While swans are mostly monogamous, there are instances where they aren’t as well: https://chipperbirds.com/swans-monogamy/

Of course, if monogamy is an ideal to be strived towards, swans do do a much better job than humans.

Ah, but the question is, is this a moral universe? Or an apathetic universe?

Donald Trump’s Best, Biggest Country in the World, the Biggest, Juiciest Country there is, you know it, folks, No Illegals Allowed, No Fentanyl, All the Guns! And Covfefe!

molecular biologists rolling their eyes

And on a more serious note, considering how much of science is doing admin, attempting to get grants, and data science, almost every scientist is very, intimately familiar with maths.

While the republicans are both funded by and work towards the interests of the wealthy, democrats claim to work for the working class while still relying on the wealthy for funding - creating a conflict that keeps magnifying.

Protests only work if they’re disruptive. Otherwise, people just ignore them and move on.

Mangione II?

Even if they didn’t get to play, they still spent the whole day with a smile on their face - that’s more than what most of us can say…

Pick up your bulk stuff ahead of the strike, and visit your local greengrocer or farmer’s market until it’s done.

I don’t think it’s a waste - we know he can bring things with him when uses the Speed Force (his clothes), so being able to travel without needing to run and use up stamina isn’t the worst decision.

All those people who saw it, felt concerned, and still did nothing is absolutely horrifying and 100% true

The answer is middlemen.

Hey mate, best of luck with your issue - I can only hope that it resolves after your wife gives birth (congratulations to the two of you!). Private health insurance may be your friend in this case, since I don’t think Medicare will cut it, and best of luck either way.

Considering Mary seems to be around 12-13 from the literature we have? You’ll age out of it, I guess? Cold comfort…

I personally think we’re on the slope of enlightenment - quantum computing no longer attracts as much hype as it used to, but in the background, there’s a lot of interesting developments that genuinely might be very important.

But the inverse also applies - there’s not much stopping wizards from portkeying/apparating into the Oval Office or the pentagon and magibombing them, or Avada-ing key targets. Wizards are probably the worst kind of guerrilla fighters - ones unchecked by range. And as far as food is concerned, food multiplication is a thing. I personally believe that in the long term, the way muggles would win would be through subverting wizards, not by pure overwhelming force.

I personally think it depends on exactly what the limits of Magic are - it could be anything from Muggles eradicating Wizards, to the opposite, all very plausibly. To me, it comes down to the power of modern surveillance vs. the power of notice-me-not + space-expansion + anti-detection spells. Plus there’s a whole bunch of other powerful spells and devices (time turners, for example), but the muggles have a while fuckton of gold and other valuables to recruit these capabilities to their side as well.

Honestly? A major breakthrough in fusion, or to a lesser extent, any other clean energy. We’ve decarbonised a decent chunk of the world’s energy profile, but there’s a strong financial incentive that politicians are vulnerable to protecting oil and gas, slowing down further decarbonisation. Batteries and supercapacitors also could do the trick.

For a second, I thought the image was of sweet and sour chicken with chives xD

I have to admit, the US’s policies are probably destroying what little credibility it has in the Global South, showing that the so-called “rules based international order” is not worth the air it is spoken with…