What is this what does it do. I eat.

I like to browse through the buffet of other peoples amusements. And then eat them.

[darkspaceboytoy]

I want to send a Hi out to the whole world

[bulliness]

[cochleacochlea]

Series 1. Overwhelmed

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[mihai-florescu]

Languages tend to peak at their word for butterfly. Never seen 2 that are the same, either. Papillon. Mariposa. Borboleta. Fluture. Vlinder. Schmetterling. Pillangó. Babochka. Farfalla. Sommerfugl. Perhonen. Farasha. Titali. Chōchō. Nabi. Húdié. Buom buom. Great job guys, i really mean it.

[myfairynuffstuff]

Erika Toliusis (b.1969) - Pacific Angel. 2022. Oil with palette knife on canvas.

[sunshinetheinspiration]

@teaboot

[teaboot]

Painted with a FUCKING PALETTE KNIFE?

[cityrun]

to me demons are like cats just doing whatever they want causing problems on purpose, while angels are like hares theyre painfully aware of their place in this world theyve seen the end

[cityrun]

in my minds eye

[cityrun]

[escapebygawking]

The obvious opposite of a cat (which is clearly a demon) is a dog; however they are too happy to be angels. Hare it is.

*manifests*

*does something that is needed but noone realises*

*scrambles to leave before being seen and attributed to the miracle"

[escapebygawking]

Today I learned that Hand Dominance Is Driven by Practice, Not Birth:

Preference vs. Dominance: The study crucially decouples two concepts that are traditionally lumped together under “handedness.” Preference (the instinctual urge to favor one hand) shows up before birth and has deep biological roots. Dominance (the actual gap in physical skill between the hands) is entirely acquired through a lifetime of habit.

https://neurosciencenews.com/tool-use-handedness-emergent-dominance-30969/

[swagophile]

important reminder that most people you follow online are significantly lamer than you think they are including me. and if you feel insecure comparing yourself to someone online: DON'T. theyre probably also lame and weird. most people on the internet are

[most-sane-classicist]

reblog if you're also lame and weird.

[oldbutchdanielmolloy]

ever since i was a little girl i’ve had dreams of becoming an eccentric middle aged man

[theartingace]

Been thinking too much about my world's dragon rider culture and their big sassy pterodactyls pretending to be dragons, called Wyverns or Twintail dragons to distinguish them from the many smaller species of dragon adjacent creatures that inhabit their world. They are largely considered the closest to mythical dragons that many attempted to create at the dawn of magic, as they are large enough to bear riders and can (with the help of those riders) breath something approximating fire.

However, since they're relatively fragile owing to their hollow bones and no real natural armor they are mostly retained and supported by local infrastructure for their message carrying and dignitary transport capabilites over their utility in warfare- though it's not unheard of.

They're also quite sensitive creatures, not quite fully sapient but certainly more intelligent than the average beast, and if they don't feel inclined to commit to a job there is only so much even their riders can do to direct them given the size difference. And the teeth.

I've put way too much thought into designing a saddle that could be used in flight and on the ground, and on the back of a creature so much larger than it's rider. Much less one that's also usable at various angles in between, depending on the individual dragon's preferences for walking. Some dragons are open to their rider's inputs than others, but most have a preferred stance and will not be swayed from it when on the ground and seems to have a lot to do with the dragon's personality and social hierarchy in addition to simple physical variation between individual dragons.

These guys are born from eggs and are about cat sized on hatching, with some rider enclaves raising them in creches but most immediately give over their raising to their future rider. Usually a teen to young adult at the time, since the average lifespan of a dragon is about 40 years, this is a lifetime commitment for both dragon and rider. They grow to about mastiff sized within their first year, and then horse sized by 3 or 4 years old and begin their flight training with the introduction of harness and the permanent holes for a saddle are pierced in the wings behind the shoulders. A difficult to define bond is born between the dragon and their rider as they grow together and cemented by flying together as adults when the dragon is ~5 years old and riderless dragons will typically go mad or feral rather than obey anyone but their original rider.

While their growth plateaus at about 15-20 and the average lifespan is only 40 years, up to 60 years is not uncommon with tales told of oldsters getting up to a legendary 100 years! But since they never truly stop growing after about 50 most cannot fly anymore and slow elderly metabolisms mean they spend their days sunbathing and sleeping through twilight years under the attention of loving elderly keepers.

[poetry-protest-pornography]

Oh, this is incredible.

Improv swing dance to a Todrick Hall song?

And they killed it!

*thanks to the people who pointed out my oops

[in-mutual-weirdness]

Tags from @ghostwriterofthemachine

[wholesomepostarchive]

12/23/2024

[butterflyslinky]

But you can see that while Hoodie knows the song and is setting the aesthetic, Glasses is the one actually leading the dance! West coast swing is a style where the follower (in more traditional dance, the woman) is being led but is actually the one moving more. You can see that Hoodie is the one taking up the slot and Glasses is giving him something to hold onto while mostly just getting out of the way--which is what the leader does.

[guy-who-exists]

crybaby learns how to swim - subtitled

[fozmeadows]

ALWAYS REBLOG THE EGGSEAL

[fozmeadows]

in times of trouble, eggseal comes to me

speaking words of wisdom:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

egg

[bathylychnops]

@honeyginsen

[thepuppeteer-andthetrashmob]

@slushyseals

[slushyseals]

l’egg bruh brugaaaahhhh

[gailcarriger]

Unmute for the love of eggggfh

[l0vegl0wsinthedark]

FIBSH

[escapebygawking]

Today i learned, that my tears due to feeling seen and understood while reading a book are, apparently, not "prestige-coded".

Tears are still a sign of weakness in society even if they very often show quite the the opposite: a deep appreciation of things.

I am calling myself not prestige-coded from now on.

[edgebug]

happy 20 year anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!

though every rat is special, it's a wonderful and unusual thing for their accomplishments to be remembered and cherished by so many people so many years later. we're all so fortunate to know about the rat who banged out the tunes!

thank you to all the people who sent me reference photos of their beloved rats for this piece!!! credits under the cut!

@joe-spookyy Ben and Socrates

@gooseontheinternet Chamomile and Beefy

@runawayy-rat Bartholomäus and Emo

@theunholystromboli Macrogryphosaurus, Xenoceratops, and Graciliraptor

@techlecticwtch Solas and Dorian

@merlyn-bane Roslyn and Rizzoli

@logictoinsanity Luna and Buttercup

@hagsthehag Orphie, Psyche, Calypso, Ariadne, and Eury

my sweet ladies Bonnie, Mira, An, and Tula

and of course, the irreplaceable

Neil,

who banged out the tunes

[oneheadtoanother]

[escapebygawking]

Human babies learn shape constancy in first few months of life. https://share.google/i5MdC1JEZw4nmXAPq

Guess not all humans.

[melodeelaine]

Kingfisher and Great Egret lined up just right

[blazing-butterfly-inactive]

@notsospiteful I like the way you think

[escapebygawking]

Didn't you mean lined up just left..?

[escapebygawking]

Nemo is:

A fish

A captain

A singer

Other (i'll add in comments)

Voting ended onApr 1

[brittmarihaxoxo-blog]