have something to do with Doyoung’s missing brother, and makes him one hell of an enticing target.

The resultant cat-and-mouse chase across the city is as frustrating as it is exhilarating. But in a shocking turn of events, it reveals a destructive force beyond the both of them, one that needs their immediate attention and collaboration—regardless of who they are to each other. 

anticipated release: summer/fall 2024

VOLUME 2: VIOLET CRAZY

pairing: kim jungwoo x f!reader, johnny seo x reader angst wrapped in drama, tumultuous relationships, a slow but sure descent into madness.

In the aftermath of Johnny Seo’s return, the city of Siacia is not as it once was. Tensions with Iameh are on a steady incline, Assembly politics remain a treacherous game, all while a new strain of Burner spreads through the streets like wildfire. You and Kim Jungwoo are most apathetic to the recent chaos—the two of you like two sides of the same coin, both endlessly spiteful, now embroiled in a feud of your own. For as long as you could remember, your relationship with Jungwoo was one purely of grudge and petty revenge. 

But when Johnny begins his reign of terror, perhaps the two of you are in no position to be idle bystanders. Tragedy strikes Jungwoo’s family, and he has a reluctant change of heart. On the other hand, you remain by Johnny’s side, simply watching his flames burn hotter and rise higher. Merely overnight, your long-standing rivalry with Jungwoo has turned into a struggle for the future of the undercity. The inevitable resurfacing of your past, your forgotten history with Jungwoo, and Johnny’s inexplicable grip on you—it won’t be long before it all reaches a boiling point in the crucible. 

And certainly not long before you’re forced to face the repercussions. 

anticipated release: summer 2025

VOLUME 3: RIDE OR DIE

pairing: mark lee x gn!reader from meet-cute to heated romance. ride or die. madly in love to the bittersweet end.

Breakfast tea with magazines and tabloids. Clay-stained aprons and paint-smeared jeans. Afternoon tea with so-and-so, then back to the kiln and canvases. Dinner party with your fellow curators, handling flawless plates and dainty dessert spoons and immaculate champagne glasses—rinse and repeat, again and again, the routine of an Iamehan artist and socialite. 

Quickly growing tired of all the glitter and glamour of topside, you take a trip back to your roots: the north faces of Siacia, where you can shed all the silk and cashmere in exchange for the nightlife you grew up with. Dancing wildly to rediscover yourself and inspire your art, that’s when you find your muse: Mark Lee, a VIP at the Obelisk Nightclub, blue-haired and bright-eyed, immersed in the stories you tell him. 

You could stay with him forever, seeking thrills and adventure until you reach the ends of the earth. And yet, there is still much more awaiting: the unpleasant and the unideal, and the thwarting of your course by the stars above. 

anticipated release: TBD

VOLUME 4: WHEN THE SUN SETS

pairing: johnny seo x gn!reader psychological horror turned body horror. toxic romance and a tragic end. (!!) mature content, including manipulative, toxic relationships and darker themes some readers may find disturbing.

Johnny Seo is a reasonable man. A patient man, certainly, never reckless, never cruel. Johnny is loving, the perfect lover. Devoted, and devoted wholeheartedly to you. 

In the days and months after the Assembly’s establishment, he keeps you with him at every turn of the road: arm around your waist, head in the crook of your neck, always whispering and promising you better days. A sovereign Siacia is coming, he says. She will be free from the clutches of your northern neighbours, free to do as she pleases. You believe him—until one night, when he comes home bloody and beat-up, furious and unrecognizable. 

Johnny Seo is a meticulous man. A calculated mastermind, certainly, never reckless until he’s perfectly sure, never cruel unless he has to be. Johnny is cunning, the perfect trickster. Obsessive, and obsessed with keeping your memory alive. Obsessed with keeping you with him, an eternal part of him.

anticipated release: TBD

[omg-snakes]

What's up with pink corns? You've talked before about the morph names being a mess, but holy cow! I've seen coral, flamingo, hot pink, peach, etc. It seems like there's no way for people to know what they're getting :(

No kidding! It's a total wreck.

It's partially because there are lots of genes that make a snake very pink, it's partially because these tend to be very popular so breeders are encouraged to breed more of them (and make more combos), partially because at least two of the genes are co-dominant so they spread easy, and it's partially because everybody wants to have an "industry first" and slap their very own name on a gene or combination of genes.

Oh and also partially because some folks can't be bothered to learn genetics and make up new names for existing things instead of doing a bit of reading. I'm looking at you, "Cherry" aka: Red Factor.

Some names are misleading and some are outright wrong, and it's really hard in many cases to know what you've got.

My advice is to only buy from breeders who are willing to disclose where their original stock came from, have parent photos for the animals they're selling, who are aware of the genetics they're working with and speak openly about their experience with these genes. It's not a guarantee that you'll get what you were hoping for (looking at you, Strawberry Anery that doesn't actually look much different from Ghost), but at least you have a better chance of getting the very pink corn snake you actually want.

I hope this helps and that more people join me as I wade ever deeper into Very Pink Corn Snake Madness.

[mando-abs]

Alright after almost having an irrational breakdown over whether or not I’ll see Spiderverse spoilers, I went to go see it

And since @psychedelic-ink wants to talk about it with someone, here are my notes :)

Spoilers below the cut, proceed with caution

My sibling said they knew of a cameo and I thought it was gonna just be J.K. Simmons as J Jonah Jameson (in two universes)

I was surprised that Gwen took up the intro. But I’m not mad about it, just unexpected. Which is exactly what she said “let’s do this differently”

THE RENAISSANCE VULTURE AHHHH so cool. Loved how the style clashed with the rest of the universe

Miles’ mom’s Spanglish is no joke. She would change mid sentence (mid- word???) my (limited) Spanish class knowledge can’t keep up 😭😭😭😭New respect for the Spanglish kids having to decode their parents all the time

Also was Miles’ roommate playing the Spiderman PS2 game? Like the controller was new but I swear it looked like the PS2 game. I understand the new Spiderman PS4 and PA5 game is popular rn so I’d get if it was that instead. I’m just not as familiar with that

I thought from the trailer that the spot was going to be a minor villain and they weren’t gonna show the main villain. But I like how they made him a genuine threat. He’s still a nerd tho

WHEN GWEN’S FATHER TRIED TO ARREST HER OMG. A cop’s a cop

Pavitr is so 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I love him

His hair is that luscious bc of shampoo and genetics lol. I get that a lot with my complexion. Never had any publicly visible acne, and yes I love flaunting that fact at least once a year so. This is the one

I thought “wouldn’t it be messed up if they reversed this a killed the captain anyways?” And I’m so glad they didn’t. Please let Pavitr continue to be the golden child. He deserves it

AND HOBIE!!!! He hates the AM and the PM (prime minister) lol. The comedic relief we didn’t know we needed. Also he is super hot. Is he a teenager tho? Hold on. Still don’t know. I’m not about to swoon over a teen but he looks over 18 and I have a soft spot for punk guys 😌😌😌😌

Hobie and Mayday is the best pair and they only had a few seconds together. Sad

ALSO, only critique, I was severely lacking in Mayday content. I would like to see the baby. Give me more Mayday

Does this make Miles Mayday’s godfather? Cause I hope so.

DONALD GLOVER AHHHHHHHHHHH

Donald as the big cameo was the best. I audibly gasped. Our hero. Thank you for sparking Miles Morales

Of course I loved the other Sony Peters.

Also I didn’t realize that was PS4 Peter saying “are you talking to me?” during the video game characters in prison. I thought it was Miles

ALSO WAS THE SPECTACULAR SPIDERMAN TALKING TO (I believe) MILES BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT

Oh! How could I forget the Lego Peter Parker ❤️❤️❤️ I cackled that Miguel said Lego Peter did some of the best work. Like hell yeah he did. Legos don’t mess around 😂

ALSO DID YOU KNOW THE LEGO SEQUENCES WERE ANIMATED BY A 14 YEAR OLD???? Crazy

Moose-teriyo

I know Miguel is trying to to save a whole universe and doing it for the greater good but holy cow man. He’s a child. It’s his dad you’re talking about. He’s not gonna be rational, and don’t ever expect him to. I wouldn’t. Like I don’t care, I just want my dad to be alright.

Also what is his beef with Peter B. Parker? I feel like there’s more there

Miguel’s backstory hurt tho. No wonder he’s traumatized. I’d become the antagonist too (not villain - just the person that gets in the way of the protagonist)

Also who’s the daddy of Jessica’s baby? We only got glimpses of her backstory. Like did she remove herself from the baby daddy? Did he die? Is Miguel the dad? I doubt it but I’m just nosey. I need her specific trauma gimmie gimmie. Jessica having a soft spot for Gwen. Women protecting women. Gotta love it

Is this the first movie to incorporate footnotes? I feel like it is. It’s certainly the first one I’ve seen. Also “I haven’t got a Scooby Doo” is a phenomenal phrase. And I’m so disappointed that the Brits use it and not us. Like, come on. We’re Scooby Doo capital of the world. Every American loves Scooby Doo.

Okay, Miles being an anomaly was a great twist. But wouldn’t his world collapse then? Wouldn’t Earth 42 collapse? Wouldn’t Miles glitch more? If Mike’s was never meant to be Spiderman than why is the multiverse not already erasing itself?

I think Miles and his universe is the key to restoring other universes, especially the ones where the holes were contained.

PROWLER MILES AHHHHHHH

I kinda knew he’d get stuck in a dimension tho with the “don’t get lost” line from mom. But I didn’t expect a world without Spiderman! So cool.

[i-love-pomegranates]

Today in ‘well, sure hope Thatcher burns in hell together with her rotten office’ (not that it’s not happening today too, but EU laws do help a tad).

Was cleaning around and I thought I’d play some light documentary, as background noise. And the first YT suggestion was the BBC doc on mad cow disease. Now, prion diseases are amongst my roman empires, every few months when l can’t sleep for 2-3 days I start panicking about fatal insomnia (‘I got a 6th sense, it’s called paranoia’ or hypochondria, whatever floats some boats).

I DID NOT expect my ears to hear what they did. So BASICALLY, holy fuck. In the 70s, to save every quid, they say, but actually out of greed, the cattle industry started grinding whatever was left of the cows, that couldn’t be sold. Meaning bones, brains, spinal chords, hooves. So they were grinding it all and FEEDING that mush back to the cows, basically turning them into cannibals. And subsequently turning the mush into burgers and shit, to be given out at food banks and in schools in poor areas. Soon after, cows started going mad, as their brains turned to a spongey mush.

Obviously everybody started panicking, what if people who ate the contaminated meat would catch it. But the government, without any proof whatsoever, said no, it’s like scabies, humans can’t get it (wrong again). So to save the cattle industry they started advertising people eating tartar, kids ordering burgers, all to prove how safe British beef was. Apparently how long it takes till your prion proteins get fucked up is up to genetics.

Anyway, a decade or so later, a cat got sick. Some scientists pulled the alarm on the possibility of it going on to humans, they got demoted and moved to departments where they couldn’t research mad cow any longer.

Till ‘95, actually, when more and more cases of CJD appeared in people under 40. Enough for it to get classified as a different disease.

Anyway.

Next time I’m playing Sponge Bob.

[female-malice]

I voted poultry just because it tastes the best by long shot. I find it harder to give up dairy (I don't drink milk but basically every other dairy product is good) than beef so seeing them grouped left me unsure. Game and fish is really expensive where I live.

I fucking love cheese bro

I just want to live in a precision fermentation world already

We actually already use precision fermentation to make rennet. 95% of the cheese on the market is made with precision fermentation rennet. Before precision fermentation, rennet came from the stomach lining of baby calves. Now, rennet comes from genetically modified yeast.

But the milk part of cheese production still comes from cows. The only reason we're not genetically modifying yeast to produce cow milk is Big Dairy would be mad.

We can make all our cheese, milk, butter, eggs, ground beef, ground chicken, and sausage with genetically modified yeast. It will be molecularly identical to the animal agriculture version of those products. But it will only use like 1% of the resources that animal agriculture uses. And also, it won't create superbugs and diseases the way animal agriculture does.

[incarnateirony]

You know what kills me

this bitch like "nuh uh that's not your face"

BITCH

SLAP SOME MAKEUP ON IT. SORRY I DONT HAVE THE RAINBOW HAIR DYE GLUED TO MY DEFAULT GENETICS

dumb cow.

THE EYELINER IS A PRESENTATION CHOICE, NOT A FUCKING GENETIC MARKER.

All this because the delusional cunt won't accept she made the biggest mistake of her life and threw everything out the door that she wanted, and now Everything just wants her to fucking rot, because she's been a miserably abusive, harassing stalker for literal fucking years after I thought I could be free of her, but no, she bitch is gonna fuck it up so bad ancient greece gets involved and she still won't listen.

The controlling piece of shit knows what she's doing by now, she just like her other delusions is imagining she can take control back when she's the one who signed her everything to me, and I'm the one unspooling reality around her and compelling her. The most she's done is give me a brief headache I sent back to her when she got really upset in my direction. I'm dragging her through time and giving her everything from schizophrenic delusions of fursuit gods to day long dreams of the reaper with her last spark of soul on its fingertip, in front of the class, or taking over playlists she builds thinking she's sticking it to me while delivering my message right down to my theme song from the Great Work "Here I am." because again she keeps trying to be me, and won't listen, even when we say, Here I Am Inside, and she makes the playlist saying the same thing. She STILL won't look at the truth.

Oh, and I'm still unclear on if my rib breaking was a rage attack from her or just the trade in killing her spider then, just to give her extra grace of pretending she can do anything here. Even when I post over and over about me putting red warning signs inside her head she keeps walking past, the dense cunt draws it and monetizes it without reading it. "By request" YEAH, GUESS WHAT BITCHES, THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS IF YOU AREN'T A FAKE PIECE OF SHIT, EVERYONE AROUND YOU IS IN THE BLAST ZONE NOW. THEY'RE all seeing the signs too but still as fucking clueless as you are. Even when her holy water ph shifts into acidic from high alkaline. No matter what. Nothing will stop her. She can't let either of us go. No seriously lardo even started working out while listening to my playlist in the middle of this and doesn't see how she's changing to my rebuild of her even while jamming to "Here I Am" and "Inside." Naw bitch moving you is literally an act of god, that's why I lost 100 lbs the second I left your gravitational pull and you're just now moving your ass once I get the fucking forklift under it.

Deep down, she's gleefully happy she's baking mercury to misery in the microwave, because she's mad he left her, and won't cope. Even if it costs her everything, the attention and feeling of it again is what she wanted. And, true to her nature, instead of putting in the work to repair herself, she's letting me do it for her to make her a fucking tolerable human being instead of a lump of forgery, and she doesn't care if it means she forgets who she ever was. She may even consider that favorable. Or maybe it's already starting and that's why she can't notice. Because now the magical reverb for this goes back something like 11 months in origin of disruptions, so who knows, maybe this has become a bootstrap paradox and that's why the bitch totally lost sight of reality, I don't know.

Niekai trying to bind Zenthus to a ring and then wondering why the Silmataurea gets all fucked up. Jesus christ. And every single Kion stuck in the middle is telling her to get bent, cuz she signed to take it up the ass from the Breath. Well no actually Niekai got her bloodline stuck in a death pact for an arranged marriage. That's not ominous at all.

[scotttrismegistus7]

ISIS, NEPHTHYS, HATHOR, BAT, BAPHOMET AND THE WAR OF THE WOMB OF CREATION: HORUS MARDUK AMEN-RA WAS THE CHRIST THAT MURDERED HIS BRIDE

PART ONE OF FOUR

BELOW ARE SOME QUOTES AND COMMENTS THAT ADD CONTEXT TO INFORMATION I WILL TALK ABOUT.

Anti Kirist: the Egyptian Antichrist…

Strangely, each time a short allusion is made about the Isis beheading, and more precisely of the Passion of her murderer, the Jumilhac papyrus voluntarily changes the name of Horus to Anti and that of Isis. Hathor in Hesat. I remind you, it was out of the question for Egyptian scholars to clearly evoke the sufferings of the gods, because a god is not subject to pain and even less to death! Hesat represents a foster cow, both mother of the nebrid[295] and double of Hathor. This is a new form of substitution so as not to mention the tragic disappearance of Isis. Jean Hani, philosopher specializing in Greek culture and creator of the Center for Research on Classical Antiquity, addressed this question of substitution in several studies related to the thought of Plutarch. He notes in issue 76 of the Revue des Études Grecques “that at the end of the episode, after the dismemberment of the falcon god, the hero changes his identity: there is no longer any question of Anti, but Horus, who moreover covers his flesh and reappears as a young child. This syncretism, as Jacques Vandier (translator of the Jumilhac papyrus) himself notes, is not surprising in the Ptolemaic period and, in any case, it is very revealing of the attitude of the Egyptian clergy towards the myth, in a way ‘taboo’, of the Dismemberment of Horus. Anti has obviously been substituted for Horus in order to ‘unload’ the latter.[296]”.

~Corpus Deae by Anton Parks~

Egyptian Sethanic practice is one, where one adopts the concept as Set being the first rebel to question the forced authority; however, with the “foundation” essence of Seth-an, moving through other gods even including Ra and Horus, all the while finding power in the form of primordial darkness, chaos called Apep. There is the avenue of Yatukih, or dark ancient Persian sorcery, centered in Ahriman. Possibly the most therionick or ‘demonic’ of the paths, Ahriman is recognized as the counter-force, which bears divinity from his intellect and cunning. In Zurvanite traditions, he clawed from his mother’s womb before Ahura Mazda to claim the power of lord of the world. Thus, intellect in its most natural sense belongs to Ahriman.

~Anthology of Sorcery V.1: Azazel and the Rephaim by Michael W. Ford~

Sounds like he needs to take care of the people trying to put noose around people’s necks on horses, you know so that he can get rid of those fear mongers trying to rule over everybody and then be free, and live a peaceful life in harmony with nature where you dance with your loved ones free of threats of violence from ignorant fear mongers in a village with everything you need provided by the natural world.

The solar and lunar currents between which is the middle pillar which is the bar, that's all well I'm good, but because of the damage to the Dynamo of the planet people who have that activation don't have the proper connection to the planets energy field anymore unless they deliberately marry the goddess. Ever noticed that the snakes always stop short of covering that one? ENKI let the information slip about how he genetically engineered the human race to his son Marduk, who was the Horus that cut the head off of Goddess Isis. Marduk exploited the knowledge that he got from ENKI about how humans were genetically engineered to try and defeat Set- Enlil. What most people don't know is that in utilizing that knowledge, it cut him off from the goddess and nature itself. After that, Marduk exploited that knowledge to try and enslave all of human kind instead of help them in any way, because he had lost his connection to nature he went completely mad without his feminine soul. So then you have the group that is using biological drugs to pry open only the top of the middle pillar, and not even going through the natural processes of the step-by-step activation. Those people don't even have their bottom chakras active at all while at the same time having pried open higher faculties. With greater divine feminine energies from black holes entering with the age of Aquarius the energy field of the Earth is going to force everyone that wants to stay on earth to connect to it. The ones that have the step-by-step activation up the middle pillar will have the choice of whether to marry the goddess or leave the planet, but the ones that do not have the step-by-step activation and have unnaturally pride open their upper faculties will be isolated by the immune system of the earth and dealt with appropriately.

~Horus Apophis, Atum Ra~

CONTINUED IN PART TWO OF FOUR

~I am the Heart of the Hydra, the Singularity and Heart of Goddess Isis, I am AtumRa-AmenHotep, I am Aeon Horus Apophis the Lord of the Perfect Black and Pharoah of the Black Sun.

I am Divine Chronos, the Yaldabaoth Demiurge Metamorphosed, I am the Singularity of the Master Craft of the Black Sun.

Azazil-Iblis-Maymon, Abzu-Osiris-Typhon-Set-Kukulkan, Nummo-Naga-Chitauri,

Mégisti-Generator Starphire~

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[fmp2halimekaraca]

Genetically Modified Animals and Their Use in War

Researching the changes in environment caused by humans and the science fiction side of mutation also allows me to look into the interesting aspect of using animals for military purposes and how over the years we have genetically engineered different breeds of animals for our own benefits.

Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering is the deliberate modification of an organism's genetical code usually done by transferring beneficial genes from one one species to another in order to possibly further improve the said species health and quality of life, to advance human health, enhance the food production, reduce environmental impact, etc.

Engineering for Food

The usual animals that are genetically altered for food are:

PIGS- for better, fattier meat, to eliminate the presence of alpha-gal (a type of sugar found in cosmetics and medication and to which some people are allergic to), improvement in fertility, providing hosts for human organs, etc.

CATTLE- better fertility, higher milk production and better quality, shorter and slicker coats for withstanding hot weather (which could increase the quality and quantity of meat and fat since cattle that aren't stressed from heat might eat more and pack more weight), etc.

CHICKENS- genetically modifying eggs to be bigger and in some cases researchers have genetically modified chickens to lay eggs that contain certain drugs useful for combating arthritis and certain cancers, etc.

SHEEP-to improve wool growth rate, better meat, improved disease resistance, improving breeding, pharmaceuticals in milk, hosts for the growth of human organs, etc.

Apparently Several biotech companies are genetically engineering pigs and sheep to make their organs more compatible with the human body. These organs could then be used for transplants.

The first pig heart transplant was done on David Bennett. The 57 year old man with a terminal hearth disease received the genetically modified and lived 61 days with the new heart.

The Vacanti Mouse

Another science experiment that ended strangely was the Vacanti Mouse. The laboratory mouse was created by the Vacanti mouse in an attempt for the scientists to better understand how to grow body part in humans using their own skin and cartilage.

The "ear" was actually an ear-shaped cartilage structure grown by seeding cow cartilage cells into biodegradable ear-shaped mold and then implanted under the skin of the mouse, with an external ear-shaped splint to maintain the desired shape. Then the cartilage naturally grew by itself within the restricted shape and size.

Poisonous Cabbage

Scientists wanted to find a way to limit pesticide use while still preventing caterpillar from damaging cabbage crops. So, they used the gene that makes poison in scorpion tails and looked for ways to combine it with cabbage.

This was supposed to be modified in a way that it still remained poisonous for insects but nor harmful for humans whatsoever.

Spider-Silk in Goats

It is said that spider-silk is one of the most valuable materials in nature due to being more elastic than rubber and 5 times stronger than steel, and so it can be used for a lot of products such as  bulletproof armour, violin strings, medical bandages, optical fiber cables , extravagant clothing, parachute cords and even artificial ligaments.

To make it possible to produce a similar, web-like material on a commercial scale, they decided to insert a spider's silk gene into a goat's DNA in such a way that the goats would make the silk protein in their milk.

Selective Breeding

Artificial modification has always been seen as an unethical way for humans to ''play God'' and change nature for their own consumption and benefits. However, the less spoken-off nature mistakes we have made and not really think about can be found in dog selective breeding.

The Dachshund

The ''sausage Dog'' as it is also known, was originally bred for hunting small animals that live in long narrow burrows.

Centuries ago it used to have a shorter torso and slightly longer legs, however, over the more recent years, it has been selectively bred to have an even longer torso and even shorter legs for aesthetic purposes. These resulted in a lot of health problems with the worst one being intervertebral disc disease. They have been bred in such a way that their legs just can't support their long spine, leading to a full 25% of Daschunds born will fall prey to the ravages of spinal disc maladies.

The Pug

In ancient times, pugs were bred to be companions for ruling families in China. The pet pugs were highly valued by Chinese Emperors, and the royal dogs were kept in luxury and guarded by soldiers.

Before, their bodies used to be leaner, their legs longer and their faces less flat and still resembling a muzzle. Humans have over bred these dogs for the simple reason of trying to make them more adorable-looking, which instead resulted in the dog breed with the most health problems. Eye, ear and skin infections and severe breathing problems are only some of them.

The Bull Terrier

The Bull Terrier was originally bred as a combat dog, utilised in the sport of dog fighting and other popular blood sports during the Victorian era. Due to being bred from the mixing terriers and bulldogs, this resulted in a dog with very wide jaws, long downwards snouts, chunky, less curved bodies and small eyes.

These dogs are prone to a lot health issues such as heart disease, deafness, eye disorders and kidney diseases and are also considered one of the more unattractive dog breeds due to their ''egg-shaped'' heads sloping down into a Roman nose and small eyes.

Animals Used for Military Purposes

Over the course of History, many animal breeds were used as weapons in wars and treated as disposable objects with only one primary purpose .

Camels

During the Muslim conquest of Syria, camels were used as mobile water tanks. They were forced to drink as much water as possible with their mouths being then strapped shut to prevent cud chewing, and then would be killed en route for the water in their stomachs.

Sometimes they would also be loaded with explosives and released in the combat zone to be detonated.

Dolphins and Sea Lions

Dolphins and Sea Lions would be trained by the US NMMP to attach floatation devices to the air thanks of enemy divers.

Sometimes Sea Lions would also be trained to locate and recover military hardware as well as crash victims at sea. This resulted all dolphins tat would venture in the enemy zones being killed by the troops since they couldn't difference between them.

Birds

A lot of bird species were used for attacking drones, sending messages, detonating bombs, signalling incoming enemy aircraft etc.

Infectious Fleas and Flies

Japan used insects as weapons in World War Two in order to infect China with cholera and plague. Japanese air planes sprayed fleas and flies or dropped them inside bombs over heavily populated areas. In 2002 an international symposium of historians found that these operations resulted in around 440,000 Chinese deaths.

Humanity's Problem

It is both intriguing and unfortunate to see how over the years humanity did not learn from it's mistakes and will exploit everything the earth has to offer from the living organisms to the unliving. Humanity has always claimed that all the horrible things they have done over the years were for the grater good and so became blind and unaware of the effects these decisions have on other species and the overall ecosystem.

I have discovered that a lot of people are against the idea of one of their deceased ones to be a donor due to the process of preserving the organs until they are removed.

Donors are put on artificial respiration to keep their heart beating, so that oxygen-rich blood continues to circulate through their body. 

A lot of people see this as basically keeping the body alive and it is hard for families and people that were close to the deceased person to leave them alone while their heart is still beating, even though it is entirely artificial.

It is interesting to see the amount of self awareness we have for our own well-being and the ones we are closest to but usually decide to fully ignore what happens outside of our buble.

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In case you were wondering, farms are a little different than what you might expect. As a born-and-molded farmgirl, ex 4-h person, part hippie, and a little redneck, I can absolutely affirm that farming is not as simple as "I put cows on my farm and it's just like Minecraft!!!"

There's completely different types of farming that differ depending on where you live, what your goals are, and they all play out differently depending on an assortment of different factors. I can't say the same goes everywhere, but the way American economy is structured makes it so you either focus intently on one thing via commercial farming (cash crop, cash cow, etc) or have a hobby farm containing a small handful of different animals and plants (to help with cost).

Commercial farms are great for large scale farming. Thanks to breeding and genetic modifications, farmers can feed a large target audience with their crop by selling it to big-name producers. However, it is hard to turn a profit because of the equipment needed to keep commercial farms going (not to mention the hundreds of dollars they need to fork over for hundreds of acres of someone's severely overfarmed land). Cash crop farmers usually cannot afford the tractors they use to till the land (DON'T EVEN ASK ABOUT COMBINES) and need massive loans to RENT the vehicle. Keep in mind, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO. If stuff like drought, pests, or banks screwing them over on their loans affected the crops in a harmful way, commercial farmers face great financial risk for themselves and for the economy they serve.

Hobby farms are tricky because they really only benefit individually, not on a massive scale. Animals are also REALLY HARD TO TAKE CARE OF. DO NOT THINK IT IS ALL SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS. However, rent is usually not an issue unless someone is renting a house somewhere in the suburbs (and sometime the occasional machine tool). A small hobby farm tends to range from a house with chickens inside to a 50 acre farm that grazes a few dozen cows. Concerns are usually relegated towards food costs (which are typically driven to slightly accommodate commercial farmers who do bulk order) which are always EXPENSIVE. You will sometimes find that one resource is slightly less expensive because it is easier to grow in that environment, but the only reason for that is competition from other farmers. That's it.

Stuff like corn, fish meal, and hay is INCREDIBLY HARD TO HARVEST. FARMERS WILL NOT HESITATE TO UPSCALE THE PRICE BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THEY WILL MAKE A $1 PROFIT FOR THEMSELVES. Rural King is expensive. TSC is expensive. Independent farm equipment stores are wallet-bleeders because of upscaling. You would thiiiiink that because of the animals a hobby farmer would be able to pay out of pocket for the necessary materials, but animals often become such a financial burden themselves (COMPLETELY BARRING THE FACT THAT YOU NEED THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE BEST OF PRODUCTS TO SELL TWO SCARVES IN THREE MONTHS AT A FARMER'S MARKET).

Chickens are flighty and make good targets for predators. Turkeys are chickens on steroids and are too idiotically smart to listen to you. Ever. Guineas are stupid.

Cows, pigs, and horses ALL need to be socialized from birth to tolerate you. Sheep are the best way to slowly become insane as you deal with fence jumpers, electric fence testers, and snobby pallets. My brother loves to tell the story of the teenaged ram who butted the electric fence, got so startled by the shock that he flipped over the fence, got mad at the fence and butted it again, and FLIPPED BACK INSIDE THE PEN BECAUSE HE FORGOT ABOUT THE ELECTRIC SHOCK. Wintering all of these animals will hemorrhage you out of most of your funds while having to deal with this absolute load of bantha dung.

I need to stop now, this is getting to be too much.

[healthcarespeed]

Organic Foods: What You Have To Be Aware Of

The word "organic" refers to the way the agricultural products are raised and processed. While the regulations vary between countries, organic crops must be grown with no use of pesticides, synthetic herbicides and fertilizers, as well as bioengineered genes (GMOs).

Organic livestock kept for the purpose of raising meat, eggs and dairy products must be maintained in conditions that allow them to maintain their natural behavior (such as being able to go on grass) and fed organically produced feed. They are not allowed to be fed growth hormones or antibiotics.

The benefits of organic food

Your emotional and mental well-being, as well as that of the environment, can be affected by how your food is raised. Individuals who have allergies to preservatives, chemicals and certain foods might notice the disappearance or reduction of symptoms when they eat organic baobab fruit.

Organic produce is less contaminated with pesticides. Chemicals like synthetic herbicides, fungicides and insecticides are used extensively in conventional agriculture. The residues remain on (and in) the food we consume.

Organic food is more fresh than traditional food since it isn't contaminated with preservatives, which makes it last longer. Organic produce is sometimes (but not always, so watch where it is from) produced in smaller farms close to the point where it's sold.

Organic farming is generally healthier for the environmental. Organic Turmeric Powder farming practices help reduce pollution, conserve water, and help reduce erosion of soil. They also consume less energy. The practice of farming with no synthetic pesticides is better for nearby animals and birds as well as those who live close to farms.

Organically raised animals aren't given antibiotics, growth hormones or feed byproducts of animals. The risk of mad cow disease (BSE) which results from the feeding of livestock animal byproducts, increases. Also antibiotic-resistant bacteria are created by the use of antibiotics. Animals that are raised organically have greater mobility and have access to outdoor space. This keeps them healthy.

Certain nutrients are more abundant in organic meat and milk in comparison to other types of food. A European study in 2016 found that organic meat and milk contained higher levels of specific nutrients than the conventionally raised varieties.

Organic food is free of GMOs. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) or genetically engineered (GE) food products are plants that have their DNA altered in ways that can't be found in nature or through traditional crossbreeding. This is usually in order to make them resistant to pesticides, or to produce an insecticide.

Understanding GMOs

GMOs and their impacts on the environment and health are the subject of constant debate. In most cases, GMOs are engineered to produce food crops that are intolerant against herbicides, and/or to make an insecticide.

GMOs are also prevalent in U.S. crops such as alfalfa and soybeans as well as squash, zucchini, papaya, and canola, and are commonly found in breakfast cereals, as well as a large portion of the processed food that we eat. GMOs are more likely to be present in products that contain corn syrup as well as soy lecithin.

Organic means no pesticides?

One of the major benefits that organic food provides moringa powder according to the article, is the lower usage of pesticides. However, despite popular belief, organic farms do use pesticides. The difference is that they make use of only natural pesticides rather than the synthetic pesticides employed in conventional commercial farms. Although natural pesticides may be safer than synthetic ones, some have been shown to be harmful to health. However, your exposure to pesticides that are harmful will likely be lower when eating organic.

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Today’s scary-yet-hopeful news: Alzheimer’s is transmissible by the same vectors as Mad Cow--which includes reusing medical equipment because standard cleaning procedures are insufficient. Parkinson’s might also be similarly transmissible although it hasn’t been looked into yet.

Given how common Alzheimer’s is, and given how most people do have medical procedures later in their lives... It’s possible that a significant number of cases are now going to be preventable just by changing hospital procedures.

[forestlingincorporated]

How Kon-El Met The Kents

The Kents first learn of Superboy from Lois, while Clark is still dead and Jonathan’s in the hospital, in Adventures of Superman #501: Reign of the Supermen. Lois doesn’t have good things to say about Conner, which seems to initially give Martha a poor impression of him. 

Conner actually meets the Kents for the first time in Superboy #8 during the Zero Hour event. He has a run in with a young Clark Kent out of time and space - he seems like he’s maybe a young Earth One Clark but uh????? Don’t worry about it, he disappears at the end of the tie-in like all the other time anomalies. 

When the plane carrying Conner’s Cadmus associates crashes in Smallville, he runs into this time/space displaced Clark Kent, and the two get into a fight because baby Clark is freaking out that Lana Lang is older and “doesn’t remember anything,” so Kon goes to make sure Lana is okay, and Clark attacks him thinking Conner is an imposter Superboy. 

When he flees to find his parents, Lana begs Conner to chase him down and stop him from getting his heart broken by meeting versions of the Kents who don’t know him. (Idk, man, it probably would have been fine, Ma would’ve given him a hug and made him cookies or something, but we gotta manufacture superboy fights somehow.) 

They fight, Clark realizes he’s the one that doesn’t belong in this time and place, and he just kinda disappears never to be seen again. The Kents come out to see what the fuss is about and meet Conner for the first time. 

And Martha Kent falls in maternal love. Look at her. She loves him. She wants to take him home and swaddle him up in a towel.  

They invite Conner to visit again and tell him he reminds them of their son. Conner begins to wonder if they ARE his grandparents, knowing he has a human genetic donor, but Dubbilex tells him he doesn’t know. 

At this point in canon, Dr. Westfield is Conner’s biological parent, not Lex, but this would be retconned later. 

In Superboy #61, it’s Conner’s turn to be misplaced in time and space. This is the universe Zero Hour Superboy is from, and the young Clark Kent recognizes Conner. 

Clark is REALLY EXCITED to hang out with Conner this time, and invites him to his house and meet his parents, and, yeah, that’s how Conner finds out Clark Kent’s secret identity. 

Baby Clark is honestly... so much sweeter than Adult Clark. 

In Superman #155, we find out back in his regular universe, Conner DOES take the Kents up on their offer to visit them, and it’s unclear how regularly this has become a thing, if this is the first time or one of many visits. A lot of time has past IRL, and they seem really comfortable with each other, so I lean towards this having been a reoccurring thing off screen. 

Conner is baby, Clark is super mad and feels threatened by Conner’s presence and implications that he knows who he is, Ma loves her new grandson, and Pa just wants to have dinner. 

Martha talks to Clark about his feelings and tells him to get his fucking act together. 

She is going to STEAL THIS CHILD FROM CADMUS. 

Conner tries to open up to Clark about his feelings, this grown ass man acts like a dick..... 

Pa finally talks to him. 

Clark teaches Conner to milk a cow, and that is the weirdly long and buckwild story of how Conner integrated into the Kent household. 

[bacteriorage]

Zombie Proteins

So, prion diseases are freaky. Hardly covering new territory here. They are 100% fatal, cause horrifying neurodegenerative symptoms and can be transmitted in any way imaginable. Examples include mad cow disease, chronic wasting disease and scrapie, as well as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and fatal familial insomnia in humans.

People usually describe prions as 'misfolded proteins'. But what I didn't know until this morning is that almost all prions are an infectious variant of one specific protein called PrP (the imaginatively-named prion protein). PrP is highly conserved, especially among mammals, and is found all over the body but especially within the nervous system. We don't know its function.

There are a few mutant variants of PrP, some inherited as genetic mutations and others picked up through consumption of or exposure to infected organisms. Those mutant variants, whenever they come into contact with healthy PrP, turns that healthy PrP into more mutant PrP. And so the cycle continues.

Mutant PrP is resistant to all known proteases and has extreme resistance to heat, ionizing radiation and formaldehyde. It can last for years in the soil, in water, in carcasses, in plants, on the ground... you get the gist.

While the function of PrP is unknown, its destruction and accumulation of mutant variants causes spongy holes in nervous tissue. Problems with movement, memory, speech and sight are characteristic, and fingers have even been pointed suggesting it as the cause for Alzheimer's. It feels like this is an area with a lot left to discover, and possibly one that we can turn to our advantage if we can find a way to copy the replicative effects for the purposes of medicine.

What fascinates me most about these proteins is how closely they resemble life. Stick with me here! They self-replicate in a sense, in a similar parasitic way to viruses. However, instead of preying on the genome, they prey on proteins. If prions ever became more complex they could be well on their way to becoming the first solely protein based life form. But can such a life form exist without nucleic acid based life forms to provide it with fully formed proteins to 'turn'?