insideTHEbubbles

Listening to the sound of the arriving rain

[moniquill]

[falseknees]

Blegh! Gross!

[prcyshelley]

when oscar wilde said 'i am tired of myself tonight, i should like to be someone else' and when sylvia plath said 'i wish i knew what to do with my life, what to do with my heart' and when rilke said 'this heavy humanness'

[silverhawk]

sometimes the ocean just brings you. big trees.

just massive pieces of driftwood. and thats okay. its normal.

[starkeaton]

“hey i think you guys dropped this”

[viral-inflection]

Playing fetch with the Deep Ones.

[chaotic-archaeologist]

look up the Heidentor ruin in Austria for a clever way to "restore" ruins without actually restoring them

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(image source)

You're right, I think that this is a fantastic, minimally invasive way of "recreating" a structure so that it doesn't damage the site! Visitors can look through a see through window with an image etched onto it that will superimpose a recreation of what experts think the building may have originally looked like.

For those with ResearchGate access, you can also read an article about the physical display and other digital reconstructions of this site.

-Reid

[huglusted]

[beeandpupcat]

THE GREATEST JOKE ADVENTURE TIME HAS EVER WRITTEN

[goat-yells-at-everything]

[silver-tongues-blog]

[allieinarden]

[katielynn526]

[hayamika-deactivated20240815]

People like to make fun of animators but jokes on them…

[alexandr1te]

WHY’D YALL LEAVE OUT THE BEST ONE?

[maxineprimal]

Can’t forget this gem.

[incidentalcomics]

Ways of Being

[embroiderycrafts]

Struggling with body neutrality so I made this reminder. That metallic floss was a beast. by HellsBellsBetsyRoss

[blackarchitecturalhistory]

Gurunsi architecture in Burkina Faso and Ghana

[beautiful-little-f00l]

Not remembering if something happened in canon or in a fanfiction is the fandom equivalent of being unable to tell the difference between a memory and a dream

[cats-and-company]

Queen.

[candiikismet]

I always have to reboot this.

[ordinaryredtail]

For anyone wondering, this is amazing enrichment for the animal and a great way to involve guests! The lions aren’t forced to play with the rope if they don’t want to, and these guys (and anyone else who tries this out) have an awesome close up and hands on experience, all without having to come in direct contact with the cat!

[little-miss-mash]

@why-animals-do-the-thing

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

This definitely counts as #actually cute. This video is from the San Antonio Zoo, and the lioness’ name is Axelle. As @ordinaryredtail said above, the tug of war interaction is entirely voluntary on her part.

My guess is that the zoo staff did use some positive reinforcement training to teach her how to pick up and pull on the rope at first, because that’s not necessary something a lion would just do on their own. While it’s also probable that she’s rewarded with something tasty did choosing to engage with the members of the public like this, Axelle wouldn’t be engaging if it was a negative experience for her (there aren’t enough snacks in the world to coerce a lion into doing something they find actively distressing). If she didn’t want to participate, she could just walk away.

Some sanctuary and animal rights groups have taken issue with this interaction because they consider it unethical to ask a lion to engage in any “unnatural behavior” “for the benefit of the public,” calling it exploitation. It is worth keeping in mind, however, that learning and engaging in novel behaviors is hugely enriching for animals in human care, and that lions have no concept of exploitation. As long as the lion is not bothered by the presence or noise of the crowd, is not injured or harmed, and is engaging on an entirely voluntary basis, this sort of thing is entirely ethical. It is far safer than any type of interaction where a member of the public is coming into direct context with a big cat, but still allows people to directly experience the sheer strength of a lion up close.

[bookgeekgrrl]

#3beefcakes v. one good girl (via @doctortay)

[kelssiel]

there aren’t enough snacks in the world to coerce a lion into doing something they find actively distressing

[unsubconscious]

Memories by Bouke de Vries

[zhuanghongru]

The door

Art Nouveau

[crossstitchworld]

Completed and framed this cat with mesmerising eyes 🥰🐱 Found the kit for it tucked away in a super clearance pile at Spotlight, what a steal. by melbournecrocheter

[yayoroses]

iconic!

[thefoxconfessor]

[megcanic]

this is the plot to mama mia

[funny-tik-toks]

[janainaart]

A alguns dias atrás finalmente chegou minha vez de vacinar. Fico tão feliz toda vez que lembro. Primeira dose tomada ♡ ♡ ♡

Fiquem atentos a fila e se vacinem quando chegar sua vez! E não esqueçam da segunda dose. ♡ E usem máscara e lavem as mãos :)