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Hi! I'm Mac. I live in North Yorkshire in the UK. INFJ and heavily introverted. I can be a bit of a nerd sometimes but who isn't. I love films and various TV shows. I'm also a history buff, particularity ancient history. I love music and gigs. I really don't know what I'd do without it. You'll find political rants, cute puppies and a lot of random things on here.

[bogleech]

Young gorillas seen dismantling poachers' traps for the first time

Days after a poacher’s trap killed a young mountain gorilla in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, researchers have spotted something remarkable: two four-year old gorillas working together to dismantle similar snares in the area.

Some conservationists were approaching a poacher’s gorilla trap to destroy it when an actual gorilla stopped them and warned them off while two other gorillas came by and took the trap apart. They had to have thought the humans were going to get caught in it

Also they know what these traps are and are fighting back themselves

[zooophagous]

I love gorillas

[thepoliticalnoteboo1deac]

@vox takes on the trope of the hypercompetent female sidekick. You know her – the one who’s the smartest, toughest and most capable yet ends up being rescued by the less talented, but extremely straight, white, cisgender and male hero. 

This intersects well with discussions about the pay gap and obstacles women face in their careers. For those of us who aren’t straight white cisgender men – the persistence of being typecast as not-the-hero (or the boss, or the leader, or the expert commenter) despite qualifications, talents and capabilities is a lived reality. 

[periegesisvoid-deactivated]

Heinrich Schliemann:  I have discovered Troy and Mycaenae.

Everyone after him:  You fucked up some perfectly good dig sites is what you did.  Look at them.  They’ve got–just sweet Jesus what were you thinking?

[inner--utopia]

Bless that one person in every group that is like “keep going, I’m listening” and encourages you to finish your story even when everyone else is talking over you.

[tjmystic]

So, when I was doing my thesis on whether or not fanfiction should be considered a legitimate genre of literature, my advising professor asked me for examples.  I gave him the generic ones, of course - “Pride & Prejudice and Zombies” is a horror fanfic of “Pride & Prejudice”, “50 Shades of Grey” is an erotica fic of “Twilight" - and that seemed to make him understand what fanfiction is, but not how it’s useful.  So I thought about it, and, after about a minute, I said, “Paradise Lost is basically a fanfiction of the Book of Genesis.  And The Divine Comedy is an epic self-insertion fic for Catholic doctrine.  So, basically, you were teaching us fanfiction last semester.”  I had never before seen a grown man’s eyes widen with such fear, incomprehension, disgust, awe, and understanding.

[matt-the-blind-cinnamon-roll]

#does that mean the renaissance was almost entirely fan art?

Yes. Yes it does. All ur classic favs had the Renaissance version of DeviantArt. 

[root-beer-riku]

Anyone who says you can’t give flowers to boys clearly hasn’t tried it. Seriously, give a boy some roses, they get adorably flustered and go all red. It’s the most precious thing.

Give more boys flowers. 🌹🌼🌻🌸🌷🌺💐

[popokko-deactivated20210315]

i hate when old people say tattoos are a waste of money like debra you have an entire cabinet dedicated to expensive plates nobody is allowed to use

[riflegarden]

today at work a man brought a pug in on a leash and that pug was so excited and happy to see me it was as if we were old friends who havent been in contact in 7 years i felt so loved in that moment

[riflegarden]

today a bassett hound came in and wagged her tail so furiously all of her loose skin started to jiggle and she was so pumped to see me i want more dogs to come into my store they make my life whole and worthwhile

[riflegarden]

I’m so glad this came back cause a golden retriever named Milly came in today who put her paws on my register counter and wanted to say hi to me and I loved her so much and I scratched her ears and she gave me that classic dopey dog smile 

[riflegarden]

yesterday a girl came in with her boyfriend and in her hand was a tiny tan colored dog that she told me was a chihuahua/pekingese mix and he had a severe underbite and one little canine tooth was poking out and his ears were like bent at the tips and i immediately commented on how amazing he was and she goes omg thanks do you wanna pet him and i was like there is literally nothing more i want to do while being on the clock right now than to pet this incredible tiny dog and he was so sweet and licked my hand and his name was spike 

[riflegarden]

yesterday these people came in and put a blanket into one of our shopping baskets and it started to move and i was like omg whats in there and they set it down on the counter and the blanket kept moving and the suspense was so good like is it gonna be a cat is it gonna be a ferret maybe a lizard and then the smallest chihuahua ive ever seen in my life popped her little head out and licked my finger and i died 

[riflegarden]

A baby german shepherd named Jonathan came in tonight and since i was on the sales floor and not behind a counter i say to the owner omg can i pet this angel and they were like yeah of course and i crouched down and Jonathan ran into my arms and almost tripped over his puppy feet it was 12/10

[riflegarden]

TODAY a german shepherd named london grabbed one of our lanterns off the shelf and was carrying it around and the owner was like, “london no, we’re not getting that” and gave him the merchandise she was buying instead and he carried it to me and dropped it on the counter at my register and i could have cried 

[gameraboy]

Game of Thrones Cats by Griz and Norm Lemay

[tastefullyoffensive]

(via dogsbeingbasic)

[odinsblog]

[weloveshortvideos]

When you not the baby daddy but you take care of the kids anyway 

[tropic-mews]

I was literally screaming “OH NOOOOO” the entire time I was watching this because it was just too cute to even be fucking real

[girthakitt-blog]

Trigger warning: Breakfast

[avfwdrugec]

Holy shit.

[fitzefitcher]

reasons why we don’t make fun of seemingly odd triggers

[built2bulk-blog]

I sat here staring at that last panel for a solid minute, reading then reading again. This is just something else.

[gomcgill]

There are three solutions to every problem: accept it, change it or leave it. If you can’t accept it, change it. If you can’t change it, leave it.

Unknown Author (via mysimplereminders)

[chambergambit]

Rey’s Bread.

[lizzah]

THAT WAS A PRACTICAL EFFECT. A MOTHERFUCKING PRACTICAL EFFECT. JESUS TAP DANCING HORATIO CHRIST.

[chambergambit]

“I’m gonna be famous for Star Wars for nothing else but this bread! It was a little gag which was incredibly successful, everybody thought it was CGI. We moulded up an inflatable bread so that it was deflated underneath the liquid and then we slowly inflated it and sucked out the liquid with vacuum pumps at the same time to produce this bread coming up and forming. You wouldn’t believe how long it took to actually perfect that one, that little tiny gag in the film. It started off with the mechanics of getting the bread to rise and the liquid to disappear, but then there was the ongoing problem of what color should the bread be? What consistency should it be? Should it have cracks in it? Should it not have cracks in it? It took about three months.”— CFX & SMUFX Creative Supervisor Neal Scanlan

[palalife]

WHAT I actually think that bread looks tasty because the way it ‘inflates’ from water and powder

[britishbullet]

It arrived and it’s the CUTEST THING I’ve ever seen.

[maccyp-blog]

Literally Everyone IRL: "So what do you want to do with your life?"

Me, always: "I DON'T KNOW. I WANT TO NOT BE CHRONICALLY ILL. I MOSTLY WANT TO STOP ANSWERING THIS QUESTION. WHY ARE YOU SUGGESTING THINGS I SHOULD DO WITH MY LIFE NOW I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU."