This is Achrioptera manga, a giant phasmid or stick insect native to Madagascar.
The specific epithet, "manga" means blue in Malagasy & it's not hard to see why. Only males are blue.
The tiny back wings ("alae") are an example of brachyptery: they're useless for flight, but have other functions.
"Clanker"? They can't possibly be old enough to remember the clone wars...
It's terrible when political leaders wants to build monuments to themselves. But even worse when they close and tear down and replace structures that have come to symbolize our democracy. It's the tragedy of Edifice Wrecks.
Someone actually sells those on ESTY.
They misspelled "Illegally Seize".
"Think of the Children!" is the rallying cry of evil people trying to get well-meaning dupes to support legislation by hitting them in one of the blind spots that short-circuits their rational suspicions and gets them to support things the normally would never support.
This is one of those threads where you sometimes need to click on the replies to see all the replies beneath them. It is worth your time to do so. Every expert that I trust in the medical field has told me the same things - perhaps using different words.
I just wish people would listen.
You're totally, 100% on point. My dad (now retired) was an allergist/immunologist. He had nothing kind to say about anti-vaxxers. This isn't my professional field (I'm in computer science) but every expert I've talked to or read that I trust personally says pretty much the same things you do here.
Anyone who needs an antidote to that Brady Bunch episode is cordially invited to watch The Pitt's first eason, with special attention to the episode where they found a case of Measles.
have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
@discord.com Really, mandatory age verification globally even where it isn't required by law? did the data breach you ALREADY had not tell you this was a terrible idea?
If the only options I have are to scan my ID, scan my face, or lose functionality in the app, I'll find a new app.
"More pointedly, one of the Orc masks was specifically designed to look like producer Harvey Weinstein who had caused Jackson so much trouble in getting the movies greenlit; Weinstein's film credit also appeared on a page featuring a troll."
Based.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2oc...
I loved their "rat" version of blinding lights. heh.
I have no idea. Not confident I understand how their minds work.
This might have something to do with it:
I put this link on the OP's comments (plus the fact that the dig site is in modern day Turkiye:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinric...
You might find this interesting. The man who found Troy and did a (very amature) archeology dig there - in what is Turkiye:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinric...
Hard disagree w/ the conclusion.The system needs to be abolished. Absolutely does must not be consolidated so that 1 entity can control all that information and be a target for any hackers who want to abuse the info. Not to mention 1 entity making all the rules. And being "too big to fail".
"We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..."
Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis.
Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫
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Noah Wyle in the Pitt making a reference to leverage. Text reads: you realize i could be pulling a heist right now, yes? but no, i'm here, dealing with this shit, because of you. eliot could be getting annoyed by me right now while i wear a cool hat. but no. so make it worth it.
Whenever I see a pic of Noah Wyle in the Pitt all I can think of is this:
Apropos of nothing, I was reminded of this clip today. "That's not a navy, that's just people."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1t7...
The Miette meme in Latin.
X Users Ask Grok To Put More Clothes On Elon Musk Pictures
X Users Ask Grok To Put More Clothes On Elon Musk Pictures theonion.com/x-users-ask-grok-to-put-...
Pretty much this.
