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Nectar-loving Ethiopian wolves may be the first carnivore pollinators

“The behaviour is interesting because it shows nectar-feeding and pollination by non-flying mammals might be more widespread than currently recognised, and that the ecological significance of these lesser-known pollinators might be more important than we think,” says Lai. “It’s very exciting.”

Lai and her colleagues at the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme now hope to dig deeper into the behaviour and its ramifications. “Trying to confirm actual pollination by the wolves would be ideal, but that would be quite challenging,” she says. “I’m also very interested in the social learning aspect of the behaviour. We’ve seen this year adults bringing their juveniles to the flower fields, which could indicate cultural transmission.”

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No better feeling in the world than when your pet comes to hang out with you 💙

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Caper in the Castro is a legendary video game, not because legions of die-hard fans continue to play it, but because it was thought to be lost forever. Now, what is largely considered to be the first LGBTQ-focused video game (it was released in 1989) is on the Internet Archive for anybody to play.

The game is a noir point-and-click that puts the player in the (gum)shoes of a private detective named Tracker McDyke who is, in case you couldn’t guess by the name, a lesbian. McDyke must unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of Tessy LaFemme, a transgender woman, in San Francisco’s Castro district, an historically gay neighbourhood.

OOOOOHhh!

The game was released as charityware – freely, with a strong request to give a donation an AIDS Charity of their choice. I’d like to push towards still following that and donating, if you’re able.

(And you might also want to donate to the Internet Archive, who is hosting it now, while you’re at it – they’re in the middle of a donation drive, and could use your support.)

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Anastasia Trusova on Instagram

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Jia Li (Chinese, b.1964), Summer Light, 2015, Watercolor on paper

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Elephants call out to each other using individual names that they invent for their fellow pachyderms, a study said on Monday. While dolphins and parrots have been observed addressing each other by mimicking the sound of others from their species, elephants are the first non-human animals known to use names that do not involve imitation, the researchers suggested. For the new study, a team of international researchers used an artificial intelligence algorithm to analyse the calls of two wild herds of African savannah elephants in Kenya. The research "not only shows that elephants use specific vocalisations for each individual, but that they recognise and react to a call addressed to them while ignoring those addressed to others," lead study author Michael Pardo said. "This indicates that elephants can determine whether a call was intended for them just by hearing the call, even when out of its original context," the behavioural ecologist at Colorado State University said in a statement.

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israeli forensic linguistic software being utilized by the uk and us help help help

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So sick of dog motif what about cat motif.

I love you but we don't love the same. I can't be near you when you want me to be. Your love is smothering and your need to keep me safe is trapping me. I'm my own person but I don't know how to show you that. I lash out and hurt you even though I don't mean to. I need you to move slowly around me or I'll bolt. I love you, even though I don't say it. If you stay still I'll sit next to you, and even though we don't understand each other we can be together like that.

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OKAY SO I'M TRYING TO DO SOMETHING I NEED SOME HELP- So I was talking with a friend and the subject fell back on the lack of poc focused characters in visual novels ( in the case o this topic dark skinned black romanceable characters since romance is one of the most popular genre)

So I wanted to try making a list of games that answer some criteria and I would really appreciate if people rebloged with more recommendation because it saddens me that the list is so short.

excluding error 143 ( for reason that I could elaborate if asked but aren't the focus of this post ) please reblog with games that answer this conditions : -The game must have one or more black character who's routes are given the same focus non black routes have.

-The characters aren't ambiguous to appeal for white passing beauty standard ( ex having straight hair with blue eyes, grey or very light skin, or a standard anime style face )

-They aren't covered in scars, treated as "exotique" or being sexualized for their ethnicity. (They aren't stereotypes)

additional but not obligatory : -The game is free / have a free demo -The game is not pegi 18 -It's not an abandoned game ( might be in development ) Here is my current list :

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Incidentally the involuntary servitude thing is actually on the ballot, and there’s zero organized opposition—no ads, no misinformation, nothing—and it’s almost definitely gonna lose, i.e., that clause is gonna stay in the state constitution

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teaching yourself how to deal with mildly annoying inconveniences is imo an essential part of treating the disabled people around you with compassion and no i'm not kidding

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every time it rains i think of that raymond carver poem. poetry is like prayer to me methinks. or an incantation