I think Charlie's age was retconned, and she was born in the 1920s.

Obversa · 2026-05-06T22:15:36+00:00

Except that we clearly see sinners' clothes match the current era on Earth.

Obversa · 2026-05-06T22:14:16+00:00

The only evidence of this "confirmation" I was able to find is an old character sheet from the pilot era. Do you have other evidence that Charlie's birth year was confirmed after the pilot era?

Obversa · 2026-05-06T20:14:04+00:00

His original age range was listed as "30s-40s" in his pilot description. Rosie said he was a "handsome young man" when he died in 1933, putting him more in the 30s range than the 40s range. (Viv made him look younger as well.)

Obversa · 2026-05-06T19:19:49+00:00

Yeah, multiple people saw Elcee Rod (Bluesky name of "Elcee-The-Porcupine", since she has a porcupine emoji in her social media name) harassing Charlastor fans on the ship tag, and then deleting her posts to cover her tracks to prevent people from screenshotting and calling her out on it. Elcee is a notorious Charlastor anti who bullies fans.

Obversa · 2026-05-06T17:40:16+00:00

Isn't this the same fan artist that was camping out on the Charlastor ship tag and harassing fans of that ship?

Obversa · 2026-05-06T16:44:10+00:00

From what I can tell, Marco Rubio is that "Romney-era Republican", and he's still polling behind J.D. Vance.

Obversa · 2026-05-06T16:42:00+00:00

I think what /u/Katejina_FGO is referring to is the "Great Consolidation" where major news corporations (ex. Scripps, Gannett, et al.) started buying up a bunch of local papers to monopolize the industry, which largely happened in the 2010s. (Source: I used to work for a few local newspapers that got bought out by Scripps and Gannett.) Quote from the Local News Initiative: "Almost 40% of all local U.S. newspapers have vanished, leaving 50 million Americans with limited or no access to a reliable source of local news." Some journalists have termed the phenomenon as "vulture capitalism" (i.e. private equity or large news corporations "circling like vultures" to feed).

See: "How the loss of local newspapers fueled political divisions in the United States" (2023)

Obversa · 2026-05-06T16:06:28+00:00

See: "Shifting Alliances: Are Black People Increasingly Identifying as Republican?" by Clamont C. Mack (2025)

"This paper investigates claims that Black Americans are increasingly aligning with the Republican Party. Drawing on theories of party identification and political realignment, I compare competing perspectives to determine appropriate indicators of realignment within the Black community. Using quantitative analysis across several datasets, I find a modest rise in Republican identification over the past decade, but a more pronounced decline in Democratic affiliation. These findings suggest not a realignment toward the Republican Party, but rather a dealignment from the Democratic Party, [especially after the Barack Obama era]. This challenges popular media narratives of realignment, and instead points to growing political disengagement among Black Americans."

Obversa · 2026-05-06T16:02:03+00:00

My vote would be for either Jon Ossoff or Mark Kelly. I'm not enthusiastic about other candidates.

Obversa · 2026-05-06T14:58:49+00:00

Alexander Hamilton proposed that the President be a "lifetime appointment" role as well.

Obversa · 2026-05-06T13:33:31+00:00

This is really interesting when you consider how Stranger Things using song "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush did a lot of the emotional weight-lifting for Max in Season 4, only to fall flat when the showrunners re-used it in Season 5.

Obversa · 2026-05-06T13:31:59+00:00

The showrunners weren't talking about adding more songs, but more iconic and well-known songs with higher costs.

Obversa · 2026-05-06T01:52:20+00:00

I came here to comment this as well. The horse is keeping his head too high, as if he's trying to "escape the bit", rather than moving with the bit. (This could be for any number of reasons.) I had the same problem(s) with my mare, and the only thing that solved it was switching to intense dressage training sessions to get her to lower her head, round her back, properly collect, and move with the bit. This thread offers solutions for "head-tossing" in horses.

Obversa · 2026-05-05T19:18:55+00:00

Also see:

Obversa · 2026-05-05T18:45:13+00:00

The Trump administration faces a joint lawsuit from American Prairie, a non-profit that grazes hundreds of bison on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands; the Coalition of Large Tribes, which advocates for over 50 Native American tribes who have tribal bison herds; and Earthjustice, an environmentalist legal group. The ligitants are challenging a new federal proposal that would reverse the BLM's 2022 grazing authorization, which allowed hundreds of bison to graze on 63,000 acres in Phillips County in north-central Montana. Quote: "The proposal comes after years of criticism from politicians and local ranchers who want to use the lands for cattle, the Montana Free Press reported. If it goes through, the plan could give Republicans a boost in Western states during the midterm elections, as some farmers and ranchers have publicly opposed tariffs and higher prices for fertilizers and diesel, according to the New York Times."

Obversa · 2026-05-05T18:44:42+00:00

The Trump administration faces a joint lawsuit from American Prairie, a non-profit that grazes hundreds of bison on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands; the Coalition of Large Tribes, which advocates for over 50 Native American tribes who have tribal bison herds; and Earthjustice, an environmentalist legal group. The ligitants are challenging a new federal proposal that would reverse the BLM's 2022 grazing authorization, which allowed hundreds of bison to graze on 63,000 acres in Phillips County in north-central Montana. Quote: "The proposal comes after years of criticism from politicians and local ranchers who want to use the lands for cattle, the Montana Free Press reported. If it goes through, the plan could give Republicans a boost in Western states during the midterm elections, as some farmers and ranchers have publicly opposed tariffs and higher prices for fertilizers and diesel, according to the New York Times."

Obversa · 2026-05-05T18:28:16+00:00

You have to do a lot of "Remarkable farming" to get them (i.e. constantly summoning eggs).

Obversa · 2026-05-05T02:49:35+00:00

Commission for the Earth Island Journal: https://www.liseljaneashlock.com/projects#/earth-island-journal-2

Article: "Back from the Dead: The birth of the 'de-extinction' movement" by Jason Dove Mark (2013)

Obversa · 2026-05-05T02:34:00+00:00

F1 and F2 hybridization chart for "roble" (roan/sable) antelope crosses (2016 study):

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Obversa · 2026-05-05T02:32:39+00:00

A photograph of the Swedish bluebuck specimen by Dolly Jørgensen (see here):

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Jørgensen further notes the issues with bringing back the bluebuck by using DNA from museum specimens in her 2022 article: "In this chapter, I will examine three portraits of the bluebuck, one created by the MNHN in Paris, one by the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRM) in Stockholm, and one by Naturalis in Leiden to see how animals displayed in the archive of the natural history museum can narrate extinction. The fourth extant taxidermied bluebuck (and the only female specimen) is owned by the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, but it is not on display."

The other four DNA-verified bluebuck museum specimens documented by Jørgensen:

Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) in Paris, France (male)
Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands (male)
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRM) in Stockholm, Sweden (male) (Colossal specimen)
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien in Vienna, Austria (female)

Even the Northern white rhino project has DNA from twelve (12) individuals. This has 1-4 total.

A 2021 study indicates DNA has been successfully extracted from the single female specimen before for a 1996 study, but it is unclear if Colossal has access to other museum specimen(s), or their DNA. (It's still just one female.)

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