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Still on the PhD track but my area of interest has changed | Mostly Niall with sides of Louis, Liam, Zayn, and Bressie | My Writing

[segamascott]

[thetursithan]

[jaaaaaade-jones]

Okay that’s skillz

[porcupine-girl]

Training herding dogs side of tumblr, please explain

[mythopoeticlicense]

It's called shedding. Sometimes you need to single out some animals from others in the herd for some reason, this lets you do it in a field relatively quickly and with less stress for the animals compare to other methods (like running them all through a chute or a race).

It's a higher level sheepdog skill, they usually do it in trials too.

There's a cool video on it here

[emptyjunior]

Happy Ides of March everybody, did you know the place where we believe Caesar was stabbed is now a Cat Sanctuary

[emptyjunior]

Happy ides of March and a very happy photobombing cat on the Torre Argentina Google maps!

[colubrina]

[nevereverbird]

[historyisntboring]

2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos

The woman, aged about 50, was buried in a Siberian ice cave and discovered millennia later.

She was a 50 y.o. Siberian woman from 2500 years ago, living a nomadic lifestyle, and look at her tattoos...

Look...

I'm going to cry

[burins]

here is the full open access article from the researchers! one big takeaway for me is that almost every mummy we've found from the Pazyryk culture has had these intricate tattoos (although these are a particularly beautiful example.) the older the person, the more tattoos they tend to have. so this was a widespread cultural practice, not just one rad grandma! highly recommend giving the article a read - there's a ton of really neat details about how the researchers (including a modern tattoo artist) analyzed the art styles and techniques (relatively similar to modern stick and poke, but with a multi-pointed implement for all but the smallest details)

The absence of overlapping images or compositions in the corpus of preserved examples suggests that the construction of tattooed bodies in Pazyryk culture was approached in a structured and deliberate manner throughout an individual’s lifetime. This implies both planning and intentionality in tattoo placement and design. The confirmed use of multiple tools and stylistic variations on a single body also reveals that tattooing in Pazyryk culture was associated with a high degree of craft specialisation and was probably performed by multiple individuals. In this regard, the collaboration between modern tattooists and archaeological researchers has been invaluable in not only illuminating the techniques used by ancient tattooists but also in fostering a deeper appreciation for their artistry and skills, enriching our understanding of past societies and their intricate relationship with body modification.

the whole thing just kind of made me emotional about the great continuity of artistry across space and time. humans love to change our bodies and we put time and effort into making those changes meaningful and beautiful to us! a modern tattoo artist was instrumental in helping understand what some of the finer marks might signify about methods and practice!

also don't sleep on her rooster thumb tattoo

[catsofyore]

“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” Jean Cocteau

Real photo postcard from my collection, no date/info.

[errorschacha]

Maybe it will happen today.

[stuckyparty]

[exwife-of-frankenstein]

Youtube is full of ads, spotify is full of ads, tumblr is full of ads, pinterest is full of ads. Everything uses ai. Every new update makes the website/app worse. Youtube auto translates almost every video I want to watch. Sometimes pinterest only loads ads for me. Check out this new ai feature. Here's a new update that breaks ur laptop. Here's a new update that breaks ur phone. Why are u complaining about ur phone, just get the newest iphone lol. Join my patreon. Join my membership. Pay a monthly membership to get all features. Upgrade your membership to get even more features. Subscribe to netflix. Subscribe to disney. Subscribe to amazon. Subscribe to hulu. This content isn't available in ur country. This content was removed. This website was removed. This feature only exists for apple. U need to a WiFi connection to play this game. This app only exists for apple. U need an account. We need your email to finish creating this account. We need your number to finish creating your account. We need your id to finish creating your account. In order to delete your account please write an email. In order to delete your account you need a laptop. Oops our database was hacked and ur information was stolen. Ur data was sold from this random website u used once 10 years ago. Spam call. Spam call. Spam call.

[gettingaphdinmomo]

I'm calling about your car's warranty.

[speaknowtaylor]

billionaire citicism is always important and welcomed but what do you mean you geniuenly can't tell the difference between taylor swift and elon musk rich. what do you mean you think both of them hold the same power. what do you mean you think both of them are equally threatening to our society.

[speaknowtaylor]

I am playing uno reverse card when it comes to bad takes because I don't defend her billionaire status in a single sentence. and it also doesn't matter if she "cares about me" or not. And this post also isn't about wether she is ethical or not. What I am talking about is the difference between a pop star with 2.4 b and elon musk, mark zuckerberg, and many other billionaires who we maybe even never have heard the names of. Has taylor swift gotten a political position in the trump administration? is beyonce playing election lottery in favor of donald trump? is rihanna giving the far right party in germany a platform to get them elected? did any of them buy twitter to turn it into a propaganda tool? I also think that there is no such thing as an ethical billionaire. But if we don't allow nuance and differentiate in a spectrum between "morally questionable" and "plain evil fashist propaganda machine", it will be a much easier way for the second one to tear us all apart. The top 1% could not be happier that taylor swift is getting all the heat. This is the best outcome for them. Yes, please hate on the annoying pop star. Give her all the attention. Meanwhile their facist propaganda plan is working behind closed doors.

[gothsbian]

i open twitter. people are complaining about the word audiophile because they dont want to fuck the music. i open tumblr. people are happy about the word cinephile because they want to fuck the movies

[averagefairy]

I still love this website so much because it feels like the last connection we have to an internet that doesn’t exist anymore like I can come on here and scroll through posts that are literally just funny or beautiful or interesting with no intention to sell me something or influence me we are all just here for a laugh. Nothing is just for laughs anymore EXCEPT tumblr dot com

[fluffmugger]

[leninthesixth]

you gotta include this photo

[cumpriest]

ağlıycam

[lilli-sturmreiter]

[dovewithscales]

This is it. The internet has come full circle. You can all go home now. We’re done.

[birdstudies]

September 29, 2025 - Yellow-bellied Eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis) Found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, these birds in the cisticola family live in savannas, scrub, wetlands, and cultivated areas. Foraging in pairs or small flocks, often with other species, they eat small insects, as well as nectar, berries, and other plant foods. They build deep purse-shaped nests suspended from the forked branches of bushes or trees out of plant down, spiderwebs, fine grasses, and sometimes lichens or insect cocoons. Females usually incubate the clutches of one to three eggs alone and both parents feed the chicks.

[charlesoberonn]

Can we find a sun god or diety from every timezone and make a map of them all?

[greyt-expectations]

We probably can, but the question is should we?

[charlesoberonn]

How else will ship captains know who to pray to when they circumnavigate the globe?

[greyt-expectations]

…Give me until the end of the weekend. 

[greyt-expectations]

I actually had some unexpected free time today so I was able to create this a lot faster than I expected. 

It isn’t perfect, but following the initial post I assigned each timezone one sun deity, so travelers know who they might pray to while exploring the world.

This was a lot of fun to create and to research mythologies from across the world, and I think I learned a couple of things doing so!

[charlesoberonn]

Well, there you have it folks. Safe travels.

[abigailspinach]

[whitager]

do you ever start writing a comment on the internet and then think “oh what the fuck am i going on about” and delete it

[bramcrackerswrites]

I also enjoy writing an entire paragraph, thinking "you know, I don't actually need to be involved in this conversation," and deleting it

[sistersorrow]

Always fun when you're in the middle of drafting a fucking dissertation in the comments and then realise the person you're replying to has already decided what they what they're gonna say next, so it doesn't matter what you write

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

It's honestly so freeing to realise you're talking to a chess playing pigeon BEFORE they start shitting all over the board and just delete your response and move on with your day