magpie bi

weather blue. she/they bi/pan. I like to collect all my interests in one big pile. mandarin langblr is @sunchenxu header by @bowlofconfetti

[moveslikekeithrichards]

there is no greater joy on this earth than Making Lists, Categorizing, & Sorting

[flying-lemons]

oh do I have the game for you

[dancing-crow]

I could . not. put. this down for 48 hours - stayed up too late, had weird dreams about it, woke up early, and played it while I was supposed to be doing other things. the last several dozen items took a lot of googling, which I do not even begrudge it.

and then. My partner started it. And the SAME THING happened to him.

surprisingly compelling. start when you have free time. like, yanno, a snow day.

[foone]

oh my god, if you are the kind of person who gets sucked into logic puzzles, do not click that link if you have to do anything/go to sleep in the next couple hours

[darkwood-sleddog]

following crufts is fun but also my annual reminder that conformation showing tries its damnedest to not change. they make changes only after public scrutiny and even then those changes are small. and even then the owners of the dogs in question try to get around these things (entering a dog that physically is not allowed to compete for example). and even then the judges try to challenge failed vet checks etc. etc. i could go around in circles. it needs bigger change, the whole culture, not just crufts/westminister/other large public shows. yet the culture's overall unwelcoming and traditional nature almost entirely ensures this change will not come.

my thoughts:

dogs must complete breed specific health testing before they can be championed. cannot be championed if they fail.

breeds with a working history should complete a working test/general temperament test before championship.

companion breeds should complete a companionship test (bc it IS a purpose) similar to a Good Citizen and a general temperament test before championship. Stable temperament in home/family situations should be prioritized here.

(seriously. if CH is about evaluating breeding stock than make the dog damn well prove its worth the title beyond behaving nicely in a ring environment).

show all breeds - ALL OF THEM - using the same methods: same way of standing, same posture. not posed, basic. dog should trot nicely on the lead and be able to come to a natural free stack without handler manipulation.

before big shows any vet checks on specific at risk breeds should be done prior to breed judging (having it after breed and before group is baffling to me)

dogs should complete a general canine fitness test (size adjusted). Regardless of purpose the question to answer should be: can this dog complete such test soundless and easily, can it function as a dog, and is it able to exhibit normal dog behaviors without strain or issue?

[dickspooky]

Amen, brother

[kil9]

if my name was "wolfgang amadeus" i would also be getting a lot of shit done

[gettheorion]

The other day, a mutual contacted me to share that they've begun learning sign language & that my designs that include ASL was part of their inspiration. It was the best news. Inclusivity, that's the mission.

Cheers, friend. 🥃🖖🏻

[fuckyeahchinesegarden]

zhongguo yuanzi·mengxiyuan, 中国院子·梦溪苑, hangzhou, zhejiang province of china (photos by JunC)

[mournfulroses]

Izzy Ravas, from her novel titled Disarm: A Forbidden Romance (What We Don't Say,)

[deletingmyself]

(by J DDDD)| Wenzhou, China

[vsingers]

new favorite tweet

[moonybear]

op i hope you know about the guy on r/kitchenconfidential

[the-next-emperor]

Old Chinese Paintings3 by jason5yuan on Flickr.

Tang dynasty.

[fishstickmonkey]

Equestrienne

Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), c. 725/750

China

Earthenware with polychrome pigments

Art Institute of Chicago

[sunb1eeder]

This is the ideal male body type. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

[fayriequeene]

[yokowan]

i know it's tempting but pleeasssseeee don't do evolutionary psychology. not even for Woke reasons. at best you can only make sweeping speculations that are completely unfalsifiable and you're always going to be a sentence from stumbling ass first into some eugenics bullshit

[the-bedheaded-league]

Honestly it pisses me off so much that people keep altering the Holmes/Watson dynamic when making comedic adaptations bc they think that the only way to make them funny is for Watson to be really stupid, or for Holmes to be an asshole to him, or for Watson to be constantly chasing after women, etc. Because their actual, original, canonical dynamic is SO RICH with comedic potential!

"A total weirdo and his nice, polite, normal friend who is secretly just as fucking weird as the first guy" is a hilarious dynamic. "Awkward autistic genius who makes everyone uncomfortable and his well-adjusted companion who acts as his normal people translator" is hilarious. "Two guys who are so codependent that they're constantly doing bits and making up inside jokes and everyone else is sick of it" is hilarious. "Extremely self-destructive guy plus the person who's constantly holding him back from running into danger except sometimes their roles completely reverse for a bit as they fight over who gets to take a bullet for the other one" is hilarious. They're so fucking crazy i love them

[queerstudiesnatural]

some of my favourite sign fails <3

[samwiselastname]

[gettingnutsfromsquirrels]