today i found out that when monarch butterflies migrate south for the winter, all the ones that go across the middle of lake superior suddenly stop going south and go west for five miles and then continue south. which really freaked scientists out cos like What is in the Middle of Lake Superior what do Butterflies know that We Dont Is This The End Times etc. anyway turns out about a hundred million years ago there was a mountain there and the butterflies still think they gotta fly around it. classic butterflies
combine this with the fact that caterpillars literally turn into bug soup in their crystallis, meaning there is no central nervous system to carry over any information, but they seem to retain memories from caterpillar life regardless…
and it brings up a lot of questions about what kind of information can even be stored in genes, like… does genetic memory really exist? what does this mean for humankind? could a race of people develop an instinctual memory of the land like this? are there people whose bones tell the stories of ancient mountains? what about my people? is the diaspora something that can be felt among every one of us? are we all the living cumulation of hundreds of thousands of ghosts?
i am simultaneously fascinated and frightened by this. classic butterflies indeed
*Mon-El emphasizing woman when his parents kept trying to call Kara a girl
*Mon-El communicating with his own words (not just a repeat of what Kara said but his own views and perspective on what was wrong with his old life and his part in it) and fully understanding that the way the people of Daxam were treated was wrong + plus accepting responsibility for his role in it
*Mon-El saying that thinking about the person he used to be makes him ill
*Mon-El saying that even if he can’t be with Kara being around her makes him better and that’s what matters
*Mon-El calling Earth home
I know there’s more but my cable’s out so I couldn’t record and go back but these are the ones that are burned into my very soul. This was everything I have been waiting for.
edward: too busy helping bella build up her team that he forgets about his own
bella: has an amazing collection thanks to edward, who will practically carry her up mountains to find what she wants
alice: knows exactly where to find all the super rare pokemon. has an epic arsenal without trying at all, which really pisses off edward
jasper: has actually gotten into real fights when he runs into other vampires that are also hunting for pokemon
emmett: accidentally crossed the treaty line while searching for a snorlax. sam didn't have time to get mad at him because he was looking for it too
rosalie: claims she doesn't have app; totally does. her ninetails is her pride and joy
carlisle: there's a yellow-controlled gym at the hospital protected by a really strong chansey owned by a trainer named DoctorAcula. no one knows who it is. those big quileute boys keep coming down to the hospital to try and beat it
esme: collects pokemon that remind her of her children and name them after them. has a genuinely fun time and doesn't go to extremes
jacob: can't beat that damn chansey at the hospital for the life of him. keeps trying anyways
sam: reroutes patrols so they run through pokestops and gyms. every gym on the reservation is blue-controlled and as long as he's around, that isn't going to change
aro: buys phones for the entire guard, sends them out across the globe to dominate gyms for the red team. super proud of his gengar
disney character: mirror mirror on the wall, who is the farest of them all? mirror: look, susan, beauty is a socially constructed concept which can be defined in many ways by different people. moreover, regardless of which definition is used, it cannot be quantified and therefore cannot be accurately compared.
Five New England Patriots players are protesting their team’s visit to the White House this year. QB Tom Brady is not one of those players.
In an interview with NBC Sports’ ProFootballTalk, the Super Bowl MVP and Trump pal went so far as to claim that the visit wasn’t even about politics. (See quote above)
It’s convenient that the person most outspoken about how nonpolitical a visit to Trump’s White House would be is the person least likely to be impacted by Trump’s politics.
For the players doing the protesting, however, few things are more political than palling around with the most openly bigoted president in recent memory. Read more (Opinion)
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