Jack Valentine

Writer, researcher, robot. No gender for the human suit. I let dogs chase me.

[balkanparamo]

Tannhäuser in the Venusberg by John Collier 1901. Height: 243 cm (95.6 in); Width: 168 cm (66.1 in). Atkinson Art Gallery and Library.

[michaelnordeman]

Reindeer/ren. Dalarna, Sweden (11 June 2021).

[cleaverqueer]

petition to change LGBT to DFTQ (Dykes Faggots Trannies and Queers, naturally)

[cleaverqueer]

AMENDED

[cleaverqueer]

happy pride everyone

[pangur-and-grim]

fairly reliably when someone is mean and weird to you on Tumblr, you can look on their blog and all their recent posts will be about how unhappy they are in their interpersonal relationships and/or how frustrated they are that their creative venture hasn't found success. and it's like ohhhhh okay, I get it. you're clawing at other people because you're actively drowning. my sympathies, that sucks, but I'm not a lifeguard so carry on.

[jack-valentine]

Over a decade of box destruction, she has perfected making a hole just large enough to shove her head in and then root around for all the treats rather than just ripping the box apart. Garbage animal.

(She does this under supervision, doesn't swallow anything other than the treats, and our vet is super happy we do this because it's great enrichment and her teeth get brushed.)

[grindrbooks]

[jack-valentine]

I know it's not what this account is but my very first thought on seeing this was BULLSHIT. NONE OF YOU DID THE READING. STOP TRYING TO SUCK ME OFF FOR HINTS ON THE TEST.

...my partner's students get creative when it comes to doing anything but the actual assignment.

[byjove]

I know this is kind of a hot take but I think creating a religious ethnostate is bad

[byjove]

I actually think it is still bad even if it is a religious ethnostate for a highly oppressed ethnicity and religion. I just don’t think it’s a good idea

[hope-for-the-planet]

70% Drop in Levels of Forever Chemicals Observed in Seabird Eggs Tracks Regulatory Success

These pescatarian birds are directly exposed to PFAS contamination due to the island's position near the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Over fifty years of data show a peak in PFAS (also known as "forever chemicals") content in seabird eggs in the 90s, followed by a decrease as regulations went into effect. The most recent findings show a 70% decrease of most common PFAS.

While continued vigilance a regulation is needed, this data indicates that regulations are working to reduce PFAS concentrations in marine ecosystems.

[sattarehi]

Yes!!!! I did a review of literature on PFASs in human drinking water about half a year ago, and there is a lot of really good progress! Please celebrate this, please don't let this solution be forgotten (at least so quickly) as the ozone layer or acid rain.

We are making genuine progress! Producers are dramatically altering how much they use PFAS and how much gets released in effluent, but also there's a lot better understanding of how to remove PFAS from the environment!

Environmental problems CAN BE SOLVED.

[herpsandbirds]

I'm having a bad day :( could I have some funky birds?

Funky????

Red-capped Manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis), males, family Pipridae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica

Also, these guys are pretty funky?

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, South Africa

Photograph by Richard Flack

 South Africa

Photograph by Bernard DuPont

[sporeblossom]

“the millenium falcon would wipe out the enterprise in seconds” lmao the enterprise is just an innocent science class floating thru space…. all they wanna do is look at some rocks… kiss an alien…. find some space plants….. why would you fight that its not a battleship theyre just nerds…… leave them olone 

[berniesanderssaggyleftnut-deact]

[lystheni]

A friend of mine saw this and brought up some interesting arguments

so, in other words,

[professor-maple-mod]

Pretty much.

[jaegerdelta]

here have some size comparison

[two-punch-man]

Who wins in a fight, a fully staffed Navy research vessel or your local weed man and his best friend in their souped up VW Bus?

[regionalpancake]

tags via @procrastinatorproject

So while it’s true that the Enterprise is not as big as people think, that goes double for the Falcon!

A good way of thinking about the relative size is by using a bridge comparison:

The Enterprise bridge has space for 11 people to work, as well as a significant amount of space between stations to move around comfortably:

[Bridge illustration by Tobias Weinmann via here]

And the whole thing fits in the nipple thing up on top of the saucer:

Meanwhile the Falcon (beloved weed bus) has a cockpit that seats 4, with only 2 main operational stations, and zero floor space:

And since Serenity was mentioned too…

Serenity has a bridge more comparable to La Sirena - with 2 stations at the front and quite a bit of floor space.

And for those interested in a visual comparison:

(Boeing 747 for scale as well as the Delta Flyer because Why Not)

TLDR: The Millennium Falcon is pretty dinky, so I propose *true weed bus status* goes to the excellent smuggling ships of Serenity and La Sirena. The Falcon is herby demoted to man on his weed bicycle with his pet monkey and a gun (to be clear the monkey is Solo)

[enigma-the-mysterious]

This is the analysis I am here for

[disease-danger-darkness-silence]

I was gonna say it’s more like a weed guy and his 1986 Honda Civic hatchback.

[jack-valentine]

Only on Tumblr can I sip my tea knowing an absolutely correct argument about starship scale is waiting below the cut.

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

at the start of every month everyone reblogs some insane poetry that’s like “august has arrived and again I swallow my bones in the burning sun” and every time I’m like damn that makes no sense. but kind of true.

[dyernoga]

[pathos-logical]

[ID: A screenshot of two consecutive posts on the Tumblr dashboard. The first is the original post, and the second is a post by @/shesnake that says, “hello august you piece of shit”. End ID]

[herpsandbirds]

Can I ask for your roundest birds and bugs?

I need borbs to ponder.

BY YOUR COMMAND!!!

Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon), BORBING, family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Brazil

photograph by Aisse Gaertner 

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), BORBING, family Paridae, order Passeriformes, GA, USA

photograph by Richard Clark

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) BORBING!, family Passerellidae, order Passeriformes, Locust Valley, NY, USA

photograph by Ash van der Lay

Bearded Reedling aka Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) eat a tasty bug!, family Panuridae, order Passeriformes, found in wetlands across much of Europe and Central Asia

This species is the only member of this family.

photographs by David Drangsland

White-browed Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae), male, family Aegithalidae, order Passeriformes, Qinghai, China

photograph by David Irving

[lostinthelegs]

all he can do is make stupid faces & show balls

[lostinthelegs]

[teaboot]

Unfortunate truth: There are times at which, silent walker who occasionally delights in accidentally spooking people, you must be very careful to NOT move like a gentle summer breeze along the rooftops

These scenarios may include:

Moving around folks who are already spooked or easily-startled

Approaching people who you absolutely do not want to alarm, such as people with poor spatial awareness, people experiencing paranoia or a panic attack, folks who are very focused on a different thing, people handling dangerous chemicals or machinery

When you very urgently need to get somewhere and there are people in your way

Any other time when you require others to be aware of your presence and location

Sincerely,

-Quiet walker who wears big stompy boots on purpose

[jack-valentine]

"You walk like an elephant" vs "Jesus fucking Christ wear a bell"

[enameledcoppergirl]

Make your haters become incubators when you wield the ovipositor of success

[muppetshow2026]

you may think misogyny is good because it is made up of miso, which is delicious, and gyny, which is woman. and girl miso sounds great. but 👆 it is not girl miso

[getbentdaily-deactivated2025122]

"Miso" is Greek for "hatred". "Gyny" is Greek for "woman" Misogyny literally means "hatred of women".

The word "misogyny" is always associated with the unnecessary hatred and abuse of women. No one ever thinks about this word in a positive light.

[muppetshow2026]

will you ever forgive me

[muppetshow2026]

jesus christ did i fucking kill them im sorry

[tobiasdrake]

you may think homicide is good because it is made up of homo, which is gay, and cider, which is delicious. And gay cider sounds great. but 👆 it is not gay cider

[securityunit-ese]

Martha Wells is pretty cool.

I like how she encourages people to just keep on creating. Doesn’t matter if you’re good or bad, what your goal is, what you’re writing. Just write.

Don’t let them take the joy away.

Don’t stop.