What I am learning this weekend is that however much document-related crime you think Trump did and however stupidly you think he did it, it was way way more of both of those things.
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if i had a nickle every time omegaverse was at the center of saving the literary world from weird ass copyright disputes id have two nickles. it's not a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the behavior is spreading among the population. https://t.co/zJdP8eHtQW
FIRST LOOK: Florence Pugh is Princess Irulan in #Dune: Part Two, the daughter of the supreme ruler of the galaxy, Emperor Shaddam IV.
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The number of people responding to this (mostly on FB) who think I'm asking because I am unfamiliar with these books/series/universes is HILARIOUS. Folks, this is a playful thought exercise, not Please Explain My Favorite Books From High School To Me
This lecture was also my introduction to the apparently common nutritionist terms "TOFI" (Thin Outside Fat Inside) and "Skinnyfat." The belief that fat must equal unhealthy is built into the professional jargon, no matter what their own research finds.
I once spent a memorable (mandatory, for school) afternoon listening to a sports medicine researcher saying exactly this (insulin resistance and weight are loosely correlated at best) and then immediately pivoting into 2 hours of how his clinic helps people lose weight. Sigh.