Despicable you

Ravn • he/him • adult • I queue almost everything. Feel free to message me or ask abt anything, I’m open to conversations :) Art blog: @zethyre Art reblogs: @pinboard-wizard

[fleshdyke]

you cant fucking hurt me bitch im protected by the migratory bird act

[setulose]

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[edderkopper]

Today I learned that cuttlefish experience REM sleep, and that it makes their skin flash random colors. This is the cutest thing ever.

[blackbearmagic]

The electric eel at my aquarium has a voltmeter attached to his tank, and whenever he pumps out a burst of electricity–either when he’s navigating his tank or getting fed–the meter lights up and makes noise. Sometimes, I’ll walk past him when he’s snuggled up and totally motionless on his log, and see the voltmeter going crazy.

I am left to assume that he is dreaming, and is sleep-zapping at the things in his dreams.

[arachnospooky]

I am absolutely delighted to learn that electric eels dream of kicking ass.

[targuzzler-deactivated20180224]

[captaincrusher]

Once again I’m thinking about the symbolic meaning in Michael’s hair, particularly in season 1.

Young Michael before and after she started living on Vulcan.

When she’s living on Vulcan, and trying to suppress her human self, she straightens her hair and has it in a Vulcan bob. When she’s been in Starfleet for awhile the bob disappears but she still straightens it.

When in prison she starts getting a more natural hairstyle, but still have it short and pretty practical. Then eventually we get to her season 4 look.

While in real life these changing looks can mean completely different things for different people, the changes here do have a clear connection to the narrative in Discovery. A narrative of self discovery, of becoming a more complete person if you embrace different parts of yourself. Of stop trying to be something others want you to be and forge your own path.

There’s no denying that before Michael there were vanishingly few instances of black women wearing their natural hair in Star Trek. So it’s worth pointing out the symbolism and also how Michael’s hair is used to signify the journey of her character.

It has felt almost meta at times when I’ve watched Discovery, since Star Trek itself has been so bad at letting the few black actors they’ve had to grow their hair in a way they want. Avery Brooks fought for years to be able to shave his head and grow a beard, which he thought was culturally and personally very important. The producers thought it was “Too street” (!).

Nichelle Nichols (RIP trailblazer space queen) had to fight to be able to wear an afro in The Motion Picture because the writers claimed it was “Too modern”:

Anyway, what I’m saying is Michael’s journey chronicled through her hair is as much about Star Trek itself as it is about her.

[meanfaggot]

I’m starting to grow beard on my neck and I hate it put it out

[pastacrylic]

how i feel whenever i tell people i drink diet soda

[rockabillywife]

[thoughtportal]

cleaning along desire paths

[lady-griffin]

Fantastic advice!! And something I’ve realized I’ve been doing for myself these last 6-7 years, even though I never had a name for it.

Seriously, this is such a great way to go about organizing your home.

I really can’t express how much easier your life can be when you accept that there’s no objectively right way to do this kind of stuff, especially when you let go of the idea that it’s a moral failure when you can’t do something the “correct way” nor is it evidence of you being lazy.

Working with (leaning into) your natural limits and instincts can do wonders for you in your day-to-day life.

[raptorcivilization]

Ever make it two hours into a video essay and go “wait a minute. This topic is actually not interesting to me” and bail

[prince-tips]

Alternatively - "wait a minute this isnt an essay, this is a summary eugh"

[hopeless-eccentric]

(mid-divorce) the american education system never taught me how to cherish a woman

[dovemoulins]

finch fancam❤

[scamguy]

i would like to officially thank sesame for its seeds, its oil, and of course its street

[magicalmrmephistopheles]

couldn’t leave this in the tags

[poetrylesbian]

they should make a pill that makes people in their 20s feel good about where their lives are going

[whalepunk]

Impressive to me that no one said the same thing twice

[dovemoulins]

finch fancam❤

[wumblr]

the student said, "i'm reading a zen buddhist cookbook. with no recipes." and the teacher replied, "ah, dogen's instructions for the cook, written in 1237?" "yeah," said the student, "it's saying not to let rats fall into the rice pot"

[wumblr]

letting rats fall into the rice pot violates the buddhist concept of nonviolence, ahimsa. and this is one of the more dauntingly advanced cookbooks i've ever seen

ingredients: 1 grain of dust.

step 1 turn the Wheel of Reality within the grain of dust

[elodieunderglass]

Oh I see what you mean!

I felt like I was keeping up here:

A rich buttery soup is not better as such than a broth of wild herbs. In handling and preparing wild herbs, do so as you would the ingredients for a rich feast, wholeheartedly, sincerely, clearly.

But then I realise the very next sentence that I’m not even remotely on their level:

When you serve the monastic assembly, they and you should taste only the flavour of the Ocean of Reality , the Ocean of unobscured Awake Awareness, not whether or not the soup is creamy or made only of wild herbs.

There’s a lot I don’t know about soup.

[praguegirl]

let’s settle this shit but do NOT reblog if you’re gonna be modest about it like a little BITCH. anyway privilege check tell me which ones apply to you: hot, funny, can dance, can do math, can spell, can drive, can cook

[meanfaggot]

Queer (2024) really good film

Worth watching

Both because it’s cute and also because it’s weird. Kind of blew my mind