ghosts & might die

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[dear-ao3]

on a road trip with my dad. he’s blasting 5sos’s Entire Discography at insane levels and and singing every song word for word. Every Song. the rocks. kiss me kiss me. don’t stop. wildflower. voodoo doll. talk fast. not ok. she’s kinda hot. he knows them all. there are no skips. he’s drumming on the steering wheel.

[dear-ao3]

he’s paused his singing long enough to read a sign that said “new traffic pattern.”

“what kind of traffic pattern do you think it’ll be?” he asked me. “plaid? argyle?”

[dear-ao3]

tried to tell him we were passing the historic spot where the suspension infamously broke on ted nivinsons 2002 toyota tacoma during the rainforest cafe road trip and his response was to crank up the volume on youngblood

[dear-ao3]

me: dad i don’t like the look of this truck

dad: well he’s probably hauling a bunch of helium

me: then why isn’t it floating

dad: haha very funny

[creatureprofessor]

i love when museums have near exact replicas of their displayed objects for you to buy. haha 15th century ceramic cup you are in my possession

[bitextualdisaster]

Went to a museum exhibit once that had this little guy

10/10, give me tiny replicas of animal statues that I am encouraged to pat as part every exhibit ever please

[escuerzoresucitado]

[coolasakoala]

Okay so this post has crossed my dash a few times so I tried to look up the source. Anyway from what I found, it's very likely this image is AI generated, but in my attempt to find where it was posted first I went down kind of a weird rabbit hole of iterations.

The earliest appearance of the image that I managed to find by searching keywords in Google was this twitter post from May 21, 2026. I don't know if it's the origin, but the twitter account is just reposts of "heartwarming" stories so it wouldn't be surprising:

Additionally, lots of people reposting this image claim that it depicts a German Shepherd named Ryker. Ryker is an actual dog that flunked out of service dog training, and is completely unrelated to this image (and also isn't a German Shepherd). This is the video some of the posts linked to as the source. It's from 2018 and shows a completely different dog from the pic:

Also the training academy that posted the video later made reference to the video being stolen, going viral, and Ryker being falsely identified as a German Shepherd. This was back in 2020. I didn't bother trying to find who stole the video. My guess is that the video went viral, and then someone invented a story based on it, made the image, and that went viral too. (#jesus)

RYKER’S BEEN WRONGED!! 😂This video has resurfaced recently. Unfortunately, it was lifted from our Facebook Page without our permission and t

I also tried using Google Lens to do a reverse image search. Maybe not the best image searcher but eh. I was excited when I found this video from June 1, 2026, but screenshots from it didn't yield anything from Lens so I assume it's an AI generated video created from the AI generated image:

‏‏8.4 لاکھ‏ ویوز‏ ۔ ‏‏18 ہزار‏ ردعمل‏ | A dog once failed his service dog test… and later showed up at a train station proudly carrying the

A dog once failed his service dog test… and later showed up at a train station proudly carrying the reason why. 🐶🐘 People couldn't stop smi

Lastly is this random post from May 24, 2026 that edited in a Cocker Spaniel (also the elephant has four eyes??):

Yeah that's it, there might be more to this story or older posts of the image but IDK I'm done.

[hunybody]

oh my godddd everyone GROW UP....... "i didn't need to learn anything in high school or middle school even it's just not relevant to my life" the public school teacher's job is not to only give YOU PERSONALLY relevant information it is to attempt to open as many informational doors to as many children as humanly possible in a wildly devalued and overtaxed system . you are TWENTY EIGHT. it is GOOD that they taught you higher level algebra even though you are a graphic designer. and, you know what, maybe it's not ABOUT YOU! there were thirty other kids in that fucking room with you! i can just about GUARANTEE one of them DID in fact wind up needing it!!!! bitches just need everything to be about THEM all the TIME even though they're THIRTY YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[podcastwizard]

LIKES TO CHARGE REBLOGS TO CAST

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

you people aren't CASTING

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

NO

[dogpuppy]

[suckunit]

nannybot and tula to break in a new pen

[catchymemes]

[isntnothing]

I’m in love with this stupid shirt

[bedupolker]

She should be at the club

Baby mouse had earplugs in the sketch and I straight up forgot to ink them pretend they're deep in there

Meanwhile not at the club:

[bowelfly]

I was so enamored by the party shrew this morning I had to doodle her in my lab notebook at work

[jimbenton]

[eonblueinmay]

Watching the process of this absolutely stunning painting makes it even more beautiful.

The artist is Sydney Swisher

[birdandmoon]

What critters are common in your neighborhood, but really exciting to visitors?

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[charlesoberonn]

There's a non-zero chance that a prominent British fascist will lose his parliament seat (in a by-election he himself called) to a man wearing a garbage bin on his head.

[douche-canoe-regatta]

article by K.J. Yossman at MSN news. you're here somewhere

[shinraalpha]

i do think lobbying for data centres over climate goals should be considered a crime against humanity btw

[wizardarchetypes]

Awesome video displaying phenomenal craftsmanship—posted by one of my favorite Tiktok accounts: Tlingit_Haida

Aani (the land known as Southeast Alaska) has been home to the Tlingit and Haida Peoples since time immemorial

Edit: To clarify, this particular video features Git Hoan Dancers, of the Tsimshian Tribe. They say so in the video, but I realize my caption about the Tlingit and Haida Nations might cause confusion.

[museum-spaces]

this is amazing1

The masks look so much like the ones in museums and cultural centres while still being articulated that way. Look at that amazing skill.

Its so smooth that it took me a moment to realize those are modern masks and the historic ones don't move like that.

[nudityandnerdery]

"[Y]our Harry Potter games are Cybertrucks" is such a good way to put it.