SEMANTICS ARE FUCKING IMPORTANT TO DESCRIBING THE SCALE OF SPACE

SEMANTICS ARE FUCKING IMPORTANT TO DESCRIBING THE SCALE OF SPACE

Dear sci-fi people:

Intergalactic means between galaxies

Interstellar means between star systems

Interplanetary means between planets

A conflict which is entirely confined to one galaxy and only fought by powers from that galaxy, over control of that galaxy, is not intergalactic

Post-Hurricane Help

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I'm fairly convinced if the K/Pg comet had been delayed another ten million years we would've seen a massive uptick in maniraptoran powered flight diversity

hey who let dinosaurs do that

per hartman et al, 2019:

eumaniraptora - deinonychosauria – archaeopterygidae & anchiornithinae (165-122 mya) – dromaeosauridae — unenlagiinae —- rahonavis ostrami (70 mya) — microraptorinae (125-76.5 mya) - avialae – scansoriopterygidae (165-156 mya) – avebrevicauda (136 mya - present)

possible fliers in bold. archaeopteryx (flew with feathered wings) rahonavis (flew with feathered wings) microraptor (flew with *four* feathered wings) scansoriopteryx (flew with membrane wings w/ some feathers) modern birds and their relatives (fly with feathered wings)

oh yeah I can do polls now

oh yeah I can do polls now

apparently netflix is ending their dvd rental service at the end of september and letting people keep whatever dvds they got so. if anyone wants up to 10 free dvds uhh