chicken pics pls @ me

call me River | they/them | arts and crafts enthusiast | Icon is "Madeline (or Duck with Spring Onions)" by Vicki Sawyer | My art blog is @Rebikbok

[alcoholicanarchist]

that photo of hunter s. thompson shooting his typewriter is such a mood

[alcoholicanarchist]

[leebrontide]

Potentially hot take but one of the reasons we need art and music in schools is that, taught correctly, they are ideal avenues for teaching kids how to do something, kinda suck at it, keep going anyways and improve over time.

And THAT is one of the most valuable skill sets a human being can have. THAT is the skill set that unlocks soooooo many others.

A LOT of people I see with anxiety and depression do not have this skill set. To suck at something is a threat. Proof that they are doomed to suck at it forever. And then, often, that either THEY suck forever or the task must be stupid/useless/pointless (whence we get AI art fans who have decided actually making art is pointless and degrading the labor and skills of others is fine because these are useless skills).

Or you get the freeze- the inability to try things in case you fail. The sudden lancing shame and humiliation or hopelessness. The sense that anything you haven't learned by now you can't learn. Which is so heartbreaking and so untrue.

I just hate it.

"What if I write it and it's bad" "what if I draw it and it's bad" "what if I play it and it sounds bad" DOING IT BAD IS HOW YOU LEARN TO DO IT GOOD! You can't skip the process of leaning and the process is FUN if you let it be what it needs to be!

[nonlynear]

what even is the theme for this year’s met

[nonlynear]

Perfectly nonsensical. I hope someone goes balls swangin

[mini-wrants]

[strange-aeons]

I'm throwing a birthday party for My Immortal on Friday night but the decorations stay up all week

[strange-aeons]

2006 WILL NEVER DIE

[victusinveritas]

[hjarta-deactivated20260124]

just learned that magnolias are so old that they’re pollinated by beetles because they existed before bees

[scienceoftheidiot]

They existed *before beetles*

[somethingaboutsomethingelse]

[spacedandelions]

Why is this sad? Why am I sad?

[ignescent]

https://xkcd.com/1259/

Bee Orchid

[sepdet]

This is how I feel about Joshua Trees. They and avocado trees produce fruit meant to be eaten and dispersed by giant ground sloths. Without them, the Joshua Trees' range has shrunk by 90%.

(my own photos)

Not only they, but the entire Mojave ecosystem is still struggling to adapt since the loss of ground sloth dung. their chief fertilizer.

Many, many trees and plants in the Americas have widely-spaced, extremely long thorns that do nothing to discourage deer eating their leaves, but would've penetrated the fur of ground sloths and mammoths. Likewise, if you've observed a tree that drops baseball or softball-sized fruit which lies on the ground and rots, like Osage Oranges, which were great for playing catch at my school, chances are they were ground sloth or mammoth chow.

You can read about various orphaned plants and trees missing their megafauna in this poignant post:

The Trees That Miss The Mammoths - American Forests

Trees that once depended on animals like the wooly mammoth for survival have managed to adapt and survive in the modern world.



[modernvintage]

First quote from the linked article. Found it poetic.

[leroykuz]

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[olliemnjones]

Here are some panels from Decomposer, a graphic novel written by Mason McDonald that I have been making artwork for. We currently have a Kickstarter up where we're at 90% funding. I would really appreciate it if you would have a look at the page and consider helping us reach our goal. Thanks! Link: DECOMPOSER: An Eco-Horror Graphic Novel by Tabitha McDonald — Kickstarter

[introspectres]

moray eel + skeleton for a printmaking class

[mrsterlingeverything]

Put me back in the water right now or ill die

[mrsterlingeverything]

Right now or ill die

[longnuts]

Squirm for me

[mrsterlingeverything]

Unh

[zac-gorman]

[saildraws]

they feared death, so they ate the young

[amazoogle]

[oroor0]

Freuce... but specifically g3 freuce yaknow?

Bonus closeups:

[stupid-twink-girl]

[moethh]

"cold showers are better for you" WRONG! SCALDING HOT SHOWERS FOREVER!!!!!!!! 🚿🚿🚿🚿♨️♨️♨️🚿💧💧💧💧💦🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚿💧💧💦💦💦🔥🔥🔥🔥🚿🚿🚿🔥♨️♨️🚿🚿🚿♨️♨️♨️🚿🚿🚿♨️♨️♨️🔥🔥🔥🚿💧💧💦💦💦🔥🔥🔥🔥🚿🚿💧💧💦💦🚿🔥♨️♨️🚿♨️♨️💧💦💦♨️🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🔥🔥🔥🔥🚿♨️♨️🔥🔥🔥!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[important-animal-images]

[elbiotipo]

[pcmuumuu]

mirar el agua con mama