Eal Matriarch

Beleaguered Boss of the Bakery. Currently playing Genshin Impact and Lord of Heroes.

[nomiya38]

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[musicinanime]

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LEVEL 5 -judgelight- - fripSide

Anime: A Certain Scientific Railgun

[wtf-scientific-papers]

Submitter comment: I'd like to submit this '[s]tudy of defensive behavior of a venomous snake as a new approach to understand snakebite' not for it's topic (worth studying!) but for it's insane methodology, which... well, I'll just let the researcher speak for himself:

[Q: Why did you decide to do this experiment?

A: Snake behavior has been generally neglected as a field of research, especially in Brazil. And most studies don’t examine what factors make them want to bite. If you study malaria, you can research the parasite that causes the disease—but if you don’t study the mosquito that carries it, you will never solve the problem. Up until now, the popular wisdom was that the jararaca would only attack if you touched it or stepped on it. But that was not what we found.

Q: Why did you need to be the victim?

A: The best way to do this research is to put snakes and a human together. In this case, the human was me. We put the snakes inside a ring on the floor of our lab until they got used to it, then I stepped in wearing special protective boots. I stepped close to the snake and also lightly on top of it. I didn’t put my whole weight on my foot, so I did not hurt the snakes. I tested 116 animals and stepped 30 times on every animal, totaling 40,480 steps.]

From the recent (aptly named) interview: Researcher steps on deadly vipers 40,000 times to better predict snakebites

[dragongirl-casca]

[crimeronan]

sometimes i have strong opinions but they're also so inane that halfway through writing a post i'll be like "yeah, this is Absolutely not worth the energy it's taking" and delete everything. but then the opinion is still in my head. and i still want to share it. so within five minutes i go "you know, i bet i can phrase it more succinctly this time" and anyway. you all see where this is going. sometimes i do this four times in a row before i give up on the specific inane opinion and instead write a vague post about the concept of opinions as if that'll satisfy the urge to post the entirety of my inner monologue online. may or may not be relevant to what you're reading right now. and now all our lives have been enriched. you're welcome

[azebraslife]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

“Princess Eirika is my main objective, of course. But you’re the Prince of Jehanna, aren’t you? And that means you’re in Caellach’s way.” “Wha—?” Aias swung at his throat. Joshua absorbed the blow with the back of his off-hand shoulder and was sent hurtling to the ground. Blood gushed out of his wound as he scrambled to recover his footing. “The Prince of Grado showed us everything. You abandoned your life of luxury, obscured your origins, and became a mercenary.” “I wanted to understand the lives of the people! How could I be a good ruler if I stayed cooped up inside, studying theories?!” Even though Aias’ tone hadn’t been accusatory in slightest, Joshua felt compelled to defend himself. Even with Aias’ helmet obscuring most of his face, Joshua could see him quirk an eyebrow. “I have the utmost respect for your decision, Joshua. But what have you done to improve Jehanna? A leader who chooses not to use their authority is no different than dead. No — it would be better if they were dead.”

[youngadultread]

“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their classrooms. They usually consider that they give equal amounts of attention to girls and boys, and it is only when they make a tape recording that they realize that boys are dominating the interactions. Dale Spender, an Australian feminist who has been a strong advocate of female rights in this area, noted that teachers who tried to restore the balance by deliberately ‘favouring’ the girls were astounded to find that despite their efforts they continued to devote more time to the boys in their classrooms. Another study reported that a male science teacher who managed to create an atmosphere in which girls and boys contributed more equally to discussion felt that he was devoting 90 per cent of his attention to the girls. And so did his male pupils. They complained vociferously that the girls were getting too much talking time. In other public contexts, too, such as seminars and debates, when women and men are deliberately given an equal amount of the highly valued talking time, there is often a perception that they are getting more than their fair share. Dale Spender explains this as follows: “The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.” In other words, if women talk at all, this may be perceived as ‘too much’ by men who expect them to provide a silent, decorative background in many social contexts.”

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PBS: Language as Prejudice - Myth #6: Women Talk Too Much (via misandry-mermaid)

Every EVERY women’s studies class I’ve been in has had this problem and failed to address it. 

(via iamayoungfeminist)

[bokuwachikuwa]

[muppetshow2026]

WHAT IS THE CHARGE? EATING A PENGUIN? A SUCCULENT ADÉLIE PENGUIN?

[batmanbeyondrocks]

Black Menswear modelled by Black Men

Creative Director Rock Mitchell

[kowabungadoodles]

[headspace-hotel]

The dude in bright orange with the orange umbrella that looks like a peacocks tail.... FAVE

[radioactive-leopard]

Something by I love about Black Menswear is how they’re not afraid of color and personality. It’s not just the same boring black or blue suit jacket every time. It’s also just very dapper.

[headspace-hotel]

YESSS i especially love the florals...

[flootzavut]

Everyone here looks great but it was the kids who made me smile so big 🥹

[pollopom]

yes this is my circus and yes those are my monkeys

[shamebats]

The (European) sun is a deadly laser, stay safe everyone

[unfuckablebogtroll]

☝️🤓 it’s because the further you move toward the earth’s poles, the lower the angle of the sun is at the hottest parts of the day, meaning the radiation hits your whole body, causing it to feel 10-20 degrees warmer than the thermometer reading will tell you. People from tropical climes, aka close to the equator, are used to the sun’s radiation hitting a much smaller target- their head and shoulders.

Also the further you move toward the poles the more pronounced the difference between the length of day and night is. Worst part of a far-north (or south) heatwave is it doesn’t get dark long enough for meaningful cooling.

It’s not the heat. It very literally is the sun.

[emaiiyaru]

the banner of all time

[moorhacca]

[bachium]

Asseray & Lute

[azebraslife]

Not mentioned in the original description is that this a redraw of their old work.

[glenthemes]

🗓️ originalPosterDate() plugin by glenthemes

A plugin for Tumblr themes that shows the original post’s date in {⁠Month⁠} {⁠DayOfMonthWithZero​}​{⁠D​a​y​O​f​M​o​n​t​h​S​u​f​f​i​x⁠}​,​ ​{⁠Y​e​a​r⁠} format by adding the poster’s username and post link as custom attributes to an element within a {⁠b​l​o​c​k​:​N​o​t​R​e​b​l​o​g⁠} or a {⁠b​l​o​c​k​:​R​e​b​l​o​g​g​e​d​F​r​o​m⁠} context; comes with options based on those in the Tumblr docs. Works for both original posts and additional reblogs!

Options:

langLocaleCode: the date output’s language/locale code

shortMonth: e.g. “Feb” or just “February”

dayWithZero: e.g. “09” or just “9”

dayWithSuffix: e.g. “21st” or just “21”

shortYear: e.g. “‘26” or just “2026”

[ optional ] .then() method if you want to handle the date further.

⤷ download & instructions

[soundoftheirwings]

Gotta tell you guys something wild in the Chinese fan sphere

So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.

And that is how this charity received over 1 million in donations in three days lol. Oh btw the “freedom of expression” side won by a landslide (960k to 40k)

[tlbodine]

From now on this is how all petty fandom disputes should be settled.

[flagellant]

[jojo-the-dogg0]

Equiping an armor tutorial

i'll prob make more bc i love talking ab armors