I Know The Doctor Doesn't Know What Blink Is Other Than Safely Assuming It's A Weeping Angels Episode,

we're all in the same boat

Betelgeuse, Dying Star

My take on the Sherlock Holmes books

they’re about to make out …. any seconds now

you will not replace me

On this day twenty years ago, Rose Tyler tried to find out more about the mysterious man known as the Doctor by googling "doctor". Iconic shit.

Heinrich Unheimlich be like I respect tf outta trans people but I draw the line at Americans

The “mad scientist” trope is becoming a lost art, kudos to severance for embracing it so gloriously. She shows up, she kills people, she (probably) stalks you, she steals your snacks and moves into your basement, she’ll do experimental brain surgery any time any place. And she’s kind of adorable. God bless.

Sometimes I forget that not everyone processes Dark the way I do. And by that I mean taking for granted that when Tannhaus speaks to Jonas he's actually talking to a reincarnated version of his daughter in law. The whole Jonas=Sonja and Martha=Marek thing has become so strongly rooted into my understanding of this series that sometimes I just need to take a step back and realise that a very good portion of the people who have watched Dark probably aren't even aware of this aspect. Or at least they don't consider it. But still, like.

wdym you didn't know that Sonja is an anagram of Jonas-

It's just odd for me I guess. It occupies an enormous portion of my mind when it comes to thinking about the series as a whole but in reality it's shown in like half an episode. And it's not really confirmed so it's regarded as a theory, although that hasn't stopped me from always just interpreting it as plain canon.

To anyone who follows me, I don't care about nor trust Colossal Biosciences anymore (The people behind the "Wooly Mice"). They have proven themselves to be headline-chasing grifters after this latest stunt. They are claiming to have de-extincted *Aenocyon dirus*, aka the Dire Wolf, by editing just 20 genes from the the DNA of a Grey Wolf (*Canis lupus*) to make this thing:

If it wasn't clear from their scientific names, Grey Wolves and Dire Wolves aren't remotely related to one another aside from being Canids, despite what pop culture like Game of Thrones would have you believe. If they did look like each other, it would have had to be via convergent evolution, as they only shared a common ancestor over 5 million years ago.

This distinction, however, isn't found in the publicized articles about this so-called resurrected Dire Wolf and makes their claim that they brought the Dire Wolf back by simply editing *20* genes from the genome of a Grey Wolf laughable. A Dire Wolf would have shared more in common genetically with a Maned Wolf (*Chrysocyon brachyurus*) or Bush Dog (*Speothos venaticus*) than it would with a Grey Wolf.

Bottom line, don't fall for whatever this company is trying to tell you. If the Dire Wolf were to be brought back, it wouldn't be via something like this, and certainly wouldn't *look* like this. If you want an idea as to how a real Dire Wolf would look like in life, here is some fantastic paleoart by artist Mauricio Antón:

Addendum: I seem to have partially miscalculated Dire Wolf genetics. They were not closer to Maned Wolves or Bush Dogs, but they were still not closely related to Grey Wolves. They were basal members of Canini, related to canids like Jackals (genus Lupulella) but distinct from them. I am sorry for this misinformation in my attempt to correct other misinformation. My main point, however, is still correct.