irongrass grasslands enthusiast

Nat, 29, he/they. currently busy falling in love with reptiles. can’t read a single fucking book but that doesn’t stop me trying.

[grasslands-enthusiast]

creature-of-the-deep -> grasslands-enthusiast

felt like I had to update the blog to reflect my current lifestyle

[anglerfl3sh]

University really is about looking at the worst pdf known to man huh

[anglerfl3sh]

the professor uploaded this sideways. I'm sparing you at least that bit

[shieldfoss]

Image from the best pdf I ever saw, [Elliot 2025]:

[Elliot 2050] - The Utterly Unhinged Elamo-Minoan Hypothesis https://www.academia.edu/128559713

[hymneminium]

[fairytrashmother]

I am going to say more about how well Babylon 5 did with introducing a character's Jewishness

Usually when media introduces a Jew, and it isn't a throwaway line, it's about loss. It's about what the Jew doesn't have that everyone else has. Jews don't celebrate Christmas or Easter, we can't eat bacon, it's about what we're missing out on, and how that sets us apart

Babylon 5, on the other hand, makes about what Susan does have, while ironically framing it through loss (her father's death). Susan has a family, a community, a set of traditions and beliefs that influence how she moves through the world, and we are shown these. We see her sit shiva, and we see her commanding officer and close friend come to sit with her, to participate, because he loves her and wants to be one of the good things in her life. Her rabbi (a close family friend) comes all the way out to the ass end of space to help her and be with her. We see random extras that aren't named at the Shiva, but who represent a Jewish community on the station, letting us know that there are Jews about in their world.

She reads the prayers in English to share them with her friends, and by extension, the audience, but later Sinclaire uses a little Hebrew to speak to the rabbi, because he's shown as caring enough to learn. Her struggle isn't with being Jewish, but with her specific interpersonal relationship with her father, and she finds solace in the wisdom of her community.

They are very clear that Judaism is entirely compatible with this future, because in this hopeful future we aren't a perfectly utopian species, but we're actively trying to build communities and foster understanding within and without, and even if it wasn't a fucking amazing show across the board, I would love it just for this.

[herpsandbirds]

Guatemalan Beaded Lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti), family Helodermatidae, Guatemala

ENDANGERED.

Mildly venomous.

photograph by Igor Sarmientos Melgar

[willowcrowned]

incredible how much housework you can get done if you take a chance and believe in yourself and also have fifteen other much more pressing responsibilities

[duckdotcom]

I love using "by the way" as a segue into topics that are completely unrelated to the matters at hand. it isn't remotely by the way, quite a ways out of the way in fact. a little adventure

[frightstricken-deactivated20260]

i loveee when you respond to a discord message with emoji reactions and like five other people join in. yeah... that message WAS a little bit angry crying emoji and uncomfortably detailed closeup of walter white's face huh...

[amingledyarn]

Crocheted Snail Shell Hat, designed by Sarah Baumgartner on Ravelry. Find the free YouTube tutorial here!

[ilookattextile]

Idk exactly how to explain this but the softness of real wool and real linen is very different from the artificial softness of polyester “sherpa”, fuzzy faux-fur, spongey acrylic knits and people have gotten too used to the soft plastics and now associate wool with “itchy” and linen with rough and cotton with “too heavy” and then go and wear 100% polyester fleecy sweatshirts and say it’s so warm and cozy but actually they’re just staticky cooking in their sweat locked inside a plastic membrane and you are paying too much to be wearing filaments of petroleum products and the money isn’t going to the people sewing them either. I’m saying you all need to touch grass and the grass in this situation is good quality textiles made of natural fibres.

[justnoodlefishthings]

This is a slumber so deep only true love’s kiss can wake him

[mothsarepreciousbabs]

Reblog to smooch him awake

[justnoodlefishthings]

At 1,000 smooches, he shall Awaken

[possumcorpse]

is he awake

[justnoodlefishthings]

he is Awake….but at what cost

[sixlegnag]

go back to bed nubby

[justnoodlefishthings]

he slumbers once more….goodnight sweet prince…..dream of bugs

[hopepunk-humanity]

“Humans are inherently selfish--" Then why do so many cultures value hospitality, to the point of dictating it in their religions? Why is it so common for hosts to offer their visitors their best food, and as much of it as they can? At some point, multiple cultures decided that they knew what it felt like to be alone and vulnerable, and promised each other to never let those who stay with them feel that way. That doesn't sound very "inherently selfish" to me.

[wolfsteax]

"humans are the plague"

No. Humans are animals as much as the fish and the bear. We are pack animals who have survived by strong bonds and community.

Do not buy the lie that humans are inherently evil. Societies can trick you into believing this, but it's not the truth of humanity.

Humans crave being together, sharing together, and thriving together.

Capitalism just wants you to believe we're destined for selfishness.

[i-m-snek]

First photo is of Leliana, from 12 years ago when she was still a baby.

Second photo is of her son Cole, taken today. He's a mini Leliana and I adore him :')

[nicheguides]

First Date Ideas

Skip the coffee date! Entice the next hottie you meet with a brand new experience✨

[mouse--trap]

i’m sure we’ll get an explanation for miss huang soon enough and it’ll be fuckedup and dystopian beyond my current imagination as the show is wont to do but it’s cool that right now it’s still technically plausible that’s she’s just. a normal kid with an adult job ? like she goes home to her parents & over dinner they’re like hey sweetie how was the overnight work trip did you have fun ? & she’s like yeah i got to play the theremin just like ive been practicing i hope everyone liked it :) one of them died

[fishpondfish]

there are so many mysteries in severance. what data are the refiners refining. what happens in the exports hall. why is devon with ricken

[ramigir]

Burt and Irving old queer people just makes me happy

[2022dirt]

Outlines of two alligators that slept through the rain.