Catoblepas

@Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pronouns history⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Only a He-Man can take something that big up the butt!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The humanity⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  People talk about opportunity being a major factor in suicides (ex: the removal of coal gas stoves from homes dropping the suicide rate), but man, I would bet my life that so is being hungry. I never want to fucking die quite so much as if I drop or ruin food right before eating it. If I was already on the edge I’m not saying I would kill myself over it, but I totally get why someone would, considering the impulsive nature of suicide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Piping mouse⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ornithologists do something similar when they have to handle a small bird in the field or in a lab: the ice cream cone grip

  “Shayla Cochran: Picture from my Ornithology class showing the difference in size between a Cooper's Hawk and a Sharp-shinned Hawk. They don't look thrilled to be held like ice cream cones, but it's their own damn fault for being ice cream cone-shaped.” A photo of two hawks, both small enough to be held with a single hand restraining the lower part of their folded wings and their legs to gently immobilize them. This grip results in the majority of their body sticking up like a goofy bird-shaped ice cream cone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yum⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So glad we’re out of the obligatory mustache era.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨snail lyfe⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I grew up in the Bible Belt and churches in my hometown would put up homophobic messages on those outdoor notice boards that you see as you drive by. Not every single one, but not none of them, either. This was going on until the late 2000s at least, I’ve heard it’s marginally improved.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your last words being "Whoops", probably greatly increases the odds that someone writes about your death⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Dead Like Me had a bit about this. Everyone’s last words are documented when they die, and almost all of them are something like “ow,” “what?” or “oh, crap!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keeping that MFer on its toes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why I love succulents. Thriving on neglect is what I need out of a plant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introverts of our era spend their time on their computers, but what did introverts do before? Like when literacy rates were lower (pre-1950s)? Or before the printing press?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I live a couple of blocks off a freeway exit, I’m very familiar with that. I still go walking in the rich neighborhoods, because they have nice trees and can’t stop me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introverts of our era spend their time on their computers, but what did introverts do before? Like when literacy rates were lower (pre-1950s)? Or before the printing press?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Any time spent on here is also time that can be spent on other things. The habit of scrolling isn’t something you have to be bound to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introverts of our era spend their time on their computers, but what did introverts do before? Like when literacy rates were lower (pre-1950s)? Or before the printing press?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  With the exception of the stars (assuming you live somewhere with bad light pollution, which is most people), all of those things are still achievable. You can even use the internet to learn how to do them; don’t let your dreams stay dreams!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arborholing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I don’t think the OP was saying every plant in existence is dependent on humans. But crops are, and we’re dependent on them. Co-domestication, I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arborholing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Plants came before moths, but there are some desert plants whose life cycle is dependent on a species of moth pollinating them. How things were in the past influences but isn’t the sole arbiter of how things are in the present or future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raven Big Mom⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, they’re the largest member of the songbird family! Even though the noises they make aren’t very melodic, lol

  They’re shy as hell on the east coast because historically farmers killed them, but there was no such history on the west coast and they’re like really smart seagulls here. I see them watching roads and parking lots for food opportunities all the time. In the late summer I even see juvenile groups soaring and diving together sometimes. I lived 20+ years on the east coast and never saw a raven once.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wild Seals⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  swelling of the bone marrow

  I now have the cursed knowledge that bone marrow can swell, what the fuck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World would be a better place⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s worth at least peeking through the peephole first, once I had a couple of kids whose older sibling had flaked out on picking them up and they were trying to find someone who would let them borrow their phone to call for a ride.

  Every other time it was Jehovah’s Witnesses, though.

• Believing misinformation is a “win” for some people, even when proven falsearstechnica.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are portobello mushrooms cancerous?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is nothing of value in a Joe Roegan podcast, and if the dude had any evidence for his claims he would have made them. Acting like Big Portabello is out to kill him is some stupid horse shit made up for the conspiracy nuts in the audience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wax on⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuckin bee eczema 🤢

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds better than the fucking singing purple llama I get all the time ruining a song from Dirty Dancing by changing the ‘I’ to ‘AI’.

  ‘AI had the time of my life’ doesn’t even make sense!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Punch Time⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Translation is as much of an art as writing is.

  Business Idiots: let’s destroy translation jobs with LLMs while preserving none of the skill or context needed! 🤑

• Generations of Bearded Vultures Stashed Humans’ Treasures, Including a 650-Year-Old Sandal, in These Bird Nestswww.smithsonianmag.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ohio never sleeps⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely, Ohio is no myth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨you spin me right round baby right round...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Any medical people know what the little symbol with the exclamation mark under the ‘All’ column means?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really like their highlight functions. But it makes me fucking batty that you can’t do it on mobile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mmmm... Yeah. It checks out.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, they have absolutely no idea about nuclear war and apparently no clear sense that we might be some other species, despite not quite having the strokably hairy torsos they enjoy.

  Speak for yourself, my torso hair is luxurious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking news⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, that’s just short for Mrs. James Comey, in the traditional manner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value — policy would impact nearly every type of electronic device⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This nightmare determination and implementation of tariff policies is why I bought the best phone I could afford last year. This shit is gonna have to last at least 6 years for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Million-year-old skull ‘rewrites human evolution’: Yunxian 2, found in China in 1990, indicates Homo sapiens may have emerged 400,000 years earlier⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The skull suggests Homo sapiens may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than previously thought, and in Asia not Africa, the study, published on Friday, said.

  I’m highly skeptical. If that’s the case why does Africa have the most current genetic diversity of anywhere in the world? We evolved in Asia and sprinted to Africa to genetically diversify, and also for some reason the humans left behind in Asia had a bottleneck? Why are our closest nonhuman relatives in Africa if we didn’t evolve there? Why does so much of the evidence fit Africa if it’s not Africa?

  I find it more likely this was a member of an early population wave out of Africa that failed for some reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The absolute WORST⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes I put the pill in my mouth with a huge swig of water and it still somehow manages to adhere to the back of my throat. Sometimes I have to actually eat something to get it down. No idea why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OK what is your Roman name?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bagelius almost sounds like a real Roman name.