Falling Up

Kat • She/Her Archaeologist Teacher Anarchist Not very active sorryyyy

[great-and-small]

I am constantly thinking about this

[great-and-small]

This mild Wikipedia sentence is like the understatement of all time

Here are some crazy grasshopper mouse facts for those who are not familiar with the most badass mouse species on the planet

- They are primarily carnivorous, and their diet is made up of not only bugs but also snakes, lizards and other mice.

- They hunt like true predators, slowly stalking and creeping up on their prey before ambushing them. They will sometimes let out a screech as they attack.

- Like wolves, they howl to establish territory and have a specially developed throat to produce louder vocalizations. They will stand up on their hind legs and throw their head back to howl- a sound that can be heard from 100 meters away!

- Grasshopper mouse behavior is linked to lunar cycles and they are more active during a full moon.

- These mice have been hunting bark scorpions and evolving alongside them for so long that they’ve evolved a mutation where scorpion venom that is lethal to other animals is converted into a painkiller in the grasshopper mouse’s body.

[brucebocchi]

[brucebocchi]

[important-animal-images]

[eggtrolls]

New York State Parks official IG posted about an owl they rescued but decided to use only the most wretched photos of this creature, including what EYE think is the best bird photograph ever taken

[roycohn]

[urdnotflexthejedibard]

OP, why would you not share the rest?!?!?!

[ilikedaisiesinthespringtime]

[astraaureus]

Welp. Google's AI horseshit has arrived. And I'm not complying. They can pry my ID out of my cold dead hands. I will simply go elsewhere. Remember folks, DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR IDs. Do not comply. Resist, fight it, use other browsers or sources beyond youtube and google controlled services. Call them. Email them. Make noise. Fight back.

[mocrlbmutwwwptth]

I've been using Google as my main mail service since 2006, and every single account or service I've ever signed up for was made with that address. For a long time I thought it'd be impossible to divorce myself from Google.

It took less than 5 minutes to switch to a ProtonMail account, less than 2 hours to download and/or offload every byte of data from my Google account, and less than 3 days to change every single account or service I've ever signed up for to the new address.

As of today, the only single one I have that's still tied to it is YouTube. It's the only thing I'd lose access to if I deleted my Google acount entirely.

They really, really want you to believe that it's a hassle to switch to a different email system. But it's not. Most websites and/or services allow you to change the email address associated with it.

I've been using Google for almost 2 decades and it only took a few days to move everything. It's not a painful sacrifice; it's an easy change that, frankly, has absolutely been worth it.

[twilight-deviant]

Proton Shoutout

You can and should switch to a free, encrypted Proton email account. You also get all of the below perks. For free. There is no trick. It is paid for by the people with paying plans. I am one of them. The (completely functional) free tier is there to entice you into getting a paid account with even more perks. (It worked on me.) But there's no penalty or pressure for staying with the free account.

Also get your stuff off the google drive and put it on Proton's drive. It is encrypted. Only you with your password can access it. Not even Proton can see what you put in there.

[tzikeh]

Switch everything away from Google. It's easy and it's important. Read above, click the link for Proton, download your gmail and switch.

[recklessmoss]

𝙻𝙰𝙸𝙺𝙰 𝚃𝙾 𝙶𝚁𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚃𝚁𝙾𝙻 — I miss you , Have I told you that yet?

[discountliquor]

[orchidbreezefc]

its that time of year

[catgirlfield]

yall are missing this classic as well

[fuckboyzuko]

It’s that time of year~

[misshasclass]

add this one to the list!

[vexwerewolf]

One industry AI can never replace

[charlesoberonn]

[virtu-typhoon]

[scifikimmi]

[captain-starskull]

[charlesoberonn]

[emperorpenguin]

These two fire extinguishers at my work

[edge-complains-and-loves-art]

Had to draw them

[jstor]

Thank you so much for all you do! I used JSTOR really frequently in high school for my research papers, and I now constantly recommend y'all to my students ❤️

[morganarchy]

I have been aggressively reminded that JSTOR not only has a Tumblr but has someone staffed to run it in the year of our lord 2025....good for u JSTOR keep up the good work

[angelicguy]

[crazysodomite]

Like yeah if you literally stalked me for my whole life you'd find a lot of dirt but that'd be insane behaviour

[crazysodomite]

And if you genuinely believe you have never done anything shameful, regrettable, bad etc. in your entire life it's really not a fair or reasonable expectation to have for other people

[the-most-phenomenal-banana]

the way trump is talking abt hillary makes him sound like a scorned lover lmao what if monica wasn’t bill’s only side bitch??

[the-most-phenomenal-banana]

you gotta be fucking kidding me

[jackhawksmoor]

[datadegroove-deactivated2026042]

the power of a bowl of rice mixed with some fucking bullshit cannot be overstated

[wholesome-animal-images]

@wholesome-animal-images

[cruising-frog]

i did need to see some flower cows, now i shall share it with the moots :)

[bebsi-cola]

the countermeasure to dehumanisation is not sexualisation. the countermeasure is to treat the other person with respect and dignity actually.

[bebsi-cola]

i don't care if you wanna fuck fat people or hairy people or trans people or the elderly or disabled people or whatever. can you treat them like human beings

[jarmes]

I feel like I’m going insane

You do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene. She is not a good person. She is not your ally

Greene began her political career because she beloved that there was a Satan worshiping Jewish deep state that was secretly kidnapping, raping, and murdering white Christian babies as part of ritualistic sacrifice

She has now turned on Trump, not because he is a fascist, but because she believes he is an agent of the Satan worshipping Jewish deep state. She’s a fucking neo Nazi! And she doesn’t stop being a neo Nazi because she thinks Trump is part of the Jewish deep state

She is not your ally. Stop praising her

[pagecommando]

This goes along with ironic cheers. Say nothing. And if you have a 'welcome to the tent MTG' or want to talk about imperfect allies or expediency or whatever. Maybe take a moment to wonder why your Jewish friends don't talk to you anymore.

[reggiemess]

Sometimes people think they're dealing with a Torment Nexus but what they actually have is a Jumanji. And sometimes people think something's a Jumanji but oops it's a Torment Nexus.

[reggiemess]

Now. Sometimes you have a third thing- you'll have yourself a Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. And buddy, I can't help you there.

[reggiemess]

So a Torment Nexus is something that is either a metaphor for a larger societal problem (e.g. The Platform, The Long Walk) or a social issue/trend taken to an exaggerated extreme (e.g. The Purge), with a lot of shades of grey in between (e.g. Squid Game). If it isn't about a larger societal issue/trend/structure it isn't a Torment Nexus.

A Jumanji can be dangerous and high-stakes (to the characters), but it doesn't need to have a metaphor or lesson, it can easily just be a "Would this be fucked up or what?" situation (e.g. a lotta Goosebumps stories). If there IS a lesson/metaphor, it will be on a smaller scale like psychological issues (e.g. Magnus Archives), family/relationship issues (e.g. Zathura), or about a specific topic (e.g. Magic School Bus). Large-scale social issues may be present (after all, Everything Is Political), but they take a definite backseat.

Now. A Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory is a trap based around morality and vices. These can be cultural, religious, or bonkers bullshit like "children shouldn't chew gum." There is generally not discussion or criticism of this morality system. Regardless of the morality system used, if it's not a trap, it's not a Chocolate Factory.

[pingintech]

examples of a willy wonkas chocolate factory include:

saw

the cabin in the woods

labrynth (1986)

and