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The Dog Breed That Was Literally a Kitchen Appliance. For three centuries, every serious kitchen in Britain ran on dog power. The turnspit dog, a short-legged, long-bodied breed officially classified as Canis vertigus, was purpose-bred to sprint inside a wooden wheel mounted on the wall, which turned a chain connected to the roasting spit. First documented in 1576, these animals worked in shifts, running for hours to keep joints of meat rotating evenly over open flames. They were universally described as ugly. "Long-bodied, crooked-legged and ugly dogs, with a suspicious, unhappy look about them," wrote one naturalist in 1809. The misery was apparently well-founded. Cooks reportedly threw hot coals into the wheel to keep a tired dog running. Kitchens kept them in pairs so each got every other day off, and owners could tell them apart because one always hid on its workday. On Sundays, the dogs got a reprieve, they were brought to church. Not for salvation, but because they made excellent foot warmers during long sermons. During one service in Bath, the Bishop of Gloucester read from Ezekiel and uttered the phrase "it was then that Ezekiel saw the wheel." Every turnspit dog in the building bolted for the door. Queen Victoria kept three retired turnspits as pets. But by the mid-1800s, a mechanical device called the clock jack could do the same job without feeding or rest. The breed had no other purpose. Within a generation, every last one was gone. Today, a single stuffed specimen named Whiskey sits in a glass case at Abergavenny Museum in Wales, the only physical proof that an entire breed of dog once existed solely as a living kitchen gadget. Turns out planned obsolescence has been around a lot longer than the iPhone.

BREAKING: Glyphosate is being sprayed over millions of acres of U.S. forests, and most people are unaware it’s happening.

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‘DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN’ Season 2 ends tomorrow.

I’ll have that argument all day every day Keef. That first book follows the heroes journey structure in such a clean way. You don’t get to use the structure and then deny the label when it gets uncomfortable. Winning the throne and defeating tyranny is literally the oldest definition of a hero story. You have to break a few eggs to make an omelet. Paul saw that with the sight. I’d argue the real hero of DUNE as a series is the god emperor, but people aren’t ready for that discussion yet. Man sacrificed his own humanity to save humans. The Golden Path is the only path that guarantees human survival.

Why aren’t there more conservative heroes in science fiction and fantasy?

Why aren’t there more conservative heroes in science fiction and fantasy?

Who is Bombsight & what are his powers, why does he have V1, what has he been up to this entire time? I will explain exactly that on this thread!

The difference between these two is really sad ngl

Are you a "pleasure to have in class" neurodivergent or a "wasted potential, needs discipline" neurodivergent.

this old man here stan edgar has lowk proven to be more smarter than sister sage who’s the smartest person in the boys

Tried my hand at this topic (ignore the shitty presentation and app refusing to make the fonts match.) Definitely think there's a lot of nuance and depth that goes into a character's view on lives and the ideology that determines their stance on killing/saving as a whole.

It's an absolute tragedy that the rest of the suit is lost, Maximilian spared no expenses on armor.

Unpopular opinion on Paradox?