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Micro evolution like this is so interesting to see

Gerstner Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Hooper (@danielmhooper) studies the genetics of color evolution in Australian finches at the Museum. He recently published a study on the genetics of color variation in Long-tailed Finches and shares his findings on why some of these finches have red beaks, while others have yellow or orange beaks. This research, recently published in Current Biology, was all catch and release.

Fieldwork photos courtesy of Daniel Hooper, Geoffrey Giller, and Simon Griffith.

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The Atlantic

The Abortion Absolutist

Warren Hern has been performing late abortions for half a century. After Roe, he is as busy with patients as ever.

This was an interesting read. Surprisingly nonpreachy given the subject; and well worth the time.

We really live in a fucking novel. A guy who assassinated a health insurance CEO gets arrested within 24 hours of a marine who choked a homeless man to death geting acquitted. Both in the same city.

Boy I wonder what the justice systems will do

Fanfiction levels of irony overflow.

can we just like. talk about how absolutely insane it is for trump, THE PRESIDENT* OF THE UNITED STATES, to talk about using military force on sovereign nations to seize territory??????? like excuse me what the fuck?? are we serious right now because i’m sorry even if he isn’t being serious he is still THE PRESIDENT and his words carry weight. whether we like it or not. this would undeniably be an act of war. WAR. he would start a third world war against our ALLIES

*(former, but also will be current as of the end of this month)

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Remember that the supreme court said that the KKK can threaten as much as they want as long as it’s not a clear and imminent danger to everyone? The second the rich are in the crosshairs that goes out the window. Remember who the state was built to protect. Brandenburg V Ohio(1969)

I have found that the biggest deterrent to assholes is asking "why?" Over and over.

"We can't have universal healthcare!"

Why?

"Because I don't wanna pay for a strangers health!"

Why?

"Because if they can't afford their own health care that isn't my problem!"

Why?

And so on and so on. Keep making them dig. Keep making them explain until they can't anymore and are faced with nothing but the ugly mask of bias and prejudice. Only then can they truly see that taking it off is an option. Whether they do or not is up to them. And that choice tells you whether they deserve more of your energy or not.

Trans kids can't be trans. Why? Why not? Why?

Free food is bad for ppl. Why? Why? Why? Why is feeding ppl bad?

Why?

Why is helping one another bad?

Why is doing what humans are genetically designed to do, to help and care for one another to ensure survival, bad?