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X-Men: The animated series vs X-Men '97 opening

SURRENDER THE BOY OR FACE MY FURY X-MEN '97 (1.01)

I don't mean coffee or espresso. I mean drinks like Red Bull, etc.

every single article, post or mention of a Muslim or Latino person on a Visa or Green Card getting dragged off the street by masked men in broad daylight has the same exact comments: "wow, they're gonna start doing this to citizens soon." some of these people have lived here since they were 8 months old and have lived here for over 30 years. it's very telling that Americans are still are managing to separate them in their head from a "citizen" and that their outrage will be far greater when it's someone who "actually lives here" as if 3 decades in the same country shouldn't qualify you for the same rights as everyone else.

hey jason isaacs what the fuck

I know that realistically you can only fit so many movies into a list of approximately 100, but I cannot take that "How many of tumblr's favorite movies have you seen?" list that's been going around seriously because there are some truly egregious omissions.

Some of it is very clearly recency bias, which makes me wonder if the op truly wasn't on here in 2013 or so, but you're telling me you made a list of "tumblr's favorite movies" that doesn't include Pacific Rim or Mad Max: Fury Road? Because, like, I was there, Gandalf.

I'm a ridiculous human and genuinely couldn't sleep until I tried my hand at a better, more balanced list -- though of course, I have my own biases when it comes to what corners of this website I've lurked in over the years. For what it's worth, I did consult the last several Years In Review, while also drawing on the fact that I've been here for over a decade. But if there's anything that truly doesn't feel like it should have made the cut, blame my mutuals for putting it on my dash all the time.

(And apologies, but I couldn't seem to find Goncharov among the website's listings)

if you came up to me and said you're in a time loop, i would believe you every time

if you came to me and said you were in a time loop, i'd believe you every time

if you told me you were in a time loop, i would believe you every time

if you ever told me you're in a time loop, i'd believe you every time

wait, why does this feel familiar?

if you came to me and said we were in a time loop, i'd believe you every time

wait, why am i getting deja vu?

if you came up and told me we were in a time loop together, i'd believe you every time

wait..... oh.

let me guess, we're in a time loop. i know. what are we gonna do?

yeah yeah, we're in a time loop together. i know. what are we gonna do?

i told you twice already, i know. we're in a time loop together. so, what are we gonna do?

so, we're in a timeloop together. what are we gonna d-

...what? you don't remember?

hey. do you... remember the time loop?

wait, are you in a time loop? Don't worry, I believe you. I will every time.

Not my best work, but by far not the worst.

Update from the man himself

The Porn Guy aka The Nice Guy aka The Canadian side of Pornhub aka SFW Pornhub’s REAL NAME is Ryan Creamer. No joke, that is legit his real name.

Also this.

Which led him to this.

Bless this man.

I can appreciate him and the service he’s providing independently of the shitshow that is the platform he’s hosted on.

He remains just as funny and weird on other platforms dw

By the way, the topic he was presenting was

‘Can I get an Honorary Degree if I Just Ask Really Nicely’

i feel strongly about this

Really cool write up that links to the original paper that just came out this year (2025)!

This is a really cool example of foraging innovation.

animal behaviour study can get a little confusing, because a lot of more specific or advanced behaviours tend to be anecdotal or a one off observation (so even if it seems obvious, like birds having preferences, there’s often a lack of actually repeatable data to back the claim up)

food preparation is a behaviour that’s considered more advanced, and it’s divided into a number of categories: soaking the food, cleaning the food, transporting water, etc. in this case, the novel behaviour is specifically flavouring the food, and showing preference for the noodles dunked in the blueberry soy yoghurt (as opposed to the potatoes, the water, the natural yoghurt, or any other combination)

it’s both “shows a preference” combined with “actively takes action (or prepares) the food in accordance with that preference”

Animals can for sure have food preferences (for example, my dog won’t eat a piece of broccoli but will eat a piece of cheese). And if I, the human, take a food she’s meh about and flavor it *for* her (like putting liver treat powder on her kibble) she will clearly show a preference. BUT, what this study means is that my dog will not, if given her kibble and liver powder separately, think to take the kissable pieces and drop them into the liver powder to coat it before eating it. Chances are she will just eat the liver powder by itself, and maybe the kibble after (or not at all).

These birds are actively transporting food from one bowl, then dropping it into another bowl before eating it. The only other animal besides humans who have been observed to do this behavior are Japanese macaques, who will dip sweet potatoes in water to clean them (not novel behavior) but will go out of their way to try to find *salted* water to dip their food in to. The birds mentioned above also have preferences for what they dip their food into, showing it’s not just a random behavior (like a “superstition”).

thread count is a lie perpetrated by Big Bedsheets. what really matters is the material.

i said this as a joke but then i googled this and

turns out i was right?????? high thread count IS a lie?????