Martian Pebbles

AKA Little Mako Current status: lamenting the inexorable march of time and its effects on the relevence of my computer hardware (it's been 10+ years and that old status is still relevant fml)

[girldraki]

kind of harmonically beautiful

[funky-insanitear]

[clytemnestraaa]

hi this drives me crazy

canon is what happens in the text. e.g. merlin tries to poison morgana

a headcanon is a fact that you have personally made up as an elaboration of canon. it is your invention. e.g. i think morgana and gwen had a teenage lesbian situationship before the events of canon. or, i think modern morgana would love evanesence.

an interpretation is how one reads the existing text. it is not an invented fact nor is it a headcanon, it is a reading. e.g. i think merlin tries to poison morgana out of misplaced self-hatred. or, i think that one line was delivered with suppressed malice and shows a nuanced relationship.

fanon is the general fandom’s accepted headcanons and interpretations that elaborate or recontextualize canon. e.g. merlin is a badass waif and morgana is a bitch.

these are all different words with different meanings.

[justdecadentcollectiondestiny]

and a cannon is a large mounted gun, usually on wheels, that uses explosives to fire projectiles.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

today I found out my mother doesn’t know what dandelions are and now I’m wondering what other strange secrets she’s been quietly harboring

[krystal-prisms]

Where do you live that you don’t have dandelions?

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

we have dandelions EVERYWHERE, they are basically our State Weed, it is absolutely impossible that my mom has never interacted with a dandelion before, this requires further investigation

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

So after extensive interrogation I have an update:

my mom is in fact aware that dandelions exist. she temporarily forgot the name and there was some miscommunication.

the truth is actually weirder

she’s aware dandelions look like this

she is familiar with this flower. she knows the name of this flower. she declines to believe, however, that these are also dandelions

she does not believe these are the same plant. I tried to explain, and she thought I was either misinformed or lying. so I asked her what exactly did she think the yellow ones were called?

she answered, with complete confidence: Daffodils.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

gosh I enjoy this website

[authoratmidnight]

For comparison, this is a daffodil

[quietlygrousing]

See, folks in the southern US will tell you up and down those are buttercups, actually.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i don’t think so? i’m southern and buttercups are what we call these things (much tinier)

[maejacrezz007]

Wait I thought those bigger cup ones were Easter Lillies???

[fractiousrvt]

This is an Easter Lily. It is an actual lily and therefore deadly to cats.

[blood-trip-god2]

They’re marigolds and I know a bitch when I see one!

[delphinidin4]

This is a marigold:

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

….we need to start taking the phrase “go touch grass” more literally. go outside and examine a flower i beg u

[jmtorres]

“buttercups” is a name applied to MANY flowers. in my part of the south it was this one:

imo there’s correct identifications of dandelions, daffodils, easter lilies and marigolds in this thread, but buttercups are simply impossible to agree on and the only solution is for everyone to post pictures of their local buttercups

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

*squints* is that a motherfucking EVENING PRIMROSE?!??

[demon-and-human]

Hello I would like to add to the confusion:

That purple fella is a Morning Glory as told by my mothers (texan)

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

⬆️ morning glory

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

#amazing work everyone hit the flowers

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

[downtownhipcheck]

white glint back at it again with the vob

[scoliosisrick]

MADE THIS CONTRAPTION TODAY :)

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Absolutely fascinating use of free will. Was it always your life's goal to get electrocuted in the shower while your screams are drowned out by the screams of The Machine?

[vexwerewolf]

what if there was a... contraption. of a kind. you following?

Unfortunately this is Tumblr so I'm genuinely not

Like you could be wink-wink nudge-nudge suggesting the murder of a head of state or you could be saying "hey could you build me a Lancer mech that precisely replicates the behaviour of a GQuuuuuux Zaku unit"

[miiilowo]

when the lyrics you've been mishearing are more clever than what's actually in the song

[raisengen]

Messing around in a character creator is reminding me how many Arknights characters are wearing off-the-shoulder jackets or similar. It's an interesting design choice—the bulk of the open jacket hangs behind the character, so it doesn't obscure the detail of the rest of their outfit while still building up their silhouette. Their hair/tail/weapon can also contribute to the background shape. (This two-layer effect is notably more common among 6* operators, giving them extra presence.)

Anyway, this seems like a good time to remind you of the essential outfit elements to wear to your Rhodes Island job interview:

Infection monitor

ID card holder

Boots or trainers

Off-the-shoulder jacket or buttcape (v. important for the top-op job)

Belts with side-release or ladderlock buckles

Tactical snack pouch

Dangling tags, plumb lines or straps in an accent colour

A shirt collar or choker is recommended, but not compulsory

Overall, your outfit should be layered and loose-fitting. Additionally, make sure the fabric making up your outfit includes at least one of each:

An identifiably textured material (clear plastic is a good choice)

An area printed with an emblem and/or text

A mystery section that is unidentifiable as belonging to any particular garment

You're welcome to artfully display your oripathy lesions as part of your work wear, but Rhodes Island does not discriminate with regards to Infected status when making hiring decisions.

[euthymeon]

im playing again

[kropotkindersurprise]

July 22, 2026 - People around the USA are taking down Flock AI surveillance cameras. [video]

[noneedtofearorhope]

DeFlock

Find license plate readers (LPRs) near you.

[o-craven-canto]

Alternate timeline in which all Greek and Latin roots are swapped:

catastrophe -> contraverse cephalopod -> capitoped chlorophyll -> viridofolia democracy -> populimpery homicide -> anthropoctony homosexual -> equigamic kilometer -> millimensure interregnum -> mesarchy magnanimous -> megapsychic manuscript -> chirography motorcycle -> ergatorote microscope -> parvovisor oxygen -> acidofex polyamory -> multierasty television -> remotoscope universe -> monostrophe

[susiephone]

so frustrating to be a skeptic with a sense of whimsy because like. I want there to be cryptids. I want there to be magic. I want there to be evidence of something we don't fully understand and can't explain. but then 99% of the "proof" out there for that stuff is like. the most obvious scam you've ever seen in your life.

[ckret2]

[ouroborosorder]

(suddenly lucid) oh. i get it now. endfield doesn't want to fuck the clothes. they want to fuck the buildings

[ouroborosorder]

they want to fuck the infrastructure so bad. this random corner of a random spot in wuling being like. this beautiful. this is the most endfield feels like arknights. lowlight's architecture degree is eminating through the screen like uranium glass and baby i'm eating off that green plate

[ouroborosorder]

they went. through the fucking effort. of making, planning, texturing, laying out a jogging trail. and then proceeded to make exercise gear models for the npcs. and then set a pathing trail to let them run this trail. they want to fuck infrastructure so bad i cannot BELIEVE endfield buried the lede FOR SO LONG

[surskip]

recently i was looking at the most downvoted posts on r/stoicism

[strike-another-match]

overhearing my neighbor rant on the phone top of his lungs and his friend is saying something in calm voice and he goes NO. NO NUANCE. STOP SAYING NUANCE. MY BOSS NEEDS TO DIE

[ghostoflamplight]

"Jie, you have to stop. You stack too high. You write too perfect. Your day one's too loyal. They'll kill you."

[abandonedandurbex]

The New World Mall, in Bangkok, was closed in 1997 after it was found to have breached building regulations.