Aviandelight

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Oops I was wrong we had a whip scorpion not a vinegroon. Husband just corrected me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We did have one for a bit. We did a whole arboreal tank set up and even got it to molt twice. They are amazing to watch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That dude is way too happy in that video. But that's pretty close to the same pitch my husband gave me.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yea I meant venomous. Hubby was trying to woo me on the idea of keeping Vietnamese centipedes. Serious look them up on YouTube if you want some nightmare fuel. We used to breed Deathstalkers so I'm not opposed to keeping hots but I'm also a safety oriented person.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 days ago (14 children)

My husband was worried about bringing me to his apartment for the first time when we were dating because it was filled with tarantulas, scorpions, and snakes. Did not bother me in the slightest and I really got into keeping them too. I did put my foot down on centipedes though because fuck that (too fast, too hot).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

I love my Steam deck for this reason. I started out using it to replace my switch and now I'm easing my way into learning Linux.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

I watched that video and I was terrified. If a group of people stop my car and come at me with sledgehammers then I will assume they mean to do me bodily harm. That's what terrified me most about that video. It's only a matter of time before "ICE" starts straight up killing people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

That is completely fair to want more info and I agree the article should have explained this. Here's the thing no CAP/CLIA certified lab would ever release screening results without a note directly on the results saying that said results are only for screening purposes. The key here is that screening tests will not hold up in court. It would be business suicide and against regulations to do otherwise. I do know from personal experience that LabCorp generally charges $70-$90 for a limited urine drug screen and that confirmation testing which should be reflexively run for all screening positives can run between $150-350ish range depending on the drug. We're talking that price per drug per confirmation test. So I'm fairly sure the prison was being a bunch of cheap bastards and ignored what Quest told them. The fact that Quest noticed the result trends in their reagents before the company producing the reagent did tells me that their on point with their QA/QC. If this was a major reagent provider like Abbott or Siemens then this issue would have been noticed country wide real quick, but I'm guessing that this was some sort of third party reagent for something more esoteric like oxycodone testing. But that's just a hunch on my part. I'm more pissed off that once again the lab is getting blamed for people doing whatever the fuck they want with testing results when the lab community does so much fucking work that's never seen or appreciated to keep people safe. Also pisses me off that screening testing is used to trap and incarcerate innocent people who don't know or understand that they're being fucked. Thanks for listening while I shake my pipette in fury at the sky here.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Once again here we have fucking screening tests used for legal reasons without confirmation testing being done. This is not the fault of Quest Diagnostics and completely the fault of the cheap ass prison system.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So I actually experienced one of these on 64W between VA Beach and Richmond. It was amazing how everyone including myself just instinctively moved to the sides of the road. It's not a hard concept it just takes cooperation.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm American and I am in complete awe of Zelenakyy. Humanity gets so few people of his quality in a lifetime. He is truly inspirational.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've always bought my husband red shirts because I think he looks good in a bold red color. About 17 years of marriage before he finally told me he doesn't really care for the color, that he just wants to look good for me.

 

 

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It's a sad day (magic.wizards.com)
 

Here's another old picture from my vault. This is one of our Greenbottle blue tarantulas (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens). We spent the day watching this little guy molt from start to finish and took pictures of the whole process. You can see in this picture that he is laid out on his back on his molting malt. At this stage he has split from the carapace lengthwise down the sides and is currently pulling his legs out of the molt. We had two at the time and wanted to breed them but they both turned out to males.

 

Playing a game of magic with my husband at the table and look over to see Bert giving us side-eye. Bert prefers dance parties over card games.

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Paco (mander.xyz)
 

Here's a pic of my favorite little guy and one the only good pictures I've ever taken. Unfortunately he turned out to be a male so I didn't have him too long but he was a great tarantula to keep.

 

I don't know how many of you follow Mr Max on YouTube. There are many videos of him throwing tantrums about going to the vet. A new video just came out and we finally get to see what all the fuss is about!

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