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That's right folks, it's the photos from Operation Babybara are now live.

There are now a few hundred photos of adorable baby capybara on the repository page for the species! But I can't just say they're up and not show you immediately...

For those just tuning in, the trip to photograph the cute potatoes was completely funded by the site's incredibly dedicated - and apparently capybara obsessed - supporters.

See the rest here:

The Animal Photo Reference Repository is an independent, permanently open-access project and funded entirely by donations. Artists creating derivative or transformative works (without AI) have blanket permission to use all photos in the repository as references.

So, genuinely no hard feelings, I get where y'all are coming from, but that was actually kind of my entire point

The Rosetta Stone was and is real.

This is indisputable. You can go see the Rosetta Stone on display right now!! I'd say you could even it touch it, but there's museum glass in the way, so that the oils on human skin can't further degrade this 2,000-year-old stele, which is one of the most important surviving historical texts in the world.

The Tower of Babel is not real, and it never was.

The Tower of Babel is a millennia-old religious story about a mythological tower, which serves as a mythological explanation for the origin of different human languages. Yes, there are some religious historians who speculate that the myth was inspired by one or another physical tower, but no, that doesn't prove anything other than "this is how many people in this cultural explained or understood that sort of event."

The Rosetta Stone, on the other hand, is an object of translation that actually exists

Photo credit: By © Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved from Wikipedia article "Rosetta Stone." https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3153928

That picture is of a real object. It is not of a picture of a 3,000+ year old myth.

Our attempts to understand each other will not result in us being struck down by some force from on high!

And the true path to a world where we can all understand each other does not involve us all speaking the same language. That's racist bs

If nationalist movements around the world were truly about their nation first, domestic security, prosperity and economic independence without relying on foreign nations then they'd all be pro-renewable energy as the ONLY viable way to ensure energy infrastructure isn't debilitated by foreign wars and the whims of other nations.

But right wing nationalists aren't really for sensible things that benefit the nation. They're fixated on demonising immigrants and queer people as scapegoats to mask the complete lack of policy they have. Their our-nation-first rhetoric is all barely disguised racism, anti-science nonsense and reactionary bullshit designed to get people angry over nothing while simultaneously pocketing as much money as possible from billionaires bankrolling them.

Caoilfhionn Dunne

Age: 42

Can play steely and heroic or awkwardly eccentric

Rocks a masculine look and would be the first openly queer woman in the role

Has been on the series before (as Costallion in The Well); the Doctor could reminding themselves of those who sacrificed themselves for them.

About time we had an Irish Doctor

Rahul Kohli

Age: 40

Class act

Reportedly a geek, so might do it even if it's a salary drop

Loads of horror and thriller experience

Can out-beard the Master

About time we had a South Asian Doctor

Gwendoline Christie

Age: 47

Classy, cool, beautiful

Tons of genre experience

I want the tallest Doctor to be a woman

Probably too big a deal to be affordable but maybe Amazon will buy Doctor Who for a few years so they can afford her.

Ben Daniels

Age: 62

Previously shortlisted for the role (he was the backup if Capaldi said no)

Solid choice if we want a traditional older white male Doctor

Proudly gay so we'd still represent

Award-winning actor but very much up for the role

Plenty of historical and genre experience

Christina Chong

Age: 42

Has been on the show before (as Lorna Bucket in A Good Man Goes to War) and wants to do it again

The Doctor could be reminding themself to remember the people on the edge of their adventures.

Finished filming Star Trek so she's free

Also a singer, so we can have a proper musical episode

Gorgeous

About time we had an East Asian Doctor

Matt Ryan

Age: 45

Time travel experience

Has appeared on Torchwood and Mine All Mine so can deal with whatever Cardiff throws at him

Hot as a bad boy antihero, even hotter as a geeky scientist

I cannot believe we haven't had a Welsh Doctor already

Alfred Enoch

Age: 37

Up-and-coming star, get him before he's unattainable

Son of William Russell, who played Ian Chesterton right back at the beginning

Anyone handsome and stylish enough to pull off that waistcoat can wear anything

Seyan Sarvan

Age: 32

Exceptionally good but little-known actor

Has worked with RTD so he could have a word in the right ear (if they're still listening to him)

So handsome

An Asian, Muslim, LGBTQ Doctor would piss off so many reactionaries it's almost worth it for that alone

Seriously, watch her in It's a Sin, she's awesome

David Jonsson

Age: 32

Exceptional character actor; can play auty androids, confident sleuths and closeted heroes with apparent ease.

Has that combination of Britishness and otherworldliness that is perfect for the role.

Can really rock period costume

Plenty of genre experience already

On the cusp of being a superstar, get him while you can

Paterson Joseph

Age: 62

He's been my top choice for the role since he played the Marquis on Neverwhere

Has been up for the role before (lost out to Matt Smith)

Has been on the show before (as Rodrick in The Parting of the Ways) but it was yonks ago so never mind

Can balance cool and eccentric, funny and threatening

Now that he's older he's even more Doctorish

“Grace says he would like half of dome to be water.”

“Oh, is necessary for humans to have large amounts of water question?”

Small Eridian equivalent of a sigh. “No. Not needed for life. In fact Grace will die if he falls in water and does not get out.”

“Tell him we give him water in containers that won't kill him. Lots lots lots of water on Erid for Grace to drink.”

“No. Grace say he want water on ground. Also want it with excess sodium chloride compound so it will be unhealthy for drink.”

“Grace want this liquid for celebration.”

“Of course.” They scan it. “You have wrong liquid. This contain compounds which are poisonous for humans.”

“Yes yes yes. Grace say humans like feeling of being slightly poisoned.”

And he kept doing it. Scene after scene.

He spent the film expecting someone to make a joke about how unserious things were or to break the fourth wall or do some other self referential type thing.

Now, maybe I'm just at that point in my cycle or maybe I'm too delicate in general, but I literally teared up hearing that. Straight up cried a bit. It is so fucking sad that sincerity and genuineness is being bred out of people.

People say all the time 'this generation can't take anything seriously!' and really, is it any wonder? Younger people have been trained out of it. You are no longer encouraged to be genuine or show emotion or be honest. You are actively punished for it. In fact, you are almost guaranteed to suffer for it.

That is so fucked up. I'm sorry to go on a bit of a random ramble rant but it's so fucking gut wrenching to see younger people lose that element of themselves. You can't express your passion without being told you're 'crashing out' or 'cringe'. You have to live in this neutral state of fear of perception, and god forbid anybody step outside of it!

You're told you should only consume and succumb and be ironic and emotionless and cool.

Listen, if you're following me and you're like.... 25 or under, let's say. Please. I beg of you. Do not fall for this rhetoric. Please, for the love of all things, feel. Feel and create and be honest with yourself. Indulge in things that make you happy. Be sincere. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Do not let this hyper-capitalistic, hyper-consumerist, self-centred, individualist culture take that from you.

That lazy nostalgia bait is nothing like Eight. Yes, Eight had only one movie for the 'mainstream' audience but he literally had a personality in that movie! He had a distinctive look, a distinctive TARDIS and a story.

Billie Piper Doctor is literally just a talking CGI head that looks like Rose Tyler. She has no personality, no attachment and no story.

"Oh, she will be just like the Eighth Doctor. Make her the new Eight in the Wilderness Years" my foot. The Eighth Doctor was loved by fans during the Wilderness Years. He was new. He was unique. He was an effort.

A little bit for Monica, she's my wife

A little bit for Erica, for her strife

My books all go to Rita, cause she reads

My greenhouse goes to Tina, she plants trees

The furniture is Sandra's, on my lawn

Jewelry for Mary, she can pawn

Ashes go to Jessica, that's my plan