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We’ve selectively bred animals into extremes—flattened their faces, widened their eyes, shrunk their noses—until entirely different species now share the same distorted blueprint. Not because it helps them survive. Because we find it cute. open.substack.com/pu...
May 9, 2025, 6:30 AM
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