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all the moons of 2024

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sound on

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blackkittycrew

"what? what is your problem?? always in here showing off your four fangs >:("

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Throw a cream cheese bowl for your chips

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Fun story. When I was actively being stalked (both online and IRL), I contacted the police exactly one time. I showed them the physical notes that had been left under the wiper blade on my car after I blocked the man on social media. I showed them the previous Facebook messages this man had sent me that described, in detail, what he wanted to do to me.

The police said they couldn’t help me because the man had not actually physically done any of those things to me. He’d just talked about his desires. They even made excuses for him. He’s awkward. He’s lonely. You’re pretty. It’s a compliment.

So friendly reminder that when a man with a record and weapons makes verbal/written threats against a woman, there’s nothing police can do.

But when a frustrated woman being denied medical coverage with no record and no weapons makes a “verbal threat” against a corporation, she’s arrested immediately.

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I'm reading "The Stress Factor in Dogs" and this reference caught my attention:

"One study looked at the impact of nosework on cogntive bias in dogs (Duranton and Horowit 2019). Pet dogs practiced their nosework or heeling on a daily basis for two weeks. The dogs that engaged in nosework showed an increase in positive bias after the two-week training period. The heeling dogs, on the other hand, showed no change (they didn't become more positively or more negatively biased). This study is exciting because it's the first that I know of that looks at the impact of enrichment on pet dogs. It also demonstrates that engagement in a more species-typical foraging may be more beneficial than an activity that is cognitively challenging, but not evolutionarily relevant such as heeling."

and I just thought that was really interesting so I've dug the study up:

Let me sniff! Nosework induces positive judgment bias in pet dogs

Nosework reduced dogs' latencies to reach an ambiguous pot in a cognitive bias test.

Nosework increases dogs’ positive judgment bias or "optimism".

Practicing nosework allows dogs to express a natural behavior and be more autonomous.

Behaving naturally and making active choices are two key factors in animal welfare.

Olfaction-based activities contribute to dogs’ welfare.

"We predicted that the experimental group practicing nosework with food reward would show higher levels of optimism on a post-intervention cognitive bias test than a control group of dogs practicing a food-reward based activity with the same physical activity as in nosework, but with no olfactory search component (heelwork)."

tldr nosework games were found to make a dog more optimistic, cognitively challenging heeling made no different to optimism or pessimism

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Demonstrating the rope dart (繩標; sheng2biao1)

[eng by me]

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Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

November 7, 2024

Playa Conchal, Costa Rica

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You will not guess where this is going

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I am in the market for an ugly new mouse to replace my 20 dollar backup that I have been using for way too long

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John Brosio (American, 1967) - Dinosaurs Eating CEO (2013)

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I’d love to have a plant with pink leaves, but I’m not capable of keeping plants alive 😔 I even managed to kill a plant that’s known for surviving in extreme conditions, so for now, I’ll just draw them instead.

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i love flash drives theyre like small animals to me. like minnows

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Once the results are done, I'll multiply 255 to the decimal version of the percentage, and see what color we make!!

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I’m not about to kinkshame a whole aquarium but

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Shoes by Philips Shoes

c. 1925-1935

The National Museum of Norway