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why-ai:

ALT

storybookprincess:

thorffour:

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hi!!!!! i’m an actual librarian who has encountered this very situation before!!!!! and while i commend & admire op’s willingness to help another patron, this is why you really really should have a library worker, not another patron whom you don’t know, assist you with tech & information related issues in the library!!! because we are trained in how to handle this exact sort of thing

tl;dr: use proton mail. i’m not gonna gatekeep this info. it does not require a cell phone number, so it’s my go to for patrons in this situation!!! while i am acutely aware of the harm done by the digital divide & how many people are getting left behind as our world gets increasingly tech dependent, the situation is not hopeless. there ARE provisions in place to help the people most affected, and those provisions are usually wearing glasses & cardigans & sitting behind the circulation desk

librarians are not glorified bookworms!!!! we are information professionals who are highly trained in how to handle these sorts of seemingly impossible binds!!!! ask us for help!!!!!! as i always tell my patrons, that’s what i get paid the big bucks for

callmebliss-got-swamped:

gglilyallin:

gglilyallin:

love to follow veterinarian practices on facebook because every one in a while they’ll post a picture of something so bizarrely funny. this axolotl getting an x-ray just took me out

ive been getting a lot of people really worried for this axolotl so i thought i’d clarify: she’s fine. she’s moist on the puppy pad so she won’t dry out and the x ray only takes a few seconds. the x ray was because she had an internal gut blockage due to the wrong substrate being used. they took another x ray after giving her barium to determine where in the gut it was, but the barium lubricated her gut enough that she passed the blockage with no invasive surgery and she’s completely fine. here she is not-flattened

She looks very pleased to be unflattened and unblockaged

agnesmontague:

earhartsease:

vergess:

devilsuncomet:

justgot1:

vergess:

raindearreindeer:

cannibalfilmphd-deactivated2023:

spaceshipsandpurpledrank:

That right there is a good solid burger patty with the intriguing addition of middle eastern spices 👀👀👀 (and as we all know variety is the spice of life, and spice is the variety of food.) I’m also intrigued by how she put the patty in the pita(?) which makes it a sort of burger panini. It looks good and I am going to have to try it.

I want to make this for my family, but my mom’s pretty iffy on beef that is anything but well done (dry as fuck) so I’m wondering how to cook it throughly enough without burning the bread.

You can cook it in very thin pita with a thin layer of minced beef/lamb so that the meat is cooked brown all the way through in only 1 minute per side.

But also! Red Meat is “Well Done” at 160F/72C (white meat is 165F/75C). Bread actually doesn’t even toast until 255F/123C!!

So, if you make the full size patties in a frying pan on a low-medium heat, or an oven set to 300F/150C, it will take about 20 minutes to cook instead of only 3 minutes, but it will DEFINITELY not burn the bread, and the meat will be VERY well done.

Here is the oven based recipe I suggested elsewhere on the post

Kafta in pita - Taste of Beirut

@bananafosters In case you are interested also!

Confirmed: delicious

I’m curious as to what the spices/seasonings in the beef are cause I wanna make this myself so bad

There’s always fresh Parsley and Lebanon 7 spice (sabaa baharat), and then in the tiktok there’s also onion, garlic, and jalapeno. A lot of people also put in tomato, or tomato paste.

My favourite 7 spice is equal parts:

• Cinnamon
• Black Pepper
• Cumin
• Cloves
• Coriander
• Allspice or nutmeg
• Ginger or Cardamom

But really, as long as you have the italicized ones, the others can be up to you. Some people use paprika and turmeric, some people use sumac and mint. It’s really variable.

Also if you don’t want to mix it yourself, a good Garam Masala will have all of these spices and a few more, and makes an excellent ready-to-use substitute.

note that’s coriander seed, not leaf (aka cilantro) - coriander seed is amazing, smells like a paradise lemon and is really good in porridge (aka oatmeal) - we’re one of those people who can’t eat the leaf, but the seed is really delicious and fragrant

internet shaquille made a super accessible video on how to make these, including the spice mix and what to use if you can’t access the exact ingredients! it’s quite similar advice to what the commenters put above, just in one handy video for your reference

ailurinae:

zooophagous:

justnoodlefishthings:

justnoodlefishthings:

Was anyone going to fucking tell me that electric eels have their anus directly under their heads because their head is basically their entire main body and they’re actually like 90% tail

Or was I just supposed to casually stumble across that information

EXCUSE ME????

Does not appear to be true as far as I can tell? Well the anus does seem to be right behind the head, but they are not ‘all tail’.

Wikipedia says:

They have over 100 precaudal vertebrae (excluding the tail), whereas other gymnotids have up to 51 of these; there can be as many as 300 vertebrae in total.[12]

and that citation is open access and checks out:

a very long body cavity with 31 to 51 (more than 100 in Electrophorus) precaudal vertebrae,

(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226533338_Diversity_and_Phylogeny_of_Neotropical_Electric_Fishes_Gymnotiformes)

So why the hell the anus evidently moved so far forward is a good question.

The picture in the tweet screenshot is from this paper which defined the electric eel as three species rather than one:

(PDF) Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator

It is open access, so you can see the diagram and discussion.

Unfortunately in all the popular and scholarly articles I could find in half an hour, no one seemed interested in talking about the location of the anus. For the electric eel genus and its knifefish relatives, there were taxonomy papers, papers about the electric jolt ability and electroreception (widespread in the group), and a few about the weirdness of the fins, but nothing I could find about anus location, or general anatomy. Oh and a few about the anatomy of the kidney. But they didn’t show were in the fish the kidneys were…

At least one member of Gymnotus also has the anus right behind the head:

(PDF) Redescription of Gymnotus coropinae (Gymnotiformes, Gym notidae), an often misidentified species of Neotropical electric fish, with no

and genus Magosternarchus is named for this:

the latter part of the name sternarchus is from the Greek sternon (“chest”) and archos (“rectum”), referring to the forward placement of the urogenital opening in this group of fishes.

but still no one talking about it in detail. Like how or why.

sometiktoksarevalid:

Duluth band Boxcar is releasing its second album, Black Noon, on Oct. 18. The first video release is directed by Lance Lindahl.

The post Boxcar – “For Madmen Only” appeared first on Perfect Duluth Day.

depsidase:

thyrell:

radiofreederry:

Gays rule

lmao

dozydawn:

montana agate rings that resemble landscapes

difeisheng:

watched the stalks of a lavender bush by the bus stop dip and sway from the sheer amount of fat little bumblebees on it and you know what. some things in this world are good

lazorsandparadox:

thereallieutenantcommanderdata:

“A collection of common glyphs of the poorly understood Memeorite civilization of the Second Silicon Age. Memeorite glyphs possess multiple conflicting interpretations and a complexity of meaning impossible to capture in a few short words. These are rough translations only.”

Source: https://twitter.com/beach_fox/status/1325668490431246336 (which include more “memeorite glyphs”

thememedaddy:

kaijuno:

Found this blue heeler puppy. Very hard to get into the back seat. Not friendly.

If he’s yours please come get him. I am scared to get back into the car. Thanks.

astrodidact:

noirandchocolate:

spell-eye-cup:

Not my meme but figured I’d share for those about to ride out the storm

Explanation: The vast majority of homeowners insurance plans do not cover flood damage. You need separate flood insurance. Yes. I think it’s stupid too.

artifacts-and-arthropods:

2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia, c.400-300 BCE: this figure was crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact

This plush bird was sealed within the frozen barrows of Pazyryk, Siberia, for more than two millennia, where a unique microclimate enabled it to be preserved. The permafrost ice lense formation that runs below the barrows provided an insulating layer, preventing the soil from heating during the summer and allowing it to quickly freeze during the winter; these conditions produced a separate microclimate within the stone walls of the barrows themselves, thereby aiding in the preservation of the artifacts inside.

This is just one of the many well-preserved artifacts that have been found at Pazyryk. These artifacts are attributed to the Scythian/Altaic cultures.

Currently housed at the Hermitage Museum.

necronatural:

kaijuno:

stanjames-world-3:

jartita-me-teneis:

¡Qué arte! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣😂

whatareyoureallyafraidof:

mostlysignssomeportents:

He seems nice.

lorenzobane:

Julian Bashir is such a hilarious character conceptually. What if we took one of the most attractive men you’ve ever seen and give him a series of absolutely deranged character traits? 

He’s got a foot fetish. He’s one of the most beautiful men alive, but TERRIBLE with women. He loves tennis but for some reason only plays racquetball. He’s got a teddy bear named Kukalaka. He’s a genetically augmented super genius and an absolute moron. He tried to skip rocks over a sentient puddle. His best friends on the station are 1.) a Cardassian super spy and assassin who wants to fuck him 2.) an emotionally repressed Irishman and 3.) a worm. When presented with aforementioned Cardassian spy the first thing he does is form a book club. He’s obsessed with LARPing. He has a spy kink. He’s physically incapable of shutting the fuck up. Every time he tries to go to an academic conference he gets kidnapped. His job at DS9 is his first fucking job out of college. 

Like sir…. what? 

timequangle:

timequangle:

the most horrifying part of this is that it’s only going to get worse from here. this is the most stable climate this planet is going to have for the rest of our lives

from john morales (referencing the clip above)

Hurricane Helene isn’t an outlier. It’s a harbinger of the future.

themacabrenbold:

@hide-and-seekrets

agenderlizards:

grumpyoldnurse:

fatale-distraction:

fatale-distraction:

constantine-spiritworker:

its-thedinosaurman:

staying-happily-high:

butterscotchwm:

notnights:

soloontherocks:

my favorite side effect warning is for antidepressants

pros: you won’t want to kill yourself

cons: you might want to kill yourself

Back when I was in a psychiatric hospital, and was offered antidepressants, my mother had declined them due to that apparent side effect. So the staff actually explained about this effect antidepressants have, that give reason to that warning.
When first taking antidepressants they raise up your energy first. So that you have the energy to do the tasks you might have avoided doing due to your depression.
Because of this those who were already suicidal, now have the energy to go do so. Which is the ones this warning is given for.
It’s not that a side effect of antidepressants magically makes you want to kill yourself, it’s the energy it gives those who were already struggling with suicidal issues, to actually attempt the act.

Very informative…

Wow. I’m so glad you explained that. Now I understand

My high school choir/psych teacher actually told is about this. She also said if you have a suicidal friend who starts seeming like they might be getting better because they have more energy, that’s the time to be cautious because that’s when they may still be suicidal but they’ll actually have the energy to go through with it

THIS. a thousand times THIS. I had it explained to me in my AP psychology class in high school. super fucking important.

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT and I wish my doctors had explained it to me this well when I first started taking them.

JUST GONNA REBLOG THIS AGAIN TO ADD that my younger sister in law recently started on anti-depressants among other medications in juncture with therapy to help handle an extreme case of OCD and anxiety, and I was the one who had to explain this to her. Her doctor only explained the risks, and not WHY they would actually be considered risks, which put her off of taking medication for most of her life. I explained it, and she understood, and THAT is why she is now on medication that is significantly improving her life. DOCTORS NEED TO TELL US THIS SHIT.

Best description of why ‘increased risk of suicide’ is included in the warning for anti-depressants I’ve ever read.

Signal boost this to save a life.

Also worth noting that in individuals with Bipolar Disorder antidepressants can cause a lot of issues. If you have a family history of bipolar it’s crucial you tell your psychiatrist so they know to be careful giving you antidepressants

onenicebugperday:

momoxca:

I found this little guy in a guava tree while I was cutting some guavas, he was the only one there and I didn’t see any other before there. Looks at this pretty red that had!! ❤️💖 He was so little that surprised me that I’d seen him jajaja 🐛💖

@onenicebugperday this little buddy was so little but he looked sooo cool, look at him!! Do you know what is?

A guava skipper!

copperbadge:

exemplarybehaviour:

copperbadge:

oak1985:

tgirl-subway-the-dark-ages:

copperbadge:

copperbadge:

copperbadge:

Men, boys, and eggs of my acquaintance, I cannot stress this enough:

Nobody worth being with will ever judge you based on your deli sandwich choices.

Sincerely, a dude who had to watch like two dozen men pretend to find vegetarian sandwiches unthinkable in order to maintain a sense of masculinity today.

The sando gender spectrum I osmoted this weekend according to a specific type of dude:

1. Roast beef is the most masculine of sandwiches. The only sandwich it is permissible to ask for by name (we did not have roast beef as an option).

2. Ham is an acceptable substitute for roast beef. There appears to be some controversy, however, over the bread options; we only had two, croissant or ancient grains roll (gluten free). Croissant is considered slightly more manly than ancient grains UNLESS you are under 20 in which case “ancient grain” sounds badass.

3. Turkey is okay, obviously not ham but if you don’t like ham it’s an option as long as you don’t show enthusiasm for it. Definitely has to have mayo however. Mustard is a bit much. (Initial field research indicates mayo is the manliest of condiments but we have not introduced barbecue sauce into the study yet.)

4. Chicken salad is woman food. Absolutely not acceptable unless you announce loudly that it’s for your wife or that she’s making you for your health.

5. Vegetarian wraps require a recoil reaction or a sheepish “oh, no, no, what meats do you have?” protest. We had the veggie wraps off to one side so vegetarians could get to them more easily, and guys would come up to the wrap boxes because there was no crowd/line, then I’d say “that’s veggie wraps” and they’d stagger back.

To be clear, most of the people of all genders at the event were totally fine, this was a small and specific set of guys – mostly older dudes and (unsurprisingly) their young sons or grandsons. Maybe 20-30 people out of the 400+ attendees. But it really was both sad and a little funny to watch them unnecessarily assert their manhood using deli meat to me, a guy in a floral shirt with neon blue hair handing out box lunches at a charity event. My indifference to your masculinity is so vast it has its own international calling code, fellas.

Friends, I have volunteered in the lunch tent once more and I have new scientific findings to share regarding the Sandwich Gender Spectrum.

We still do not serve roast beef, the most toxically manly of all sandwiches, but it turns out that there is a sandwich option almost as masculine, the mention of which will preclude a certain type of dude from even asking for roast beef:

The Italian.

For those unfamiliar, an Italian sandwich in most American sandwich shops is composed of ham, capicola, salami, and sometimes pepperoni, with provolone, the usual sandwich veggies, and a drizzle of Italian dressing.

The hierarchy from ham-downwards remains undisturbed by this revelation currently rocking sandwich discourse, but new data has indicated that the Italian sandwich occupies a special place above ham and technically below roast beef but so acceptable a substitute for roast beef that I only had one guy ask me for it this time around. I would say, “We have ham, Italian, turkey, or veggie,” and the Certain Kind Of Man would look skeptically at the ham and then ask for an Italian.

I am now working on my doctoral thesis in Sandwich Gender, where I will be examining whether there is a direct correlation between how masculine a sandwich is and how weirdly homoerotic the name is. I’m going to call it “I’d Like An Italian: Gender And Sexuality Between The Buns.”

i find this very interesting

I would like to submit additional data for your groundbreaking study. The deli nearest me has some sandwiches named after four private schools in the area. The boys school: roast beef. The two girls schools: vegetarian (different veggies, color coded to the school colors). The co-ed school, turkey.

I feel….I feel so peer-reviewed. Independent replication of results!

how are you accounting for the confounding factor of: italian subs almost invariably just the best option?

See, that’s the thing: for these guys, the “best” option is not necessarily available even if it’s sitting right there in front of them.

I get a lot of commentary about this, so I’m gonna go off a little – apologies, I’m not yelling at you, I’m just yelling near you. :D But people are viewing the sandwich gender spectrum as a reality rather than a weird cultural delusion, and I want to explain that I am not in any way asserting that roast beef is actually masculine.

What I’m saying is – well, for example, italian subs are in fact delicious, but so are many veggie sandwiches! So is chicken salad (especially if it’s got those little almond slivers in). It’s not about what tastes good for these men, it’s about what will affirm their masculinity or, more realistically, what will not cause people to view them as effete. Their toxic view of gender narrows down their options regardless of their desires. They’re so steeped in this weird view of masculinity that even if they would prefer an italian sub, they might be forced to take a roast beef sandwich instead because beef is “more manly”.

As a culture we are, fortunately, moving away from this weirdly harmful view of gender, but it’s why when I say “this is a veggie wrap” these dudes can’t just say “Oh, no thanks, I’ll take the ham sandwich” – they have to theatrically recoil so that I, and everyone around them, is aware of their disgust for anything feminine. It’s funny when it’s about sandwiches because it’s a fucking sandwich, dude, but it’s also very sad, having to live your life in such a small, limited bubble for fear of how you’re perceived.

As I have said to a couple of people about this…eat whatever you want forever. The whole point is that anyone who judges your gender based on your choice of sandwich has a terrible brain rot.