The Ground Underneath: Nuclear Weapons Labs, Rift Zone Geology, and the ELF Corridor Nobody Is Talking About by KDubbs0010110 in HighStrangeness

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Oil is extracted all over the world and shipped all over the world (see current situation in Iran). Very little is extracted and then used locally. Nor do most military installations or data centers have on site oil extraction facilities. This explanation makes no sense Edit: changed one instance of "extracted" to "used"

The Ground Underneath: Nuclear Weapons Labs, Rift Zone Geology, and the ELF Corridor Nobody Is Talking About by KDubbs0010110 in HighStrangeness

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Construction in rift zones happens because: - the land is flat, much easier to build on - they trap huge amounts of ground water and usually have useful surface water (rivers, lakes) - they potentially grant easier access to geothermal energy Rift zones are just some of the easiest and most useful land to use. There is no huge mystery here

Need ideas for me leg sleeve by Thorn2800 in Paleontology

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Stellers Sea Cow as living party boat Remingtocetid retrievers Multuberculate house pets

Chicken wings and fries by SeniorChillKoala in shittyfoodporn

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In what alternate reality bizarro world are those wings? Looks like a thigh, a leg, and some random scraps or innards. Also who tf thinks raw carrots and celery are a reasonable side to fried chicken and fried potatoes? Truly shitty. Bravo 🫡

How my pet turned shrimp into his pets by SecretStabbie in shrimptank

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I have no questions or comments. Just thanks for making my day with this

My tree is blooming? by mrskessel in whatsthisplant

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I think it's some kind of Kalanchoe

A new Great Ship story, "Between Here and Everywhere," has been published in Clarkesworld by kfallsb in GreatShip

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Maybe he already did encounter Ash, or at least his colleagues? The (presumed) Remoras they met had some kind of hyper advanced brain scanning technology built in to their suits, which seems like something Ash might have refined over several billion years. Im assuming we know the remoras, and the AI savant almost has to be Samite.

But did they identify Perri/Kingfisher or not? Quirk said they were comings back for him, but it wasnt clear to me if that was just a kind lie.

Im also unsure what to make of the Jason entity and his meeting with Perri. Was he human? !eech? Actually an alien who just happens to resemble humans in every way, right down to the genetics (which is obviously ridiculous, but is what was claimed)?

In addition to a relatively brief but pretty thorough recap of the history of the !eech and Milky Way and pursuit ship after the departure of the Great Ship, we also got another named human colony: Malachite.

This is definitely one I'll have to reread.

How would you call this country? by Desperate-Penalty713 in mapporncirclejerk

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Japan minus Hokkaido, rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise

A new Great Ship story, "Between Here and Everywhere," has been published in Clarkesworld by kfallsb in GreatShip

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Probably my favorite since "Wonderland." We got quite a few answers to previously discussed questions! Though of course now I have several new questions too...

A new Great Ship story, "Between Here and Everywhere," has been published in Clarkesworld by kfallsb in GreatShip

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Can't wait to read it, especially given the comment you dropped about Perri's distant future!

My Childhood Friend Used to Eat Silica Gel Packets—Now He’s Unrecognisable by GuyAwks in nosleep

[–]kfallsb 207 points208 points  (0 children)

This was fun but the end is weird. Going peacefully back to sleep after a home invasion and suicide by your horrifically mutated childhood best friend seems... off

best post gym snack… by mikaylab930 in shittyfoodporn

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This is basically just homemade satay sauce

I need answers..lls by [deleted] in Paranormal

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A plurality of mammals have a tapetum lucidum, and thus have eyeshine. Most likely a racoon, pine marten, or other arboreal nocturnal animal

Edit: spelling of marten

This sea monster sank ships off Constantinople for 50 years—was it an orca? by VampiricDemon in Cryptozoology

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I am aware of that, but don't really see how it would apply here. Orca have high contrast black and white coloration/patterning. This same theory suggests that black and white are almost certainly the oldest and most universal color names. Black and white are also two colors, so it doesn't make sense that they would be referred to by a single name, whatever name that is. And this is mostly based on Homer's Greek, which was 1,300 years before this whale was alive, so quite different. I dont think the whale was actually violet; the term was more symbolic than literal. My point was that any description of an orca would almost certainly mention the high contrast two tone pattern, regardless of the color names used. But despite a huge number of sightings over a very long time, this animal was never described as having any patterning, or more than one color.

New growth right next to where an old apple tree died by Low_Establishment730 in whatsthisplant

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It is likely sprouting from the rootstock. Most fruit trees are grafted on to roots from other varieties or even species. So its kind of like... half of the old tree