Phlogistofool

20/Male/Netherlands - I generally don't write anything, this is mostly for fooling around with.

[molinaesque]

Christopher Plummer chilling with a crow (1962) (x)

[phlogistofool]

Bird. Good bird!

[phlogistofool]

So I got this USB-powered LED reading light from my grandmother, since she got one for free from some magazine.

Real cool but it is eyeburn city. So I tried slapping some coloured tape on because yes, I happen to have that lying around. Took too long and it's getting late. Fished up this sheet of paper from the same place as the tape and called it a success. The convergent thing was actually by accident but nobody told you that.

I am so freakin proud.

[phlogistofool]

Oh boy

Time to ditch the expectations that other people had, or which I think they had. Yes, I am throwing all the “so much potential” nonsense over in the corner of useless advice and getting the Average Joe job that nobody is gonna expect.

No more going through the motions.

[programmerhumour]

SQL injection via car.

[mooncustafer]

Little Bobby Tables’ got his driver’s licence.

[tchaikovskaya]

i have to google a couple of things to understand this hold on

[tchaikovskaya]

yeah this is funny

[phlogistofool]

This cannot be countered. Ultimate strategy.

[fumblebeefae]

We need to better educate kids on the importance of animals that are typically hated because otherwise you end up with adults who think hating wasps is a personality.

[aromantic-eight]

Trufax: hatred of wasps is so widespread that it’s prevalent among biologists as well. An entire field full of people getting excited about species that nobody else has heard of, and many have collectively decided that wasps don’t need to be researched, even though they’re threatened by the same things that are threatening bees, and disappearance of wasps will spell bad things for the number of pests found in gardens and farms.

[tinysaurus-rex-deactivated20240]

I have a friend wasp named Queeny. She built her nest on a really inconvenient area where I often dump my birds’ uneaten seed or shake towels out. She would come out angrily and buzz at us, ready to defend her home from the strange giants.

Queeny didn’t know that it was our porch she built her home on, she saw a nice ledge and decided that it was a suitable spot to begin her life as a lone female.

So instead of removing the nest and poisoning her with bug spray, you know what I did? I moved the area where I dump my things and started feeding her. I would tap three times on the railing before leaving a treat like fruit, honey, dog food, or pesky beetles I find in my garden, then move away to give them lots of space. At first she would buzz out, wings spread and ready to fight, but after doing this for just a few days…she stopped!

Now when she comes out, it’s slowly and non-threatingly. She tilts her head at me before gingerly inspecting the offerings. She doesn’t threaten my mom any more either, she’s learned that we mean no harm. We’ve started using that ledge to shake sheets out and dump bird seed and she doesn’t mind at all! She just watches quietly.

She even has a family now! Five daughters and one lad- a husband or son, not sure which lmao -who greet us the same, she must’ve taught them that we’re not enemies (or they just grew up used to us). They even protect my garden, since Queeny’s family has grown the invasive Japanese beetle population has plummeted! They really are delightful neighbors.

[arcticarthropod]

To do list:

Befriend some wasps

[phlogistofool]

I need to show this to my mother and disprove her fear of buzzing insects.

[worldhammerer-old]

‘pox romana’, the plague that only kills latin speakers

[phlogistofool]

Uh oh. I'm toast.

[phlogistofool]

Indeterminate stress

Sometimes you feel pressured or stressed with no clearly discernible reason? I do right now. It sucks.

[phlogistofool]

Balinese sand. Fragments of rocks and shells in between large, round beads of sand. As a result your feet easily sink in, and the sand loves to cling to you in the most inconvenient way it can.

If you want to visit Bali but not the overcrowded tourism, Sanur might be your thing.

[phlogistofool]

Found this in the airport. While at home I am no caffeine addict, this sign is gospel here due to timezone shenanigans.

[ladyofthefanart]

Find your REAL Angel name

• First two letters of your last name • First vowel of your first name • Third letter of your middle name (or parent’s first name if you don’t have a middle name • Last consonant of your last name • Add IEL or EL to the end!

[cisphobicspock]

I’m fucking Flargel

[clint-ftm-barton]

Huesriel

[kaijuno]

PEENKEL I HATE EVERYTHING

[phlogistofool]

Oh wow, these do look funny. I have Boaaniel. Sounds like someone changed their mind about saying a word halfway through.

I'm not even religious.

[mossworm]

Pheidole ants

[phlogistofool]

Suddenly I feel a lot worse about all the ants I keep sweeping off the garden table when we’re eating.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[supreme-leader-stoat]

[crtter]

Here’s the article if anyone wants to give it a read! It’s very interesting!

Extinct Bird Re-Evolved Itself Back Into Existence On Island in Seychelles

Once the bird became extinct, it took only 20,000 years for it to return and evolve into a flightless bird again.

[phlogistofool]

Stubborn birds, oh my.

[phlogistofool]

So uh.

Over the course of a few months I've been wondering about everything gender identity. A Wikipedia read has cleared things up a bit, but I'm dropping this here anyway if someone would like to write me an essay about it too. I think a more conversational style will help me understand it better is why.

[escapekit]

Surreal Food Comps

Japan-based art director Yuni Yoshida creates surreal food compositions on her Instagram. Check out more of her creations here.

[phlogistofool]

Neat.

[phlogistofool]

Personalised ads

> Discusses dating and being alone a week+ ago

> Google Play: “Here, let me show you dating apps”

This is not okay. Granted, it’s not inaccurate, but now is not the time. Catch me again in August, big tech.

[phlogistofool]

Music thing

Knock know. Who’s there? It me. 

@summonedskulls poked me to do a thing a few days ago where you put music on shuffle and list the first ten results. Worst thing is, shuffle obviously picked not my favourite things, but that’s okay.

C418 - 26

David Gray - Breathe

Darren Korb - Gold Leaf (Transistor OST)

Aquatakat - ALAISA

Coldplay - Swallowed In The Sea

mudeth - Hallowed Ground (Binding of Isaac Antibirth OST

Groove Armada - Fogma

The noise grinders - Stuck at home

Cheshyre - The Madness of the Hatter 2

Justin Karpel - Time Fcuk Level Theme A

Fun fact: part of my phone’s music library simply exists because my dad’s old phone fell into my hands. Groove Armada is one of those things. I don’t know why I haven’t removed all of that, I did dump the one David Guetta album he’d stored on it.

#8 is some random song that was just included on my new Samsung Galaxy A6. Somewhat similar to my garbage Sony Xperia E1 having some tracks on it.

If through some magic you pass by and think of something I should listen, go ahead. Exploring music I would not have encountered otherwise is one of the things I love to do. summonedskulls has been an important part of that since, I dunno, a year ago? Maybe longer. So this is a little thank you for that as well.

[ampervadasz]

[phlogistofool]

Right, I dug this up. I want to meet birds like these.