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Likes to charge reblogs to FUCKING cast

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What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.

--Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

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I mean... probably?

It's statistically likely, given that there are many famous people and only 366 days in the year in a leap year. Is it a famous person I _know_ I share a birthday with? Not until I go looking.

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I've been receiving comments on very old ff.net stories asking if I'd like to collab on some art. If it was once I wouldn't think much of it, but there's been a few of these comments. Have you or anyone else gotten these comments? How worried do you think I should be about bots?

Unfortunately, “art” scammers have been pretty rampant across fic platforms this year. They leave a complimentary comment then ask to do a paid commission OR ask to chat w/ you offsite (Discord / IG) and pop the question there.

I haven’t heard of anyone who has actually paid, but common speculation is that they’ll take the money and run or spit out a 5-minute midjourney monstrosity.

General advice:

Be careful with offsite links

Report scammers

A reputable comission artist isn’t going to do cold calls lol

If you do ever want to commission an artist, check for proof of past commissions. Another good sign is if they've had an internet presence before 2022 and their art has looked mostly consistent the whole time. (thus ruling out gen ai).

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The continuing release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a major driver of global warming and climate change with increased extreme weather events. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have now presented a method for effectively converting carbon dioxide into ethanol, which is then available as a sustainable raw material for chemical applications. "We can remove the greenhouse gas CO₂ from the environment and reintroduce it into a sustainable carbon cycle," explained Professor Carsten Streb from the JGU Department of Chemistry. His research group has shown how carbon dioxide can be converted to ethanol by means of electrocatalysis.

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ao3 turns 15 today

reblog if youre older than ao3

(there's a lot of people asking about this, but the legal age to use social media is 13, except in few countries. so yes, there are people here under 15)

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Especially because by Night Watch the APF was, while not fully defunct, unfortunately well past its prime.

Okay so this is a big deal

To me, and to a significant subset of Sir Terry's fans (including most of you who've found this by the tags), his writing is serious commentary on the human condition - politics, prejudice, self-control, revenge vs. justice, religion, idealism, faith in people vs. cynicism, and more - dressed up with fantasy settings and a hefty leavening of humor to make it fun to read. And it is WILDLY fun to read, actual laugh-out-loud or at least a snicker averaging about every page.

But there's this common idea among the "important literature" people that fun and funny books are not also worthwhile or important in the same way.

This is a Discworld book being released WITH ACADEMIC COMMENTARY and AS A PENGUIN CLASSIC. That's a HUGE amount of recognition.

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On the other side of the Atlantic here, but I keep hearing about local(ish) shepherds having trouble disposing of the wool every shearing. And these are *not* generally sheep bred specifically0 for meat or wool, they're mostly kept for grazing (more environmentally friendly than mowing all that grass). I'm sure the meat gets sold if they have too many lambs, though. But it's apparently quite costly to clean fleeces because although raw fleece from these places can sometimes be had fairly cheaply, wool that's been processed in any way other than just getting it _off_ the sheep (even just washing) is pretty darn expensive.

Would the increased demand for sheep and lamb meat in the USA mean an increased price for wool as well? I'm not sure as to the exact price or rate, but the demand is increasing due to various factors.

I'm not sure- you hear about mutton farmers having to compost their wool because they can't sell it, unfortunately. Not sure why one doesn't lead to the other, but it doesn't seem to?

I'd definitely do my part and up my mutton intake if it meant more accessible woolens, though!

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The continuing release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a major driver of global warming and climate change with increased extreme weather events. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have now presented a method for effectively converting carbon dioxide into ethanol, which is then available as a sustainable raw material for chemical applications. "We can remove the greenhouse gas CO₂ from the environment and reintroduce it into a sustainable carbon cycle," explained Professor Carsten Streb from the JGU Department of Chemistry. His research group has shown how carbon dioxide can be converted to ethanol by means of electrocatalysis.

Continue Reading.

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That post about death note being "everyone's first anime" (untrue statement) made me curious and now I want to gather data for science

Can you reblog this and tell me where are you from and what was your starter anime?

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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them.

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Furthermore whoever removed the audio jack from phones should be grilled in front of congress. The fact that I need a dongle to listen to music on a modern telephone while 20 years ago I could have simply plugged a universally standardized cord into the audio jack everyone knew how to use is an anti-human move that should be punished.

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God I wish elections in the fucking US wouldn’t affect literally every other country in the world

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reblog if you need a hug