A Bedtime Story for the Children of the Damned.

Ariel | She/they | 25 |

[maddyaddy]

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First off: This blog supports anticolonial action. These include but are not limited to the Nakh, Palestinian, Ukrainian, and Uyghur struggles against their genocidaires. If you exclude or belittle these peoples' voices and struggles, I simply don't want to interact with you. I think any leftist who doesn't have unconditional opposition to fascism and imperialism simply isn't worth listening to or collaborating with.

My pronouns are She/They. My chosen name is Ariel. I live in the United States' Deep South. I partake in the miniature wargaming hobby. I am a writer by profession and academic training, with some experience in writing poetry.

[retro-scifi-and-fantasy-art]

Noriyoshi Ohrai (Japan, 1935-2015) Cyborg Warrior Vega

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Accommodations

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Knight by Julek Heller

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Spaceplane Lifter by Matija Tomsic

[gurenmugetsu]

Military fighting Magical Girls and losing—what else is new?

[throathole]

Oh you want me to “touch base” later? You want my lips to touch the base of your cock 🤨

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I’ll touch base with you later, @her-master-of-shadows

[her-master-of-shadows-deactivat]

Can't wait to make your pretty blue eyes bulge and run with tears.

[throathole]

This bitch is flirting with The Frightening Ghoul

[centuriespast]

A stem cup from North China, late seventh or early eighth century. Silver with embossing, chasing, engraving and microscopic traces of gilding.

Credit…via Asia Society, New York

[dailydccomics]

Absolute Wonder Woman by Hayden Sherman

[thollandss-deactivated20231215]

reblog to send your mutuals a hug. maybe just the thought is enough to cheer them up 🥺

[alphamecha-mkii]

Douglass by Mark Zhang

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TIE Style Transport by EC Henry and Angelo Goldfinch

[alphamecha-mkii]

The World of Tomorrow Cover Art

[maddyaddy]

Gorgon Squad Trenfher.

[maddyaddy]

Strength is what we call not giving up! Pierced by a star, the moment we become one — every time I stand up, I recall it! For the sake of our prayers I know will resonate, go beyond everything, Blazar!

[venndaai]

have you guys heard about the greenland shark. some crazy shit happening there.

[venndaai]

they are sexually mature at ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OLD.

their (live!) young gestate for. wait for it. eight to eighteen (??) YEARS. can have up to 10 at a time. good grief.

longest lifespan of any vertebrate, up to five hundred years

toxic flesh

has giant eyes but is usually blind because of a weird little crustacean that's evolved to live on and eat their eyes. this doesn't seem to bother them much.

lives in deep cold water and has the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species. just generally lives life in extreme slow motion

largest genome of any shark

eats everything including moose and polar bears

ma'am you are delightfully strange and I'm privileged to share a planet with you

[fluorescentbrains]

this post prompted me to refresh my memory on Greenland Shark Facts and this detail about how they feed goes so hard

just vacuuming up their unsuspecting prey. whole !

[muffinlance]

Good news good news good news! Recent research suggests the eye parasites do NOT blind them!

Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Ir

I <3 you a normal amount Greenland sharks

[maddyaddy]

"Die, like your brothers!" "They were your brothers, too!"