Post Aw0EoOWiuIOKj45B9k by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
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(DIR) Post #Aw0EoJEoZS5yK4fJ32 by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2025-07-10T00:24:32Z
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" The crab is both the Other that endangers us and the means by which we redefine the human as an adaptation to that danger."https://aeon.co/essays/are-humans-destined-to-evolve-into-crabs
(DIR) Post #Aw0EoKnaldVZADwatU by cstross@wandering.shop
2025-07-10T10:01:45Z
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@lilithsaintcrow You know about mustelidization too, right? (With mammals it's not carcinization, but our carnivores tend to evolve into ferrets.)
(DIR) Post #Aw0EoLgBUfB1tXUBzE by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2025-07-10T13:04:50Z
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@cstross I’ve come across the concept, yeah. It is both deeply hilarious and deeply unsettling, not to mention unsurprising once one really stops and thinks.
(DIR) Post #Aw0EoMQyggbiEfNYvI by cstross@wandering.shop
2025-07-10T13:28:57Z
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@lilithsaintcrow Ferrets scare me, TBH. They're basically furry land piranhas. (Also playful and fun in a domestic setting, but unsocialized? Oh dear no.)
(DIR) Post #Aw0EoNDtknjsgOGdAu by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2025-07-10T13:31:37Z
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@cstross A toddler that never sleeps. A toddler with claws and better fangs, that never sleeps. A toddler built like a slinky who can chew through your walls and never sleeps. A toddler with musk glands and more intelligence than it needs to destroy every item in your house AND NEVER SLEEPS.
(DIR) Post #Aw0EoNwZ4jT4uvAInQ by cstross@wandering.shop
2025-07-10T13:41:54Z
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@lilithsaintcrow Sooner or later the mustelidae will evolve their own equivalent of Smilodon fatalis and welp, been nice knowing you
(DIR) Post #Aw0EoOWiuIOKj45B9k by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2025-07-10T13:51:57Z
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@cstross I welcome our new weasel overlords. Honestly they seem rather an improvement on current affairs...
(DIR) Post #Aw0EoP9MadIeeuA2Ns by Cuprohastes@dragonchat.org
2025-07-10T19:26:04Z
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@lilithsaintcrow @cstross I had a friend who owned two ferrets, and he showed me that when he was cleaning their cage he used to hang them off of a small washing line that was in the room. He would just hold them up until the little paws grabbed the line and then let them hang there.The ferrets apparently quite enjoyed the change in perspective and of course ferrets have no fear.
(DIR) Post #Aw0EoRCyw9Nn2hrxIm by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2025-07-10T00:25:33Z
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From the above-linked article: "Strange as it may seem, the fact that you are reading this and pondering carcinisation now can be traced back to bleeding-edge crustacean warfare half a billion years ago."
(DIR) Post #Aw0EoVmDx3wxDAO9my by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2025-07-10T14:32:43Z
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@cstross (…also, did you know I wrote a romance with a were-wolverine? And sold it to Harlequin? Because I am Just That Way.)