I’m picturing a ghost realtor being super frustrated over not being able to get out from under this one unit because it’s haunted by an angry human who occasionally haunts the residents by yelling obscenities at them

Haha welp, I’m out

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua

This is an example of the type of tongue-replacing creature you found, not necessarily the same species.

So that’s a fun twofer: you know a possible name for what you saw, and you know that a parasite replacing a host’s organ is one of nature’s fun survival strategies!

It’s a bad title. We’ve known about kleptosomes for a while, but this study talks more about how it works: how the stolen organelles are maintained by the animal and used as an energy source when there’s no food. (Interestingly, when they start to break down the commandeered chloroplasts, the plasts degrade like they do in nature, leading to a color change for the slug!)

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Being on your parents’ insurance is its own safety net

This cat is perfect.

Update: This cat is so pretty, they make me want to hug my cats again, that’s how perfect this cat is

What gives?

TIL that horses start off as nightmare-shod animals D:

Wait, what? Please tell me more about this horror nail, I had no idea

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I bet the designer is a quilter at NASA :)

Boops boops and Bison bison!

If you get some dishwashing rubber gloves instead, they’ll be washable at the sink, last a while longer, and block slightly more gross textures, plus they have much longer cuffs

There are vegetarians on principle, vegetarians due to health issues, vegetarians for ecological responsibility… and vegetarians at home by default, because touching raw meat is that nasty! Truly, I feel like I’ve found my people.

I am so pissed about this. A room full of journalists? Just yell, “Hey, anybody read any good books lately?” and start writing shit down!

Update: it was a syndicated piece from a freelancer. CST pledges greater transparency when it comes to local reporting (their focus) vs. syndication

https://chicago.suntimes.com/press-room/2025/05/20/chicago-sun-times-response-to-may-18-special-section

Incredible, right?! Telling them you’re moving internationally speeds up account cancelation, but they’ll still keep you on the phone for like ten minutes!

When you cancel your Comcast, telling them you’re moving internationally ends things much faster than saying you’re switching providers.

People who genuinely want to make the point of the counterexample are welcome to do so in their own posts, not the comments of the example

Peak '90s and I love it