Nooooo But You Don’t Understand!!! The Doctor Makes Belinda A False Promise To Keep Her Safe Despite

jon snow at politics: Sam my close personal friend Sam who would die for me just rigged the nights watch lord commander election for me because he is charismatic and good at talking to various different oppositional factions of the watch to get them to support me which is the only reason I have the power I do. What should I do with an ally that has that skillset? Exile him to wizard school against his will on the other end of the continent by himself for multiple years🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️I should only allow my enemies who want to kill me near me☝️

jon snow at municipal loan negotiation for some goddamn reason:

i had no fucking clue what this meant on my last reread and i have no fucking clue what it means now. jeor mormont was so restive he could have.... given birth.

Stages of Decomposition, Embroidery by calicoranger @ Etsy

who let biologists play dnd

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.

we're all in the same boat

literal soulmatism like idk what else to say

having a smart woman follow you back is so scary bc it’s like what if she finds out that im stupid

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