Oh dang I didn’t know about the twitch replacement. I’ll have to check it out!

I played it on PlayStation as a kid. I really sucked at it, but I really enjoyed it.

It might, but exceedingly rarely. Albinism and melanism occurs in many taxa including species in the genus Panthera (which include lions and tigers). These are rare traits in general because they are selected against for one reason or another and don’t proliferate in the wild.

Another possibility is that these phenotypes are linked to genes that have other downstream developmental effects that lead to non-viable fetuses.

Another fun one (possibly) is that some of these coat traits are controlled partially by the environment/the animal’s spatial relationship with the environment. Siamese cats have the characteristic darker coat colors on their extremities (ears, paws, tails, snout, this is called acromelanism) because the melanism is controlled by lower temperature. If an animal never experiences a low temperature, that phenotype might never be expressed.

These are all possibilities. I’m a biologist but I don’t study felids (cats and big cats).

I block them as they come up. Individual users seem to be good about posting it to specific communities, so I typically just block the community, but I’m pretty sure there are some users that I’ve blocked entirely because they (as far as I can tell) only post furry content. I haven’t seen any furry content on my lemmy feed for at least a year now, I think.

Part of it is also the instance where you registered your account. I think lemmy.world not only has more furry communities, but is also federated with more instances that have furry content. I’m not an expert on how federation works though, so someone with better understanding might step and correct me. Also, I don’t think there’s an algorithm on lemmy…but I might be wrong about that too.

Selfishly, as a biologist, I would like to see:

• Reconciliation of rates of evolution that scales from microevolution to macroevolution
• Accurate/reasonable estimation of lineage death rates for macroevolutionary diversification analysis
• (extension of previous) Reasonably estimate fossilization probability for (more) accurate clade age estimates
• Moving beyond phylogenetic trees (phylogenetic networks are a step in the right direction I think)

As a citizen of Earth, I would like to see:

• Actual plastic recycling that dramatically reduces the need for virgin petro-chemicals
• A 3D printer beyond plastics (I think this kind of a thing, but I would like it to scale for consumers and industry)
• A less massive battery that can be used for commercial flight
• Better earthquake detection

As a person who enjoys knee-deep sci-fi, I would like to see:

• FTL travel
• Futurama style heads-in-a-jar
• A Dyson sphere or swarm
• A hyperloop

As a (frustrated) scientist I would like to see:

• Society move beyond “societal utility” of scientific studies/discovery and embrace “science for the sake of science”

If you just want the batter to run to all the bases and reach home and score a point (or a run, by baseball jargon) with no regard for on field ruling, then yes by a series of errors being committed by the fielders.

For example if a fielder throws to first to get an out, but throws it out of reach from any fielder. However, in this case the ball MUST NOT leave the field of play (e.g., get thrown into the stands), otherwise the ball is dead, and the runner will be placed on a base at the umpire’s discretion.

This however is not a home run by rule, but rather a fielding error(s) that results in a run.

Another option is that none of the fielders try to get the ball. They just stand around after the batter bunts the ball. There’s no real reason this would happen, unless something extraordinary happens (aliens land on the stands, that sort of thing). This would probably be ruled a home run, but again, astronomically unlikely.

If you’re allowing swinging bunts, you could potentially have a batter “doink” the ball over the in fielders but outside the reach of an outfielder and have the fielder run past the ball without touching it (if they touch it, it’s an error). If the batter runs fast enough as all of this happens you can conceivably have a home run this way.

The “I’m trying to break physics” version of this may have been covered by XKCD at some point.

They don’t, you’re just obligated to report your global income as a US citizen. This isn’t a big deal if you plan to never go back to the US to live there, but if you do (or aren’t sure), this becomes a major issue because all those years you didn’t file your taxes with the IRS makes you effectively a tax cheat whether or not you owe any taxes at all.

If you pay income tax to another foreign government (that has a tax treaty with the USA) and you earn below the threshold for an individual or a household, then you don’t pay taxes at all. In order for the IRS to determine this they need to know how much you made. I don’t know what the actual threshold is for individuals, but in the 5 years that I’ve been living outside of the US, I haven’t paid a single cent in US income tax. It’s a pain in the ass, but whatever, you get used to it.

Depends on the use case. I default to my 1L Nalgene or my metal 0.75L generic metal bottle I got at a museum for daily use whilst sitting at my desk at work. For hiking, I prefer the larger capacity Nalgene (I think 1.75L), and possibly an additional 1L for longer hikes. For cycling, I have a couple squeezy plastic bottles that fit nicely in my bottle cage.

I do like the idea of a glass bottle with the rubber/silicone guard thing and thought about getting one, but decided to stick with Nalgene when I had the replace my old 1L.

…so basically Metal Gear Solid with fewer steps and some comic relief.

A version of the Matrix where Neo is a pigeon.

I can’t decide if the ass in question outputs low frequency sounds or fish. Either way, you’re bound to cause a ruckus.

Amplexus, fuck yeah.

Oh hey, I have this too! Except it doesn’t feel like “just sometimes”

Yeah I switched to lawn chair a few months ago because I kept seeing these stories about Nova’s parent company. I like it just fine—i haven’t had the issues you have (thankfully)—but there are a few features I miss from nova. Oh well, I’d rather have the peace of mind than the minor feature.

Every stick is pointy when it’s travelling fast enough

Perform what though?

• “this fucking pipeline finally works” beer
• “Congratulations on the acceptance of your manuscript…” Beer
• Post Dark Souls/Elden Ring boss kill beer
• Dark Souls/Elden Ring boss killed me beer
• post 10k, “I EARNED THIS” beer

Yes, I think it’s okay to enjoy whatever it is you enjoy so long as doing so doesn’t harm others or yourself. I also think it’s important to be mindful what it is that makes you feel like there’s a moral quandary, and it’s also worth considering if the media you’re consuming is the work of a group of people or a single individual.

For example, I really enjoy the movie Chinatown, but Roman Polanski is a piece of shit. I don’t think his shitness diminishes the quality of the movie because it was acted well by Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway; the writing is incredible as is the cinematography; and credit where credit is due, Polanski directed the movie masterfully. He’s still a child rapist piece of shit though.

I’m happy with the work I do—I find it rewarding personally and the inkling of a possibility that it might be useful one day for any number of biological applications is exciting.

Unfortunately, I am entirely replaceable, compensation is meh for the level of education, and society as a whole does not place much value in basic sciences so career prospects are bleak (and this was BEFORE the current administration).

So, this line-up suggests there’s room for a cross-over story where the football squad wearing the color changing dress pounds the main character’s ass.

Edit. Apparently it’s a squad of unicorns that play football. Pardon my lack of attention to detail.