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starling or max • it/its • born in the nineteen hundreds • im like if a manic pixie dream milf was a goth divorced dad • i talk in the tags a lot • if submachine the game has no fans i'm dead • icon by @daistea

[beedsm5]

hewwo.

this is where i keep my commonly used tags. links and descriptions below.

you sly dog, you got me monologuing: original posts

starling liveblogs parenthood: posts about my toddler (willoughby; not real name)

putting the fun in funeral director: work related posts

max can read: posts about books im reading or have read

submachine/murtaugh submachine: posts about the best game ever made and its deuteragonist. browsing this tag will NOT help explain what the game involves even a little bit. just play it trust me

posts you can hear: controversially, not audio posts or videos for the most part

hardline mike: hatsune miku

starling sees: images ive posted

max makes stuff: general [creative] projects im working on/done

hashtag gamer: posts about games im playing or have played

reference; laugh rule; fave; all time fave; desktop

posts i would tag my girlfriend/baby in

this is my favourite picture. behold.

[depsidase]

[mangled-by-disuse]

in happier pride news i actually found this deeply heartwarming

that's solidarity baybeeee

[lgbtlaughs]

Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.

At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”

[rylandgraces]

[the most low energy you have ever seen me] we’re about to go crazy mode

[enbaluka-tokyo-drift]

[screenshotsofdespair]

[organicmatter]

guys i just found out about this site that does a daily guessing game, it’s phylogenetic wordle- so fun!!!

[tinyyellowflowers-blog]

Was talking to a coworker today who explained that her grandfather was like Snow White “but Californian. And an old man.” in that the creatures of the forest would follow him around and presumably duet with him.

“When he died the ravens sat in the trees outside for a week, watching. Taking turns. A horde of raccoons tried to break into the house every night, tearing at the siding. Eventually they gave up, but it was unsettling.”

“Aww. They were checking on him!” I said, like a normal person. Internally, I thought “Maybe you could do the thing you do with dead pets, where you show them to the living pets so the living pet understands they’re gone. But I guess if you did that to a bunch of scavenging species, they’d be like “Well, that’s very sad but he IS food now.” So what you’d need, for human sensibilities, is some sort of transparent corpse barrier. Like a see-through coffin oh that’s what the dwarves were doing! You’ve stopped paying attention to this conversation about the loss of a beloved family member you gotta phase back in.”

[sun-ni-day]

oh that's what the dwarves were doing

[linddzz]

I feel a sudden need to bring some important, clarifying information to people. Mostly artists who love drawing murder shrimp.

There are two kinds of crustaceans that are called "shrimp" that use concussive force via cavitation bubbles as a weapon.

These are Pistol Shrimp, a group of actual shrimp, and Mantis Shrimp, which are not actually shrimp but they are the ones you probably think of when you hear "murder shrimp" and "shrimp colors" (specifically the Peacock Mantis, bc there's a lot of species for both.)

I'm not annoying enough to grumble about the mantis being called a murder shrimp, because "murder stomatopod" is objectively a less fun combination of words.

HOWEVER!! People keep drawing mantis murder shrimp with pistol shrimp claws. They are not the same claws!! They are not used the same way!!! I will explain!!!!

Pistol shrimp: A number of shrimp species which have one big megachad claw and one dinky normal one.

The dactyl, or movable part of the large claw, is snapped shut with so much force that it shoots a cavitation bubble out with a very loud snap that can stun prey or scare off predators. It's very fucking cool.

As cool as that is, there is a reason that the mantis shrimp is what most people think of when they read "murder shrimp."

This is the Peacock Mantis Shrimp. Which is not a shrimp, but a stomatopod.

(In a lot of pictures it appears like they're staring intently at the camera. They probably are, because they are alarmingly intelligent.)

Note that it doesn't seem to have the big classic claws, and that's becaus it doesnt. Please stop drawing a shrimp claw on them. Their "claw" appendages are kept tucked up, praying mantis style.

These are a raptorial appendage that do have a sharp bit, but that sharp point has adapted to add support to the club end. They use the club to punch the shit out of things. They do punch so hard that they create a cavitation bubble, but the punch is the main deal.

If you look up a mantis shrimp puncher you may find this image, but they rarely if ever fold out fully past the punching part.

The second common mistake on mantis drawings is from mixing up two types of mantis shrimp. There are punchers, which includes the peacock mantis, and stabbers. You can guess what they do.

Fun fact! The peacock mantis is the largest puncher species, maxing out at 6-7 inches. Some of the stabber species, such as a zebra mantis can get 11 inches. This is because the peacock mantis is as big as it can get before it would shatter itself with the force of its punch!

This has been the marine biologist PSA.

Please stop putting the wrong claw on a peacock mantis.

[beedsm5]

i dunno why im surprised, based on everything i know about myself and my girlfriend, that our two year old goes around saying stuff like "shall we see what we can eat?" and "no, we shan't do that today" and the other day used the word "obviously" in the most scathing, drippingly sarcastic perfect-in-context manner that i almost ascended right then and there

[homoidiotic]

Trans activist Jamison Green's passport photos before and after HRT. Left he's age 32 (1980) Right age 41 (1989) after being on testosterone for one year (x)

(read his autobiography here for free)

[homoidiotic]

updated the link to his autobiography because it was broken! here's some more pictures of him (first is mid 90s, second 2013 and last 2024)

there's an interview with him from 2017 along with some information about his life and activism. and he was interviewed on a podcast here. he's not super well known but has been a really important trans activist for decades

[permanenteclipse]

The first rule of plurality is to have fun and be yourself The second rule of plurality is to have fun and be someone else

[kamil-a]

when you reblog something from someone and their partner reblogs it from you instead of their lover: homewrecker 😈

when your post gets 2 likes from a couple: got adopted👩‍🍼

[catbritta]

it is a very important holiday 🌳🌞

[darkandstormyranger]

finally some relatable content on ig

[rockabillywife]

Nancy, 3/4/26

[interestingmistakes]

Reblogging this manually. Op doesn't want credit for fear of being terminated.