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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116845377546266525">Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 03-Jul-2026 05:30:05 JST</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" title="pluralistic@mamot.fr"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/1478-48-20250910232529.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Cory Doctorow" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Cory Doctorow</a></section><article><p>"Carcinization" is a curious biological phenomenon: given time, across environments, many species evolve into crabs. The body of a crab, with its low center of gravity, sideways gait (for evading predators), ease of concealment and protected organs is endlessly suitable.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation</a></p><p>--</p><p>If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/01/ontogeny/#recapitulates-phylogeny" rel="nofollow">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/01/ontogeny/#recapitulates-phylogeny</a></p><p>1/</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6520886#notice-12831306">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-07-03T05:30:05+09:00" title="Friday, 03-Jul-2026 05:30:05 JST">about 10 hours ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116845377546266525" rel="external" title="Sent from mamot.fr via ActivityPub">mamot.fr</a></span></span><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116845377546266525">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://pluralistic.net/">Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period.</a></h5><div></div></header><div></div><footer></footer></article></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6223643">Two crabs dance with their claws entwined; one has the Google logo on its back, the other, the Apple logo. Their audience is a much larger crab, bearing the Meta logo. The scene is set on a dune.</a></label><br><a href="https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/116/839/087/434/053/334/original/69544d9cd3ede6cd.jpg" rel="external">https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/116/839/087/434/053/334/original/69544d9cd3ede6cd.jpg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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"Carcinization" is a curious biological phenomenon: given time, across environments, many species evolve into crabs. The body of a crab, with its low center of gravity, sideways gait (for evading predators), ease of concealment and protected organs is endlessly suitable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation
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