i'm what time and consequence have made me

she/her, biologist, 🇧🇷, 🏳️‍🌈, 29. avatar by veluv via picrew

[abirdsnest]

username change!

theresnoescapingfromtheheartache -> abirdsnest

fun fact: in almost 13 years I've only changed it once, during the Mishapocalypse, so this is a big change for me.

The old name just wasn't working for me anymore, and I spent months trying to come up with a new one but i think that's it...

[theriverbeyond]

honestly getting cozy in bed is one of the top experiences one can have on this green earth

[captainrexs]

The Mandalorian & Grogu (2026)

[sentrysvoid]

Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin in The Mandalorian and Grogu | 2026

[beskarprincessjenny]

[idoknowmandalorian]

Before and after

After after

[carcinogeneticst]

I’ve been thinking about The Mandalorian and Grogu and it’s a movie build on small heart warming moments. The Mandalorian is this seemingly cutthroat guy in expressionless armor that’s almost like an unstoppable force, but there’s such a warmth in how he treats people.

Like the sandwich guy, sure Mando’s trying to pay him for information but he never tries to hurt him and only uses a little bit of intimidation to get pieces of information.

And then how kindly he treats Rotta the Hut after he finds out that he’s a pretty good, honest, guy. Mando tries to warn him when he finds out Lord Janu is going to put him in a battle to the death; and he’s not even mad that Rotta calls the guards and helps him fight all the monsters anyway. After that the two of them kind of form a bond that Mando holds up all the way to the end of the movie. He doesn’t even tell Colonel Ward that he found Rotta at all when he brings in Lord Janu.

It’s also in how the movie is suddenly a Muppet movie after Mando gets kidnapped from his home. The movie is now Grogu and the Anzellan techs on a rescue mission to save Mando. And they get on the tiny ship and are blasting through the galaxy. Then when the forth Anzellan that was kidnapped with Mando meets back up with them and they’re all so excited; they help Mando escape and promise that they’ll comeback with help. It’s so good that that actually pays off and they’re the ones that bring back Colonel Ward and the gang.

Then when Grogu is trying to take care of Mando in the swamp, the movie almost becomes about the atmospheric beauty. The swamp is actually kind of pretty and we see Grogu make an attempt to keep Mando alive. And then we see the little atmospheric swamp hut Gatori has and they are kind to Grogu. I loved that that’s where the poison antidote came from.

It’s all the small moments of goodness that made this movie work for me. It was a series of events where the characters chose to show kindness when they didn’t really have to.

[g9-rigger]

this is the mfer who produced Goncharov (1973)

[ellaandtheocean]

Humpback whales breaching: gorgeous, majestic, graceful, embodies all the strength and beauty of the ocean

Minke whales breaching: I will launch myself out of this ocean like a f***ing surface-to-air missile to seek and destroy my enemies

[gallusrostromegalus]

I remember an interview with a guy that did the camera work for nature documentaries and he said that baleen whales like these guys were the scariest things to shoot because “They’re the size of a train, they can suddenly appear out of nowhere in dark or murky water and they don’t make a goddamn sound. I was absolutely sure that one of them was going to hit me and well, ‘that’s all folks!’. Gave me a lot of perspective on how I handle myself when filming smaller animals now.”

[a-book-of-creatures]

Fin whales breaching: sea serpent

[fleshdyke]

levitating minke whale

[plaguedocboi]

Sperm whale breaching: wjaht the fuck

[necronatron]

I have a feeling I have already shared this, but please, take the contribution of the northern right whale dolphin.

The humble eyebrow

[teathattast]

[anistarrose]

if you are a parent, or may become one, or you are otherwise likely to arrive in the situation of caring for a child while they eat, promise me this: if a child doesn't like a certain food or food group, you will ask them WHY. and specifically, you will pay attention to either confirming or ruling out "it makes my mouth itch" or "it makes my stomach hurt," both of which are medically important info that children may not provide unprompted. which i know because this PSA has been brought to you by "i spent my entire childhood and much of my early teens eating peas and lentils while wondering why everyone else liked the Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation so much, like were they a bunch of legume masochists or something, before i finally realized that Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation was in fact a sinister demon appearing only to me, and her true demonic name was: Legume Allergy"

[brainrockets]

Do not let your child suffer from spicy bananas!

[amuseoffyre]

One of my favourite photos from my trip to Warsaw in 2006

[qwiddit]

[partlymadeofgold]

This map was designed by Kenyan artist Priya Shah.

You can read about it here: https://minds-africa.org/fabric-map-of-africa-the-art-of-storytelling/

and buy copies of the map here: https://www.miakora.com/fabric-map-of-africa

[awritersrejections]

saw your tags @did-sm1-say-catfish and yes, that link is broken! I looked into it, and it's because there are now multiple maps, including a map of India—

Here's a new link for purchasing purposes

[india-official]

WOW THIS IS SO COOL :O

[thecatandthemoon]

@flishlish

[hoot-alex]

Illustration for Audubon's Let's Go Birding Together initiative!!! 🐦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[luckshiptoshore]

catching up on Dracula Daily and … I do not think it is a coincidence that the book goes straight from Dracula’s three brides to Lucy’s three suitors. The book keeps saying: Dracula Polycule Bad, Human Polycule Good. But The Two Things Are Essentially The Same.

[bobbole]

Marwan Makhoul

[skrunklyratt]

Happy pride month‼️‼️