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The Girl Genius comic for Friday, November 14, 2025 has been posted.
I feel kind of dumb for not realizing earlier that the Dreen were meant to represent *biblically accurate* hunters
The Dutch, and also some other parts of Europe: "Is this some sort of Car Dependency joke that I'm too Separated Bike Lanes to understand?"
(actually we fucking hate the rise of SUVs too)
(actually we fucking hate the rise of SUVs too)
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I just bought a Miata and have driven a motorcycle and a bike in traffic. I got hit by an SUV while riding a bike even. Not sure I get the big vehicle argument.
Destrehan, LA
It's the unfortunate state.
San Antonio, TX
Alt text on point.
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'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'
The Girl Genius comic for Wednesday, November 12, 2025 has been posted.
Honestly, stands to reason that a higher-dimensional being has a hyper-heart (whatever the hell that would be)
The strange natural material that reshaped the world. Sponsored by Ground News -
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A huge thanks to Professor James Busfield, Dr. Katrina Cornish, and Dr. Judit Puskas
We’re incredibly grateful to Toby Samples and the team at ARDL for their time and expertise.
Thanks also to Joe Jackson, Dr. Kevin Krause, Dr. Peter Polyak, Donald Shultz, Professor Robert Weiss for all their help on the project.
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0:00 Where does rubber come from?
2:59 What is rubber?
5:10 Why is rubber so stretchy?
6:29 The problem with natural rubber
9:02 Cured Rubber
15:23 Vulcanisation
18:41 What rubber is used in tires?
22:54 How fungi could destroy the world economy
29:17 Synthetic rubber vs natural rubber
38:20 Why are some people allergic to latex?
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References: https://ve42.co/RubberRefs
Images & Video: https://ve42.co/RubberImgRefs
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Special thanks to our Patreon supporters:
Adam Foreman, Albert Wenger, Alex Porter, Alexander Tamas, Anton Ragin, armedtoe, Balkrishna Heroor, Bertrand Serlet, Blake Byers, Bruce, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, David Tseng, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, gpoly, Ibby Hadeed, Jeromy Johnson, Jon Jamison, JT, Juan Benet, Keith England, KeyWestr, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Matthias Wrobel, Meekay, meg noah, Michael Bush, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, Robert Oliveira, Sam Lutfi, Tj Steyn, Ubiquity Ventures, Walter Flinn, and wolfee.
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Writers - Sulli Yost & Casper Mebius
Producer & Director - Sulli Yost
Editors - Jack Saxon & Peter Nelson
Camera Operators - Adam Bonomo, Jacob Ruocchio-Cole, Henry van Dyck, Thomas Matheis, Derek Muller & Sulli Yost
Animators - Allama Nandi, Andrew Neet, Emma Wright, Ivy Tello, Fabio Albertelli & Rokas Viksraitis
Illustrators - Jakub Misiek & Maria Gusakovich
Assistant Editor - James Stuart
Researchers - HyoJeong Choi, Callum Cuttle & Gabe Strong
Thumbnail Designers - Ren Hurley, Ben Powell & Abdallah Rabah
Production Team - Zoe Heron, Casper Mebius, Josh Pitt, Rob Beasley Spence, Henry van Dyck & Sulli Yost
Executive Producers - Casper Mebius & Derek Muller
Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images, Pond5
Music from Epidemic Sound
35:00 So technically we could use natural rubber to build a heat pump, right? EDIT: apparently this is called an "elastocaloric heat pump"
Crinoids and their pals
Image courtesy:
Arnošt Hanák - https://www.arnya.cz/
David Clark - https://www.instagram.com/clarkeocrinus/
Fossils-uk - https://www.fossils-uk.com/
fossillocator - https://x.com/FossilLocator
Ken Karns - kkarns60@gmail.com
Ontario rockhound - https://www.youtube.com/@Ontario_Rockhound
Prehistorica cm - https://x.com/Prehistorica_CM
Samuel kim - https://www.skfossils.com/
Tony Petropoulos - https://www.instagram.com/geology.life/
Music used:
https://uppbeat.io/track/ambient-boy/rain-drops
https://uppbeat.io/track/gerald-olivieri/pierrot-lunaire
https://uppbeat.io/similar/kevin-macleod/mirage
https://uppbeat.io/track/richard-bodgers/sweet-but-evil
References:
Drilling in batocrinids
https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app48/app48-156.pdf
the nature of platyceratid drilling
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262899849_Evaluating_the_interaction_between_platyceratid_gastropods_and_crinoids_A_cost-benefit_approach#pf9
Bore holes on Devonian Blastoids
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222741281_Boreholes_in_the_Middle_Devonian_blastoid_Heteroschisma_and_their_implications_for_gastropod_drilling
Infested Corocrinus were smaller in size
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249466738_Infestation_of_Middle_Devonian_Givetian_camerate_crinoids_by_platyceratid_gastropods_and_its_implications_for_the_nature_of_their_biotic_interaction
Regeneration in infested crinoids
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323913292_Spinosity_regeneration_and_targeting_among_Paleozoic_crinoids_and_their_predators
#paleoart #crinoid #3danimation #prehistoric #prehistoriclife #sealily #sealife #featherstars
#ocean #devonian #carboniferous #silurian #echinodermata #blender3d #dinosaur #dinosaurs #naturalhistory #fossils #geology #wildlife #oceanlife #ocean #deepsea #parasitism
[looks around] "Well, Mitch..."
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