Ebrahim Raisi, then Falli

But was it drinking raw milk?

Bug or feature?

Oh we already know this. There are parts of the genome that, if even slightly changed, cause terrible, terrible things.

Mutations can happen anywhere, but serious mutations (that may affect the basic things a cell needs to do in order to exist) result in cell death and therefore don’t manifest in the population — the population continues on as though the mutation had never existed.

In this way, natural selection conserves some parts of the genome while less essential parts can vary more freely without being deleterious to the organism.

For example, most non-bacteria (including all plants, animals, fungi, protists) have special proteins called histones. Histones are used to package the DNA together and wrap it all up. Cells can’t function at all without a these proteins, and the most important histone proteins evolve so slowly that they’re almost identical between a human and a pea. (Humans and peas shared a common ancestor over half a billion years ago.)

ETA: My molecular biology knowledge is rusty, but IIRC the way DNA is packaged and unpackaged can also reduce or increase the risk of DNA being exposed to potential mutagens. So if it’s wrapped up, it’s harder to access and tamper with

Baroque music sounds absolutely shit. Composers try to mix in so many different voices that it’s the musical equivalent of a TV panel show where everyone is shouting over one another.

On that note: harpsichords in ensembles are background noise at best and very few people would notice their absence.

I don’t understand your point but it seems interesting. Could you rephrase?

I mean, Singapore is a de facto one-party state. Elections are basically treated as opinion polls for the PAP.

As a fun aside, the Americans and Russians both experimented with this idea during the Cold War. Check out YouTube for some info on the designs

In the 2000s she was in Melbourne and opened up the new royal children’s hospital. She also opened the original royal children’s hospital.

Imagine being so old that the hospital, built when you were an adult, was so old it was no longer fit for purpose. Metaphor!

I’ve been using AirPods Pro for sleeping and, aside from the low battery tone, they’re amazing for this.

Earbuds don’t cancel noise as well as the over-ear models, but you can keep them in your pocket and use them wherever you are.

Stranger Planet

Wait till you get chased by one

As a local I smile seeing lorikeets and kookaburras, but rosellas are very rare where I am and I have to do a double take

There are the ones whose habitats were burned down/deforested. Then there are the ones with raging chlamydia infections. Then there are the ones that are overpopulating their habitat.

I love the tiling interface. I haven’t touched it since they decided to start developing COSMIC though.

I’m gonna wait until they get everything up to date before I use it again.

You can actually see their rush to deliver those packages on time

It’s disappointing, but how many people will be genuinely disadvantaged by this? It’s not like 2004 where streaming and catch up services weren’t a thing.

Wouldn’t be surprised if this was due to us just lacking the expertise and equipment to do certain tasks. For example, equipment and people to handle the reactor core.

How dare you mention this without linking!

Long term I imagine it’ll become an issue yeah?