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To anyone who follows me, I don't care about nor trust Colossal Biosciences anymore (The people behind the "Wooly Mice"). They have proven themselves to be headline-chasing grifters after this latest stunt. They are claiming to have de-extincted *Aenocyon dirus*, aka the Dire Wolf, by editing just 20 genes from the the DNA of a Grey Wolf (*Canis lupus*) to make this thing:

If it wasn't clear from their scientific names, Grey Wolves and Dire Wolves aren't remotely related to one another aside from being Canids, despite what pop culture like Game of Thrones would have you believe. If they did look like each other, it would have had to be via convergent evolution, as they only shared a common ancestor over 5 million years ago.

This distinction, however, isn't found in the publicized articles about this so-called resurrected Dire Wolf and makes their claim that they brought the Dire Wolf back by simply editing *20* genes from the genome of a Grey Wolf laughable. A Dire Wolf would have shared more in common genetically with a Maned Wolf (*Chrysocyon brachyurus*) or Bush Dog (*Speothos venaticus*) than it would with a Grey Wolf.

Bottom line, don't fall for whatever this company is trying to tell you. If the Dire Wolf were to be brought back, it wouldn't be via something like this, and certainly wouldn't *look* like this. If you want an idea as to how a real Dire Wolf would look like in life, here is some fantastic paleoart by artist Mauricio Antón:

Addendum: I seem to have partially miscalculated Dire Wolf genetics. They were not closer to Maned Wolves or Bush Dogs, but they were still not closely related to Grey Wolves. They were basal members of Canini, related to canids like Jackals (genus Lupulella) but distinct from them. I am sorry for this misinformation in my attempt to correct other misinformation. My main point, however, is still correct.

it could easily bite me in half but that’s an ancient sea puppy and i’m gonna pet it

Illustration of Plesiosaurs by Zdenek Burian, 1963 - “Prehistoric Sea Monsters”

Idk where that post is that said “anybody who tells you other trans people are the enemy is a Fed” but yeah, can we bring back that energy please?

Trans woman are not trans men’s oppressors, trans men are not trans women’s oppressors, nonbinary people are not responsible for transphobes not taking trans people seriously.

Talking about transmysogyny is not oppressive to trans men. Using the word transandrophobia is not inherently transmysogynistic. Talking about exorsexism is not erasing binary trans peoples struggles.

Like comon guys this is really basic stuff can we all agree on these things before moving on?

My favorite comments from Dream's "I'm sorry... but not to tommyinnit" vid:

Keep in mind that this says "charged" with rape.

Many more got away with it because other cops covered for them.

Many more raped people in legal ways, such as "consensual" sex with someone in their custody, or having sex with a prostitute then arresting them for prostitution.

There are also many rape victims who didn't report because they were afraid of being arrested for drug use, prostitution, or illegal immigration.

There are also many people who were raped in prison, which wouldn't have happened if the cops didn't put them there.

Cops cause or assist in orders of magnitude more rapes than they prevent. Rape is far from a reason to support the police.

finally

clothes at the soup store

So my sister is on vacation and has sent me a photo of the store she was buying clothes in.

I'm going to lose it.

I have fem speeding bullet parasites

today someone kept asking if i was a boy or a girl, and they were doing so in a really obnoxious way, so instead i told him i don’t have a reproductive system :}

10/10, immediately shut the fuck up

so true