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Toxopneustes pileolus (flower urchin, a highly venomous reef-dwelling echinoderm)
  • The first guy to try must have been really hungry

  • Toxopneustes pileolus (flower urchin, a highly venomous reef-dwelling echinoderm)
  • Yes, they're altered tube feet, which normally have suction cups at the end. Some have suction, some have little poison trap jaws!

  • Dinosaur Kingdom II - Wikipedia
  • Can I somehow see this without financially supporting it? Asking for a friend

  • Dunkleosteus
  • -ly inviting for me to build a time machine to see one live!

  • Syzygy (astronomy)
  • I watched a series of the well-received ones (as noted from their episode entries on Wikipedia!) from seasons 1-4 and enjoyed myself, kind of tailed off at an episode involving a talking tattoo

  • Syzygy (astronomy)
  • Also a middling X-Files episode

  • Acqua alta
  • Yes, caused by a king tide, though in this case the tide is focused and accentuated by the geography of the Adriatic. This is common in restricted, narrow bodies of water

  • The Fediverse
  • It is the aggressive megacolony of fungus embedding its mycelia in the base of the tree

  • OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions
  • They're thinking quarterly. Improves OneDrive usage stats. They can also then coerce customers later by saying they're running out of storage. I'm sure some users will pay, thinking they're about to lose family photos and other important data

  • Acqua alta

    "an exceptional tide peak that occurs periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea. The term is applied to such tides in the Italian region of Veneto. The peaks reach their maximum in the Venetian Lagoon, where they cause partial flooding of Venice and Chioggia"

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    You can try Vertical Tabs in Firefox now
  • I set mine to auto-hide, expand on mouse over. I hope they do that as well!

  • You can try Vertical Tabs in Firefox now
  • Yeah, I have a userchrome css to get rid of it, but it's definitely brittle over time

  • You can try Vertical Tabs in Firefox now

    www.ghacks.net You can try Vertical Tabs in Firefox now - gHacks Tech News

    Mozilla is working on bringing vertical tabs to the Firefox web browser, and you can try the feature right now, if you want.

    You can try Vertical Tabs in Firefox now - gHacks Tech News
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    You can try Vertical Tabs in Firefox now

    www.ghacks.net You can try Vertical Tabs in Firefox now - gHacks Tech News

    Mozilla is working on bringing vertical tabs to the Firefox web browser, and you can try the feature right now, if you want.

    You can try Vertical Tabs in Firefox now - gHacks Tech News
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    Bouba/kiki effect
  • For me, Lemmy is not round or sharp.

  • Citizendium (Wikipedia alternative/competitor)
  • It's a joke to everyone but them

  • Citizendium (Wikipedia alternative/competitor)
  • Ugh of course he did 🤢

  • What's the greatest invention of 21st century, in your opinion?
  • PCR has been around since the 80s, though it has continued getting more efficient and cheaper

  • Country Captain (dish)
  • Yeah, I just made it with curry. Turned out really good! Had never cooked with a full chicken before

  • Solmization

    "Solmization is a mnemonic system in which a distinct syllable is attributed to each note of a musical scale."

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    Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws
  • Yes, I worry we're entering the exponential curve, with the new effort to put ten commandments in schools

  • Skatole

    "Skatole or 3-methylindole is an organic compound belonging to the indole family. It occurs naturally in the feces of mammals and birds and is the primary contributor to fecal odor. In low concentrations, it has a flowery smell and is found in several flowers and essential oils"

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    Pork roll

    Depending on your geography, you might feel very strongly that this is called Taylor ham

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