it is not what it is

here there be monsters. and esports. and talk of books i haven't written. and some bad music. you've been warned now.

[beardedmrbean]

[katenepveu]

acrobatic squirrel

This squirrel attempted to jump a full six feet (yes, I measured) from a nearby bush to the bird feeder. Its first two misses were spectacular, so much so that when it made it on the third try, I let it hang out and eat as many peanuts as it wanted.

(I'm sorry I didn't manage to get the leaps to sync up, but I've already spent quite a lot of time turning the video into gifs that'll upload here, so.)

[thememedaddy]

[audhdspacewizard]

I'm dating myself but

[victusinveritas]

Photographs by Paul Koudounaris from his book Heavenly Bodies. It's absolutely worth investing in if you're interested in bones covered in gems.

[thememedaddy]

[vrtualdreamgirl]

we can’t talk here contact me in my dream tonight

[memewhore]

[chibisquirt]

#i’m losing my SHIT#would you like to not see a dog?#it’s brown Thank you, @dreamwaffles, that’s it EXACTLY 😂

[rip13y]

[rothvantes]

I resumed the Morrowind studies. As I said (I think?) , starting the three at the same time left me with three wips and nothing remotely finished jajskak. I used different base colors to see how they would interact with the paint layers. Of course, the red one was a terrible choice for a night scene, but I will say that it's a nightmare.

I don't have a coherent process when it comes to paint with gouache, because it's a medium I'm still understanding. I hope I will become more methodic in the future.

And there's cat hair on the paper.

[nueuhell]

Instead of printing out images I like from the internet, I just redraw them on sticky notes and put them in my physical journal.

[binturong-of-the-day]

The binturong of succulent mangos

[pmamtraveller]

Early morning foggy Gdansk, Poland.

[goreprofonde]

- Louka Anargyros, The Material Is Leather

[fictionspacecowboy]

Yes Mistress

[exeggcute]

the sunk cost fallacy has been my favorite fallacy for as long as I can remember. so at this point it's probably too late to pick a different one

[terri-theslime13]

I just heard about the recency bias, and honestly I think it's gotta be the best one ever

[blueflyingturtleontheway]

Everyone is saying that the bandwagon effect is the best bias, so they have to be right

[embrace-of-the-cold]

I once had this one logic professor who said that appeal to authority is the best fallacy. She's an expert in logic, so she must be right.

[caspercryptid]

The really unfortunate thing about mental health progress is that sometimes you realize you've made it in the form of "wow, I haven't felt this bad in a fucking while"

[caspercryptid]

On the one hand it's a bit of a pick me up in a dark place to know that this will pass because it has passed before on the other hand sometimes it isn't entirely a pleasant thought to go "wow, I used to feel like this all the time. That was pretty fucking bad. It's pretty bad right now too also."

[caspercryptid]

Someday your current baseline will be the sort of thing you consider A Really Bad Day. It does get better.

[obliviousmelon]

headcanon that a ferengi tradition is putting your new baby up for sale at a ridiculous price to show how valuable they are to you (everyone has to be polite and not actually buy them or hands will be thrown, people will be sued, etc etc)

[libraflyter]

I love the idea of Ferengi traditions that are both ha-ha capitalism but also create a functioning culture that’s more than a metaphor.

[thecottageinthedark]

[datasoong47]

So, this is related to a headcanon I have. There's a kind of ritual sale of childhood goods as part of the Ferengi coming-of-age, which was featured in an episode of DS9. The ostensible purpose is to raise capital for the young Ferengi male. But, like, if the Ferengi were approaching this in their usual capitalistic mindset, you wouldn't really get much from what's basically a glorified garage sale

My headcanon is that it is the accepted practice to buy those goods at much higher prices than you would normally pay, serving as a culturally acceptable way of effectively giving financial support

[shiroikabocha]

Oh I love these, especially because of the spoken and unspoken meta-traditions around the tradition! Maybe they work similarly to the “speak now or forever hold your peace” thing in human marriage ceremonies. Everyone at a human wedding understands you’re not actually supposed to say anything at that point, it’s just a formality—but you see characters do it all the time in literature and entertainment, because it makes for such a juicy plot twist.

I bet “newborn gets purchased by evil jealous ex-business partner” is a classic plot hook in Ferengi soap operas. It’s their version of getting sold to One Direction.

[spencerthespacer-deactivated202]

[captaincobaltblr]

Hey wait a second, why did cats evolve to attack invisible things?

[spencerthespacer-deactivated202]

They were domesticated in Fertile Crescent and Egypt so probably an evolutionary advantage for snakes and scorpions that are hidden in sand and are more noticed by their movement than being seen directly

[alamuts-lair-of-madness]

Don’t forget, that the Yautja have been visiting Earth as a hunting ground for thousands of years. Maybe they focused on various cat species, before we came around?

[simon-newman]

*Housecat drops a dead Yautja at my front door*

Ugh… Not again!