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A simple blog about the many things I like. Elle. 21. ♀ Writing major. my fashion blog my music blog my sj blog

[selfcarevibes]

Great reminders from @positivelypresent

[denisvileneuve]

#four horsemen of the apocalypse: relatable version

[zarekthelordofthefries]

Not to critique evolution, but I would think orange and black stripes wouldn’t be as good for camouflage in a forest as, say, green and black would.

[acceptableduraz]

It turns out a lot of animals can’t see the difference between orange and green!  Elephants, for instance, have dichromatic vision (two types of cones, rather than three like most humans.) 

Check out this diagram from ResearchGate.  It deals with the color vision of horses, who are also generally dichromatic.  (I think, though I’m not sure, that zebras would have the same color vision as horses.)  See how orange and green look to them?

[zarekthelordofthefries]

Not to critique evolution but I think prey animals should be better at telling when their predator is dressed like a traffic cone.

[squeeful]

It doesn’t matter what zebras see, because tigers are not native to Africa and do not naturally hunt zebra.  Tigers are Asian and mostly hunt animals like deer, elk, and buffalo.  These aren’t animals with great color vision.  They don’t need to have it because they don’t eat fruit and so don’t need to know when the berry is ripe vs when it’s not.  Good color vision is too expensive to have if you don’t need it.  Deer put their vision stats in a wide field of vision that is sensitive to motion, low light capabilities, and possibly seeing UV light.  They don’t have great color and lack a lot of acuity, but have a great sense of smell and good hearing.  That’s way more useful if you’re prey.  Deer see well in the blue end of the color spectrum and less well in the red.  This makes sense because deer are most active in the dawn and dusk periods, when there is more blue in the light.  Tigers are taking advantage of deer eyesight by being orange.

We see tigers are being obviously colored because tigers are fruit colored to our tree ape brains.

[thelibrarina]

I don’t know what the best part of this is: implying that deer chose their attributes on a character sheet, or the fact that we get to see tiger colors because they look like a snack.

[authoratmidnight]

Ok but like, I think you underestimate just how well they blend in when actually in the environment. Like, just using tigers as an example.

or how about a leopard?

It’s called ‘disruptive colouration’ because the markings help to break up the animal’s outline against the grasses or rocks. And the rosettes on leopards and jaguars? Sun spots shining through the trees and leaves on the ground.

And this is how hard it is to spot them WITH colour vision. Now imagine the above images but with the limited coloured mentioned above?

[hecate-hollow]

I’m sorry but there is not an animal in that first leopard picture

[authoratmidnight]

Are you, sure about that?

[thecheshirecass-deactivated2018]

“Tigers are fruit colored” is my new favorite phrase.

[b99ladies]

What kind of person are you when dealing with problems?

[fairycosmos]

person: hey are you okay?

me: *actually decomposing* yeah why

[a11ab0ut]

[gh0stbear]

#CLEARLY REBLOGGING FOR RDJ’S FACE

If I don’t reblog this, it’s because I’m dead.

[backwardsintohell]

I just spit cracker everywhere

[superfizz]

i reblog this every time it comes up it brings me so much joy

[godsperfectidiiot-a-blog]

@sadhero

[relucant]

my favorite thing about brooklyn 99 is that my favorite character is literally whichever character happens to be speaking at any given moment they’re all so good

[animalrates]

I’ve never been so satisfied watching a bearded dragon eat blueberries. 12/10 must watch!

[potheadpotter]

Everything in life is better now

[tamascotchi-deactivated20190101]

no one eats blueberries faster…

[alloverthegaf]

aight fuckers I’m doing it I’m spending a full $4 to watch the first lotr movie, for the first time

[alloverthegaf]

so like I get, you know, power and malice and cruelty were ‘poured’ into the rings, but like. what did they actually put in those things. what fuckin gold gives a ring malice. why did the elves only get three.

[alloverthegaf]

holy shit it’s Agent Smith with pointy ears

[alloverthegaf]

this ring was made of weet-bix and nutri grain

[alloverthegaf]

it was in this moment, when all hope was lost, that issieldor-whoever took up his father’s sword -

[alloverthegaf]

I’M SORRY BUT I’M LAUGHING THE RING GIVES THE BIG BAD GUY LIKE DARK MAGIC AND A DEMON ARMY TO CONTROL BUT EESEELDOOR PUTS IT ON AND HE JUST TURNS INVISIBLE

[alloverthegaf]

holy shit I just experienced seven and a half minutes of introductory exposition by a mysterious lady who apparently thinks VERY little of hobbits

[alloverthegaf]

omg is this WHOLE movie exposition

[alloverthegaf]

it has been remarked by some that a hobbit’s only real passion

is for food

FOOD

[alloverthegaf]

a wizard is never late

says Ian McKellan, wishing he was Julie Andrews, Queen of Genovia

[alloverthegaf]

I know absolutely nothing about either of these two but I already fucking love their relationship it’s beautiful

[alloverthegaf]

OH SO BILBO’S THE FUCK THAT CAUSED ALL THOSE JUMP SCARES

[alloverthegaf]

oh shit son he’s got the ring and the golem voice

[alloverthegaf]

okay so that’s pretty fucking cute

[alloverthegaf]

apparently every hobbit has an instinctual urge to hug Ian McKellen and honestly? same

[alloverthegaf]

holy shit guys I’m not even 20 minutes in I’m gonna have to make multiple posts

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[siancrosslinisback-deactivated2]

Watching OP stumble ass over teakettle in love with this movie is amazing and these posts made my week

[obiwanskenobi]

@pendragonness

[jezi-belle]

Please read all of these if you have time, it is a HOOT

[emjineer]

So my boss once robbed a museum to prove a point and honestly, I think she is my new role model. 

[emjineer]

If this gets notes I’ll tell the full story

[marry-and-mirthful]

Storu

[emjineer]

Many years ago, my boss was working at this museum and they had these original Churchill documents on display. These documents are worth millions of dollars… The only thing separating the public from these documents was a sheet of glass secured with 4 philips head screws. Seriously. No security guards in the room, no cameras, just an easily removable piece of glass. 

My boss pointed out the security concern, but she wasn’t taken seriously, so she took matters into her own hands. 

She bought a ticket and  pretended to be a guest. She entered through the main entrance with a huge drill clearly visible on her belt, went straight to the documents and opened the case with the drill. (While  wearing gloves,) she removed the documents, put them in a folder, reattached the glass, and walked out the main exit.  Literally no one even questioned her.

 She immediately went around to the back of the museum, entered using the staff entrance and went straight to her boss’s office.  She dropped the folder on his desk and said “I just stole these in 15 minutes“

Once he was done being mad at her, he listened and the museum increased security. 

[odjnsons]

“What happens at the beginning of Ragnarok is so destabilizing for both Thor and Loki. They are all they have; as in, there’s nothing left. Everyone’s gone—Odin’s gone, Frigga’s gone, the Warriors Three are gone, Asgard is basically gone. And so Thor and Loki turn to each other and say, you’re all I have left. And actually, that’s enough.” - Tom Hiddleston [Empire Podcast]

[renamok]

This woman confronts racism in the funniest way possible.

[randomslasher]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[postgenderspock-deactivated2018]

Uncitizens,

An Unkindness of Ghosts, my debut novel about a young (disabled, intersex, lesbian/queer) Black woman living in the slums of a generation ship, came out October 2017.

I’ve been really honored by the overwhelmingly positive response; however, I wanted to do a little bit of book-related outreach, to make sure anyone who might be interested in Unkindness has at least heard of it! So this is my little masterlist post of all the reasons you might want to buy this book or pick it up from your library! tl;dr, it’s gay as shit. 

1) Okay, so it feels decidedly notgood to me to simplify complex social locations into a laundry list of identities, but I do think Unkindness will speak to folks looking for books exploring the following topics & experiences: 

- being trans, nonbinary, genderweird, genderantagonistic, gendertraumatized - being a dyke, dykegender, loving women, wanting women - being autistic, adhd, psychotic, “not otherwise specified,” borderline, PTSD - being a descendant of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, a refugee, & diasporan

2) A lot of folks have had nothing but kind things to say, and here’s a little blurb that gives you a better idea about what An Unkindness of Ghosts is actually about.

“Solomon’s big, unflinching and poetically detailed sci-fi debut tells the story of Aster Grey, an orphan raised on the slavery deck of a starship called the HSS Matilda as she searches for answers to her mother’s death and the mystery of the forces who control the starship. Aster is both neuroatypical and queer, and these elements of her characterization work seamlessly and nonexploitatively into a plot that mirrors so many of our own world’s greatest injustices, probing at our ideas about classism, racism, abuse and tyranny. A stunning first novel by a writer I can’t wait to see more from.”

Amal El-Mohtar’s stellar review in NPR said of the book:

What Solomon achieves with this debut — the sharpness, the depth, the precision — puts me in mind of a syringe full of stars. I want to say about this book, its only imperfection is that it ended.

It’s been favorably reviewed on several blogs and other venues as well!

3) It made more end-of-year lists that I can count, including  NPR’s Best Books of 2017,  Publisher’s Weekly Best Books of 2017, The Guardian’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2017, & Them’s Best Queer Books of 2017. It’s also been featured as a part of Paste Magazine’s Best Audiobooks 2017, Buzzfeed, Elle UK, Shondaland, and Bustle, among others.

You can read an interview with me, the author (Rivers Solomon) about the book at The Rumpus: Magical Systems and Fusion Reactors, and you  can read an excerpt in the Rumpus here.

ANYWAY, my cat almost deleted this whole ass post so I think that’s a sign I should quit while I’m ahead. Thanks for your support. Please reblog if you feel up to it.

[postgenderspock-deactivated2018]

An Unkindness of Ghosts has just been announced as a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, which is a super big honour. 

It was also named as an honour book for the ALA Stonewall Award. 

Geordi LaForge LeVar Burton also recommended my book on Episode 19 of his podcast.  He calls it “intensely thought-provoking.”

[cowthropologist]

OMG CONGRATULATIONS!!

[postgenderspock-deactivated2018]

THANK YOU. I AM SO HAPPY.

[badgyal-k-deactivated20190901]

You have to remind men that they don’t have power over you and you don’t owe them attention, emotional investment, love, time, or consideration just because they like you or because he’s a “nice guy”.

[badgyal-k-deactivated20190901]

There are a lot of white women relogging this.

[badgyal-k-deactivated20190901]

You have to remind white people that they don’t have power over you and you don’t owe them attention, emotional investment, free teaching, love, time, or consideration just because they like you/your culture or because they’re an “ally”.

Reblog this too.

[sipthisslow-deactivated20181111]

REBLOG THAT TOO

[webcomicname]

[harryedward]

No offense but I want to fall in love with someone who wants to fall in love with me

[im-diamonds-youre-dust]