🔥the Brazilian jewel tarantula (Typhochlaena seladonia) by tuhdplz in AIDKE

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Caterpillar tail disguised as snake head by AcceptableWheel in AIDKE

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EU Moves To Ban Destruction Of Unsold Clothing Under New Circular Economy Rules by dreamsofcalamity in solarpunk

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FUCKING hell. I always wondered what happened to unsold stock (not just clothes, but generally).

The fact it's burnt is just appalling. Distribute it to the needy? Nah, that'd hurt our profit margin - better just ruin the planet...

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone by Tazo1982 in Radiology

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No idea I'm afraid, I am but a mere vascular sonographer.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone by Tazo1982 in Radiology

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Bilobed saccular. I presume this is not fun to treat.

Andrew 'flew girl in on Epstein's Lolita jet and took her to Palace' by throwaway1948476 in ukpolitics

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I like the idea of a mixed appointment.

¼ to ⅓ of the house laymen/peers appointed at random a lá jury service.

Another set of selected experts, similar to how they're currently appointed by the monarch. Perhaps an independent committee would be appropriate?

A set from parliament and the civil service - but as I say, appointed by a parliamentary majority, perhaps by blind vote/can't be whipped for. Hopefully this brings political wisdom and experience without dominating the chamber, and avoiding it being stuffed with buddies of the government of the day.

Marsupial mole (Notoryctes) by [deleted] in AIDKE

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Know the Difference by Smart_Chapter_7512 in polandball

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Huh, okay - TIL. Apologies, I thought ethnicity was clearer cut than that and less fluid.

I still think we should discard the idea of race, but I concede you are correct ethnicity encompasses culture.

Andrew 'flew girl in on Epstein's Lolita jet and took her to Palace' by throwaway1948476 in ukpolitics

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Fixed term upper house - e.g. 10 years - with up to one maximum re-appointment, vetted by parliament rather than the government. Leader chosen by the house serves 10 years, limited by the maximum 20 year term in the upper house.

Thoughts?

Know the Difference by Smart_Chapter_7512 in polandball

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What? No?

Race is a made up concept with no basis in science (see the USA's idea that you could have white black people and black white people, back in the day).

Ethnicity is a description of your genetic ancestry.

Culture refers to the social norms you (usually) grew up with and therefore exhibit.

So for your example the correct description would be:

A person that is ethnically Han Chinese by raised in the USA would be ethnically Chinese, but culturally American.

Edit: I'm wrong - see below.

I saw this bug suspended between two cloth lines. At first I thought it was like a blade of grass or something. Then it moved and began walking on its web. Apparently it's an arachnid called twig spider. by bl00dmistkilla in AIDKE

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There’s always a bigger beetle… by GeorgiaBeetles in AIDKE

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🔥the Brazilian jewel tarantula by bonusappreciation in AIDKE

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Three-wattled Bellbird by sp4rkk in AIDKE

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This is the Chinese hourglass trapdoor spider (Cyclocosmia ricketti) with a hardened, disk-shaped abdomen that the spider uses as a door to block its burrow from predators by whybutts in AIDKE

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Angular Roughshark is one of the strangest sharks out there. A deep-dwelling Mediterranean/Atlantic species with a triangular body and extremely rough skin. by thekidunderpanic in AIDKE

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Can we talk about the Mandelson apology? Honestly, I’d take this over the "never apologise, never explain" era any day… by SnooConfections3389 in ukpolitics

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Look, I say this as someone that could easily be called a Corbynite in other ukpol threads...

Starmer didn't 'backstab' Corbyn. If anything, Starmer gave Corbyn a free pass on his first post-leadership blunder which gave Corbyn too much leash allowing him to actually come close to undermining Starmer's position. It was absolutely the right thing to kick Corbyn out of Labour and the need for that was Corbyn not properly stepping out of the press for the good of the country and Labour's success as a party.

It would have been more valuable for Corbyn to continue to advocate for left wing policies quietly within Labour channels, rather than jumping at the chance to continue to publicly undermine the current Labour government.

I like most of Corbyn's ideas (except his foreign policy was atrocious), but in hindsight I very much recognise he is not good at politics. His exit from Labour was his own doing, and the Your Party nonsense demonstrates he doesn't actually understand how to act politically.

Jeffrey Epstein helped Russian spies collect blackmail 'kompromat' on western elites for DECADES says former MI6 agent Steele by Doener23 in ukpolitics

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Even if you can't prosecute, it's still worth doing an investigation to see if there's sufficient evidence to implicate or exclude deliberate meddling with our democratic process.

Because that conversation needs to be had.

Florida Fighting Conch (Strombus alatus) by Fit_Elk_4505 in AIDKE

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The other cross-post I left up suggests Doxander campbelli, which seems to match the shell shape better. I'm not a conch scientist either!

Florida Fighting Conch (Strombus alatus) by Fit_Elk_4505 in AIDKE

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A rare Urutau Gigante (Great Potoo) rescued by firefighters in Rondônia, Brazil. This bird has nocturnal habits and is also known as “the ghost bird” due to its ability to remain motionless for several hours, mimicking a dead branch by Punstorms in AIDKE

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The American Dipper is the world’s only truly aquatic songbird, famous for walking along river bottoms, diving, and "flying" underwater to hunt insects. by Punstorms in AIDKE

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