Random fancies

Tom Hiddleston is the reason I am here.  Also science, flowers, scenery, and other things that catch my eye.

[amaideniwilldee]

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[materialsscienceandengineering]

Wet coffee grounds turned into high-grade solid fuel in just 90 seconds

A world-first flame plasma pyrolysis technology eliminates the need for pre-drying, turning moisture-laden organic waste into anthracite-gra

(Nanowerk News) Every year, global coffee consumption generates more than 10 million tons of spent coffee grounds, most of which end up landfilled or incinerated, releasing greenhouse gases and polluting the environment. Spent coffee grounds hold real energy potential, but their high moisture content has long been a barrier. Converting them into fuel or carbon products typically requires energy-intensive pre-drying, making large-scale resource recovery economically impractical.

Read more.

[sapphling]

let's all have a fun time looking up new words when we encounter them to see what they mean before incorporating them into our vocabularies

[wileycap]

[somanyjacks]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if the phrase "self care" doesn't resonate with you, try calling it "system maintenance" and see if that clicks.

[wormsslime]

[somanyjacks]

Reblogging to add amazing tags from @meta-theory

#this both makes things more fun and also is a really good analogy#because there are four types of system maintenance and that makes the term much more exact than the nebulous ''self-care''#and therefore much more helpful to those of us who uhhh struggle with nebulosity#for anyone curious the four types are:#1. corrective (to fix current problems)#2. preventative (to avoid future problems)#3. adaptative (to re-adjust to any changes)#4. perfective (to work towards a better system)#I really like this idea I'm gonna make a checklist

[ominous-signs]

Official ominous sign

[bitchesgetriches]

{ MASTERPOST } Everything You Need to Know about Self-Care 

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[image description: photo of a sign with all caps text reading:

"Warning

If you don't schedule time for maintenance, your equipment will schedule it for you."]

[viewtiful-kim-deactivated202105]

Hamlet adaptation where Hamlet is a vlogger and all his soliloquies are breakdowns he uploads to YouTube

[animatedamerican]

… I am unironically here for this

[oldfilmsflicker]

this is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life

[kabesattic]

This is - legitimately - my favourite delivery of Shakespeare I have EVER seen (and I have seen some good-ass productions yo, in the Globe Theatre itself even). Like seriously, even though the words are unchanged, he’s stripped away ALL of the archaic pretense and assumed grandeur of ~presenting the bard~ that makes even the most wildly talented of actors and innovative of productions inherently inaccessible to a modern audience. Like, they’re still great, they can still communicate the message and (some) of the nuance, but they’re still always a step removed from being identifiable to any viewer’s lived experience. They’re still always reciting 15th century poetry. But this guy? This guy is like, screw iambic pentameter, to hell with being precious about the material, HOW WOULD AN ACTUAL PERSON SAY THIS SHIT?

Like this. And it’s beautiful. It’s beautiful to hear a soliloquy I loved so much already, and have it come to life in a way it never, ever, did before. I feel like I grasp his motivations, his twists and turns, no longer on an academic level but on a visceral, instinctive one. Because he’s presenting his mental and emotional journey in a way that speaks honestly, like a real person.

So yeah, this shit post? I love it. Deeply and sincerely.

[spicedtealeaves]

A post about this went round recently, and I’m delighted to announce she’s since come out as trans and goes by Jasmine 🏳️‍⚧️

Jasmine Brimsmayd

Actor and Writer

There’s a whole series of the Hamlet videos on her YouTube, as well as a bunch of other films she’s made

[witch-breaker]

This 300-500,000 year old handaxe from Chelles, France was deliberately knapped to highlight an embedded fossil shell. An early display of aesthetic awareness beyond pure function, among the earliest hints of artistic intent in human history.

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[lostsometime]

ok sorry to double reblog BUT I just looked him up and he does these fantastic videos where he breaks down HOW he actually mimics the other artists’ styles. Like for ed Sheeran, he explains how he brings his voice forward in the mouth, while Adam Levine sings in the back of the mouth, stuff like that. It’s SO COOL, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone actually break down how to do this sort of thing, as a skill, instead of just treating it like a neat trick they just happen to be good at. https://www.tiktok.com/@justinjmooremusic

Check him out he’s so cool

[dollsonmain]

........... THAT'S where the groan tube singing thing comes from?!??!?!

[huariqueje]

Dance of Sunrays - Oleg Riabchuk , 2026.

Lithuanian , b. 1965 -

Oil on canvas , 40 x 40 cm. 15.75 x 15.75 in.

[striving-artist]

I made this sour cream coffee cake on June 21 and Starmer resigned soon after. Since I have a very large container of sour cream, I’ve baked another one today. Just in case. We are manifesting

[striving-artist]

FWIW

Farm Journal's Best-Ever Recipes

Sugar-Top Coffee Cake-so good with a cup of freshly brewed cofiee. (Montana) My favorite method of entertaining is a late morning brunch-my favorite cake to serve at these affairs is your Sugar-Top Coffee Cake along with a cheese souffle. (Idaho) When I served this coffee cake to several friends, one thought it was a yeast coffee cake and the other said she hadn't tasted anything so good for many a year and promptly wrote down the recipe. (Florida)

SUGAR-TOP COFFEE CAKE

1 egg

¾ c. sugar

1 tblsp. melted butter or regular margarine

1 c. dairy sour cream

1 tsp. vanilla

1½ c. sifted flour

2 tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. baking soda

¾ tsp. salt

½ c. brown sugar, firmly packed 2 tbisp. flour

½ tsp. ground cinnamon

2 tbisp. softened butter or regular margarine

Beat egg in bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until frothy. Add sugar and 1 tblsp. butter, beating until light and flufly. Add sour cream and vanilla; blend well.

Sift together 1½ c. flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Stir into sour cream mixture; blend well. Pour into greased 8-inch square baking pan.

Combine brown sugar, 2 tblsp. flour, cinnamon and 2 tblsp. butter into bowl; mix until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter.

Bake in 375° oven 25 to 30 minutes or until done. Serve warm. Makes 6 servings.

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

All you have is what you are, and what you give.

Ursula K. Le Guin

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

Jun(i)e B. GONE Sale

ty for the name @androbutchninja , but here it is! I was going through it through the majority of spring, so this spring cleaning sale is now a pride month sale!

Once a year, I rotate out a bunch of prints that are older (not representative of current designs), unpopular, or just kinda stale. I update the inventory numbers to reflect what I got on hand and when they're gone they're gone!

Everything on this list is 20% off, here's what's leaving the shop:

Keep writing (8 remaining)

Friends, Mutuals, Countrymen (4 remaining)

I have love in me (9 remaining)

everyone wants to build... (11 remaining)

The Cephalopod's Prayer (5 remaining)

Fanfiction Moment: oh/OH (28 remaining)

Yikes: 3 variations. (10 book of hours style, 7 book of kells style, 3 woodcut style remaining)

Turbo Illegal (4 remaining)

Own a Musket for Self Defense (12 remaining)

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

sale ends in four days!! only the dregs remaining i fear,

prints left:

oh/Oh: 11

own a musket for self defense: 2

[lewerta]

A lucky rainbow over Yosemite Falls.

Photo by Kyle Helmond

[unhappytogekiss]

a new reality tv show called So you think you can write Doctor Who

twelve episodes, twelve contestants - a mix of annoying middle aged sci fi authors, fan fic authors and random people off the street

a variety of against the clock writing tasks, big finish scripts, ability to interact with actors without shouting at them and challenges where you have no budget or doctor for an episode

judged by solely by christopher eccleston

this is how you find the new doctor who showrunner

[paralysedbeaver]

[the-haven-of-fiction]

HAPPY FOURTH, Y'ALL!!!! 🔴⚪️🔵

[stupot]

i feel like we're remiss not to tell The Columbo Fan Website (Tumblr) about the episode of Lupin III that features Detective Columbo's cool skateboarding son--that he apparently has--named Boronco

[sarksarkos]

Funny thing, because of how Japanese romanization works, "Boronko" could be translated (or re-translated, if we assume it's a Japanese pronunciation of a western name) in several different ways. Boronco is one, or it could be Bronco, Boronk, Bolonco, or

Blanc

Benoit Blanc is secretly Columbo's Anime Skateboard Son and I have the evidence right here and they're trying to keep me quiet but in this essay I will

[edithsweetithh]

in honor of america's 250th birthday approaching, here's your friendly reminder that this poem by emma lazarus (a jewish-american woman) is on a plaque attached to the statue of liberty:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

[armengoldira]

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