Columbarius

[aqueerkettleofish]

For those who have missed it, a tourist in Hawaii decided it would be fun to chuck a rock (a BIG rock) at a monk seal. He missed, but he was captured on video, and when told it was illegal to interfere with them, said "I'm rich, I can pay the fine."

Is the best part that he got doxxed? No.

Is the best part that he got tracked down by a local and beaten? No.

Arrested on state at federal charges, looking at up to 5 years and 50K? Nope.

The best part is the local city council's reaction.

And the best part of that is the look on the attorney's face.

[ralfmaximus]

More of this please, everywhere.

After the incident, another video went viral showing what appeared to be that man getting a beating. The Maui Police Department said they had no record of any reports of disorderly conduct or assault related to the monk seal incident.

Even the local police are being cool about this.

[bunnypets]

Wings sourced from beekeepers dealing with the loss of their hives due to extreme weather, the pieces are made to memorialize the bees.

"A veil lifts between two worlds: light and dark; life and death; individual and union. It is worn in ceremony of transition. It is a fabric of both grief and celebration, made up of a community, a hive." by lucijockel

[redstonedust]

is there a name for the thing where people find out that a cute animal is still an animal that kills and fucks and does things that would be bad for humans to do to eachother so they start going "did you know DUCKS are EVIL?? did you know DOLPHINS will NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF GOD?? did you know your CAT is MORALLY BANKRUPT??"

[oneirophasia]

I propose "misanthropomorphism".

[columbarius]

Paris syndrome for would-be Disney princesses

[bestest-goblin]

[evilthotiana]

[falseficus]

theres a real answer to this. if i understand correctly because of the way proportions work a smaller thing’s ratio of surface area to interior is greater, so a mini mnm will have proportionally more candy shell and less chocolate interior than a normal size mnm. so even if you increased in size this much the ratio of chocolate to shell in a normal mnm would remain the same so they would not taste like the more-candy-per-total-mass mini mnms. if mnms increased in size proportionally with you, they would taste more chocolatey than normal mnms

this is a similar concept to the reason why  creatures in the deep sea can evolve to be gigantic despite the rarity of food sources: its actually metabolically more efficient to be fuckhuge because your surface area/body mass ratio will be less and thus youll lose less heat through your skin (relative to your mass) to the surrounding cold environment of the sea than a smaller organism would lose

[evilthotiana]

you’re everything

[columbarius]

Yes, but consider a full sized M&M with a thicker candy shell, at the same ratio as a mini. You’d have to bite down hard, and then it would explode and probably cut the crap out of your mouth. Delicious.

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 17 vs Artemis II

[mementochao]

Despite everything, it's still you.

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Also prev tags:

That's really cool actually

[tanoraqui]

#excuse me but are you telling me that the Apollo pic is made with the help of the SUN and the Artemis one with the help of the MOON??? #that's actually so poetic i want to cry

@gorandomshesaid wait i need to sit with this one. wait.

[mimi-maru]

The Starving Saints by @see-starling

[programmerhumour]

Funny how that works

[ferrousferrule]

I am so pleased at how many notes are some version of “I don’t fear the science, I fear the corporations who control it” because that is EXACTLY the attitude you should have. GMOs can save us. Monsanto will kill us.

[brunhiddensmusings]

what people fear about GMO- ‘theyre gonna make frankencarrots that crave human flesh and cause diarrhea ’ what GMO actually is- ‘we made rice crop that is both drought resistant and flood resistant which will prevent about 20% of major famine disasters, also it now makes vitamin A because vitamin A deficiency in poverty stricken areas is a major killer of kids as most vitamin A rich foods dont grow there’ what people SHOULD be upset about- ‘i made all crops sterile so all farmers have to buy the seed from me in perpetuity and i will sue anyone who tries to go back to crops that produce their own seed’

[mugwomps]

That’s it exactly. GMO is great ciant corporations can go straight to hell

[alexisneverokay]

this is my unidisputed favourite genre of pictures of robby... it's like he can smell in the air when *something* is going down...

like yes tall man. loom forebodingly.

[tripleabatterybuni]

He looks like those sasquatch sightings

[columbarius]

He looks like he’s trying to determine through smell whether he has to fix something.

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[nattousan]

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

[nattousan]

*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[nattousan]

in other news, I am losing my mind hairline

[fralexion]

I may be making assumptions here, but I suspect this is the sort of person whose mind might be changed if you told him Maoist China tried to do that with sparrows and it was a massive ecological disaster that lead to widespread famine and death

[columbarius]

Interactions with The Public are dangerous and should be limited to carefully measured doses.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

see i would like to be ground up and used as fertilizer. not right now but yeah, someday

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

"I will grind you into bonemeal to feed my rose bush" was a threat i used so often before I realized that's an ideal burial option. messed up that the two main options (embalming & cremation) are so eco-unfriendly. Repair Reuse Recycle applies to my corpses too dangnabbit!!!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

#i wanna be broth and then fertilizer HEY @catmorlandleaguette TELL ME MORE ABOUT CORPSE BROTH

[columbarius]

What happened to just going in a hole in the ground. No coffin, just maybe a sheet. Like why overcomplicate.

[dresdencodak]

ATTENTION PDX: For the first time in 12 YEARS I'm making a public appearance! This also is my first time doing an event that's just for my stuff, so if you are in the Portland, OR area, please come by so I don't look like a loser! We're gonna have thrills, chills, and probably some kind of battle of riddles, who knows? Also you can get a Dark Science book and stuff, I should probably mention that. More details to come!

-SEN

[librarychair]

As much as I want to support ethical farming practices I will be buying the cheapest bag of frozen chicken thighs as much as the next frugal/poor person which is why animal welfare needs to be legislated, not left up to the invisible hand of the free market or some bullshit. Invisible hand of the free market finds itself around a lot of throats.

[niamhermind]

"Invisible hand of the free market finds itself around a lot of throats."

That is such a line.

[ankle-beez]

the chain of events in this minute and a half clip is so extremely delightful and funny

[ankle-beez]

kermit and scooter riffing on how their physicality doesn't let them open the envelope to announce the winner. the audience immediately cracking up when it cuts to statler and waldorf because they know what the bit is gonna be. jim henson slipping into the kermit voice accidentally before bouncing back at record speed and riffing on it. richard hunt genuinely laughing at jim's joke but doing so in-character. prime muppets was something else man

[weltenwellen]

An Interview with Richard Siken

[nevershootamockingbird]

[ Begin ID: Screenshot of text that reads "Curiosity is fundamental. Always has been and always will be. We think art comes from trauma because we're most curious when we're devastated or in danger and we're curious for an answer. You can be desperately curious. It doesn't have to be a mild feeling. Some people say they can't write when they're happy. That's because they write pain out of habit. They just aren't curious about joy. Joy can be just as intense, profound, and even terrifying. Recover is a side-effect of curiosity. Knowledge is a side-effect of curiosity. The opposite of curiosity is an insularity that leads to self-isolation and a solitary death." / End ID ]

[asterixlabs]

[geekynerfherder]

'Sabriel', 'Lirael' and 'Abhorsen' by Tommy Arnold, cover art for the Daphne Press Deluxe editions of the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy books, written by Garth Nix.

12" x 17" Gallery-quality giclée prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper, in a signed and  numbered TIMED release editions for $67 each, and as a 3 print set for $179.

16" x 12" Gallery-quality giclée prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper, in a signed and  numbered TIMED release editions for $67 each, and as a 3 print set for $179.

24" x 18" Gallery-quality giclée prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper, in a signed and  numbered TIMED release editions for $119 each, and as a 3 print set for $335.

On sale in a TIMED Release until Saturday April 12 at 12pm ET from Tommy's website.