"In 1984, A Few Years Before His Death, James Baldwin Explained To An Interviewer From The Village Voice

what if we pronounced testosterone like minestrone

Bob Yeager

One under-appreciated breed of fic writer are the ones who hyperfocus on logistics to the exclusion of all canon shortcuts, and thus usually strike upon an awesome way to flesh out the worldbuilding or characters.

Like, I’m not necessarily talking realism here since often it’s still pretty far from realistic, but more like, “someone has to be running spies in this fantasy kingdom, and we’ve seen the whole royal court, so which background character is it? How does that change these three major interactions?” Or “real life historical nobility did in fact have some things to do that were like jobs, how does this human disaster cope with running an estate?” Or “there’s no reason for a sci-fi robot detective to know how to whitewater kayak, where’d she learn?” Or “if this guy is serving the emperor directly he has to be way high up in the space empire servant hierarchy, why is he doing this menial task for someone else? What’s his motive? Does he perhaps have the secret space telepathy?”

Anyway I’m always DELIGHTED to find a fic or writer who asks these questions because the fics themselves are universally bangers.

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Moss-mimic Bugs from Ecuador

All photos by Andreas Kay

1. Caterpillar, Saturniidae 2. Katydid, Championica sp. 3. Inchworm caterpillar, Geometridae 4. Stick insect, Trychopeplus thaumasius? 5. Grasshopper, Sciaphilacris sp. 6. Mantis, Pogonogaster latens? 7. Unidentified caterpillar 8. Katydid, Anaphidna sp.

be pro-aging but wear sun screen. sun protection is not beauty industry propaganda it will save you. wear it. or else.

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as much as i love seeing orcas launching what appears to be intentional coordinated attacks on human ships it also makes me very sad because if it starts to become a genuine problem or even an extremely minor disruption to business people are going to just start killing them and i don't know that the orcas really understand the power differential they're dealing with here. that is why i am starting an organization whose mission will be to establish communication with the orca populace and provide them with equipment and training in order to level the playing field and empower them to take control of the seas, with the potential to open up trade and diplomatic relations on their own terms