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ltwilliammowett

The Danish training ship “Georg Stage” (1934) dresses in rainbow colour, 2021

dragon-in-a-fez

not the kind of gay ship I’m used to seeing on tumblr but cool

dubiousculturalartifact

ship georg is an outlier but SHOULD be counted

#pride month #spiders georg #tall ships

othellho

Ingram, John Henry, Flora Symbolica: The language and sentiment of flowers, (London: 1869).

ocularshingles

Free PDF at the Biodiversity Heritage Library

mikkeneko

#i was sceptical for a minute cause these illustrations don't match the plants in every case#(rounded dandelion leaves serrated willow leaves same leaves on crocus and aloe etc)#but these are the section headers NOT illustrations/representations of individual flowers#anyways. found a link. gorgeous book.

#language of flowers #flowers #books

thydungeongal

Also shout-out to the Swedes for just borrowing the French "adieu" into their vocabulary and just spelling it "adjö"

legov7

German has borrowed the italian "Ciau", spelling it "Tschau" and only using it as a goodby instead of also a greeting.

thydungeongal

I had completely forgotten about this, this is fantastic.

erlann

If you enjoyed "ciao" becoming "tschau", you'll definitely want to hear where "tschüss" (German, also meaning "goodbye") comes from!

thydungeongal

Borrowed from German Low German tschüß from earlier adjüs, from Dutch adjuus, back-formation from adjuusjes, from French adieu.

We can't let the French keep getting away with this

ospreyonthemoon

I mean the french very much aren't getting away with it. Everyone else is taking their language and running off with it cackling with glee. We're all getting away with fucking up french words on purpose

saxifraga-x-urbium

#English loves french so much it steals the same fucking word a few centuries apart so it gets two words that have the same meaning#But different spellings -#Like guarantee/warranty#(aside: There was a w/g shift so you can see if the word showed up with the normans or got nicked later#Which is why for e.g. the english call it wales and the french call it pays de galls)#Catch/chase#Gender/genre

thydungeongal

I'm so glad someone reblogged these additions while I was away from my puter, I absolutely love doublets (or twinlings as they are apparently called as well!! That's so cute!!)!

#linguistics #language #cool stuff

beardedmrbean

how to commit to the bit properly

#funny stuff #computers #lord of the rings

disarmd

i get the vibe that people are reading less fic these days. confirm/deny?

in terms of reading fanfiction in the last six+ months...

i have been reading less fic lately for various reasons

i have been reading less fic and i'll tell you right now it's because of AI

i would like to read more but i'm in a fic reading slump

i never read all that much fic (less than one story per week)

i almost never read fic (less than once a month)

i read the same amount of fic as ever

i have been reading more fic lately

nuance/bald/i'll tell you in comments

Remaining time: 2 days 18 hours

"because of AI" i mean because of the number of fics that are written using AI.

#I am currently reading fic from 2 fandoms that died more than 5 years ago #so the likelihood of ai stuff being there is very low #tumblr polls

vampirewillowrosenberg

This can't be fucking real oh my god.

#anthony head #rip

90s-kid-sad-adult

lie to me

#anthony head #rip #buffy the vampire slayer #quotes

femamerica13

Apparently, Zapp Brannigan and William Laurence are two steps from the same inspiration character (Hornblower). Jack Aubery and Jim Kirk (in TOS) are similiar, but Kirk has a rep.

chimaerakitten

truly a wild character family tree when you think about it

#napoleonic wars #age of sail

hellenicgoddess

Bronze Age Greek (Mycenaean) sword & dagger, 15th century BC

#pretty things #swords #weaponry #mycenaean

suncaptor

linked tree (includes options to donate to Ghanaian projects)

petition to show support

suncaptor

@cringeferatu

President Mahama has said he must scrutinise it before signing it, which would make it law. But the pressure that's been placed has already caused sentences to be reduced and exemptions to be made comparatively to previous versions. More pressure is important even if this latest update was made because of the way the President, facing much pressure, has assented. The last time a similar bill was passed it did not end up getting signed (by Ghana's last president President Nana Akufo-Addo), so this pressure is definitely not meaningless or without hope.

This is why it is so crucial not to be silent about this. This version is better than the prior one even if it's still devastating and must not be passed. Pressure about human rights violations is not meaningless.

#human rights #queer rights #ghana #lgbtqiap+

lucid-luck

I want one of those scenes in a dude bro film where “tomboy” chick has to wear a dress to go undercover or whatever, but instead of the guys drooling as she walks down the stairs, they’re like “k. U need to stop. Go put the cargo pants back on. You look super uncomfortable and awkward in that. Brutus, you go be the fake prostitute.”

thranduilland

I’m just imagining this super ripped guy called Brutus being like ‘YESSS!!! I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE FAKE PROSTITUTE!! Now is my time to shine!!’

daryltoh

tohdraws-deactivated20181120

so I got inspired… and had to make a comic….

whowasntthere-deactivated202106

*wipes away a single tear* Yes.

sparklyaxolotlstudent

Miss Congeniality, but with The Rock instead of Sandra Bullock

misshorrorotaku-deactivated2024

He looks so ready. XD

“My time has come.”

kenas-artstuff

Plot twist she’s his bodyguard

bisquid

I specifically went back through my reblogs to find these

a-teacup-of-golden-cracks

My dashboard has been blessed by this post again

i-say-ok

ok!

yeahokayillreblogthat

yeah okay ill reblog that

greetings-inferiors

I will never not reblog Brutus my beloved

#this post got better since I last saw it #tropes #brutus the fake prostitute #comics

rowan-e-ravenwood

SERIOUS: NEW BOT SCAM ALERT

heya!

this right here?

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT REAL.

the "@staff" is just the bio text.

tumblr staff will not contact you through anything other than email or their official accounts, which will all have this badge:

DO NOT ENGAGE WITH THIS OR SIMILAR ACCOUNTS AND ABSOLUTELY DO NOT CLICK ANY LINKS FROM IT.

report and block. i'd also appreciate it if you shared this post, bc that blog was JUST created and was already tagging a LOT of people, and i know not everyone has the scam-sensing instinct, even if this might seem obvious to some.

@staff @tumblr @support

#signal boost #scams

zookie-art

I genuinely can't stop thinking about these two. Help

(Prints in bio if anyone wants!)

#project hail mary #fanart

headspace-hotel

Y'all ever open a book on a new subject, read a little bit, and have to put it back so you can process the way in which your mind was just expanded?

headspace-hotel

The textile book: okay here is some of the ways that textiles are important to human life

me: Okay!

The textile book: Clothes separate the vulnerable human body from the conditions of the outside world, and in doing so absorb the sweat and debris of human existence, accumulating wear and tear according to the lives we live. In this way, various lifestyles and professions are represented by clothing, and the clothing of a loved one retains the imprint of their physical body and their life being lived, as though the clothes absorb part of the wearer's soul

Me: ...oh

The textile book: The process of weaving a garment and the process of a child being formed in its mother's womb are often referred to using the same language. Likewise, when a baby is born, a blanket or other textile material is the first material object it encounters and protects it. Textiles can create the idea of two things being inextricable, as with being "woven together," or can create the sense of separateness, as with a curtain or veil that separates two rooms or spaces, even separating the living from the dead, or separating two realities, such as a performance ending when the curtain falls

Me: ...oh God

The textile book: Odysseus's wife Penelope undid her weaving in secret every night to delay the advances of her suitors. In this way she was able to turn back the passage of time to allow her husband to come home. Likewise the Lakota tell a story of an old woman embroidering time by embroidering a robe with porcupine quills. If she finishes the embroidery, the world will come to an end, but her faithful dog pulls out the quills whenever her back is turned, turning back the clock and allowing existence to continue.

me: ...is...is...is that why we refer to the fabric of space and time?

The textile book: The technological revolution of textile making is sadly underappreciated. The textile arts are possibly the most fundamental human technology, as once people created string and rope, they could create nets for catching fish and small animals, and bags and baskets for carrying food. In the earliest prehistoric times, the first string or cord perhaps came from sinew, found in the body of an animal. Because of this perhaps the body of a living being could be understood as made of a textile material. Indeed textiles have the function of preserving life, as with a surgeon stitching back together the human body or bandages being placed on a wound. Textile technologies are being used to create life-changing implants to restore function to injured parts of the body, as though a muscle or tendon can be woven and made in this way. Cloth can be used to create a parachute that will save a human's life as they plummet out of the sky. Ultimately, the textile technologies are used to enter new parts of the universe. [Photo of an astronaut and details explaining the astronaut's suit]

Me: STOP!! MY MIND IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THIS

headspace-hotel

The book is "Textiles: The Whole Story" by Beverly Gordon

unlettered-heathen

:D this is it! The post that got me to borrow this book from my library! This book is constantly rewiring my brain and parts of it constantly slap me in the face when I am going thru daily life and notice textiles.

Like, fiberglass ANYTHING can be considered a textile! Paper? Textile! Chain link fence? Textile!

And more than ever now when I see something like fabric on a couch or mosquito netting I wonder just how much work it would have taken if it was non-factory made. How many people have still had their hands in making it now.

I never understood why so many cultures placed such importance on textile gifts as ritual, like many native americans gifting blankets. I get it now.

Tons of other stuff too and it's all the time!

And I'm only halfway through!

Anyways OP thank you for bringing this into my life it's literally reshaping the way I think in a way I'm constantly in awe of <3

(the book if anyone was curious)

foodforthineownminds

Here! I found it in an online archive!

It functions as a digital library, so you have to sign in and wait your turn. I'm not sure why you have to do that with a digital book, but it's free so i don't care.