Somewhere inside a ring

Bandwagon-hoppage. Only a fraction of my real self, but an interesting fraction I should hope. aka Ember.

[discworldwitches]

r/antarctica Largest Tree in Antarctica, McMurdo Sound, 2025 [OC]

[targetedknowledge]

[frankiesbullshit]

someone tell OP i did it, i spent about 3 hours on it

[madnessofmen]

60 is not old

[madnessofmen]

sir john franklin of the eponymous doomed polar expedition died on the ice at 61. it's never too late.

[jarsandjarsofbones]

take more eddie text posts!!!!!!!!! pt.4 to this post :)

[clownfish-casino]

OKAY I'm curious

where do you write your fics

ellipsus

google docs

directly in the AO3 editor

notes app

physical paper

literally wherever I can (sticky notes, your hand, scrap paper, etc)

something else (tell me in tags or comments !!)

not a fic writer but I wanna press a button too !!!

Voting ended onJul 24

would appreciate reblogs for sample size ::]

[hydro-homies]

Imagine being the only person alive who can say this

[nevercure]

buzz aldrin and neil armstrong liked to do a thing where they’d tell unfunny jokes at parties about being on the moon and when people were confused they’d go “guess you had to have been there”

[adastra-sf]

Happy Moon Landing Day!

On July 20, 1969 - 55 years ago today! - humans first stepped foot on another world.

Apollo 11 - NASA

The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar

[belladonnabedlam]

Okay. I was on my beloved AO3 and I saw something that made me do a double take. So, now I really want to know…

What is your AO3 user ID?

I’m an OG user 5 digits or less

Six figures baby!

I’m in the millions…

Remaining time: 1 day 3 hours

I’m so curious to see how long people have been on AO3! I know some people have been on there since beta/invite only, but I would love to see what the number is on tumblr!

[primeideal]

[many of the Terra Nova crew thought]..."of Scott as a frustrated scientist because his general grasp of, and interest in, their diverse work was immense." -"Cheltenham in Antarctica" RF Scott/Navani Kholin crossover when?

the Ardents: Brightness, your idiot husband has succumbed to his hubris Navani: must be Talnsday

Scott: please get the boy interested in natural history if you can, it's better than sports and games and all those so-called manly activities Navani: there are two boys, how about one does natural history and one sticks to sports

[primeideal]

Wandering around near the US Capitol last night and came across this plaque from 1932. I'm not sure how many people would still consider Charles Wilkes a "famous explorer" but it was like...I know him!

[galacticsabc]

Go! Rocky, Go!

[nevermindtheblizzard]

ARTISTS AND WRITERS WANTED for HAZARDOUS JOURNEY on JOINT CREATIVE VENTURE

Never Mind the Blizzard is an upcoming zine dedicated to the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, and we now invite all artists and writers interested in this colourful period of polar history to submit work to us!

So, grab your sledging pencil or polar paint kit—we’re looking for:

Anything under the umbrella of visual arts, including paintings, illustrations, comics, collage, diagrams, printmaking, and more.

Creative writing: short pieces of fiction, vignettes, creative nonfiction, poetry, etc.

Any combination of these.

In other words: if it (1) relates to an Antarctic expedition taking place between 1897 and 1922 and (2) can be put to (digital) paper, send it our way! Playfulness and formal experimentation is encouraged, and everyone is invited to contribute regardless of skill level. Please see the submission guidelines on our website for a few more details.

Submit your finished work HERE by August 15th (23:59 GMT).

[ferrisraccoon]

Inciting Incident - a piece for the Animorphs30 Zine uwu

thank you @ animophs-30

[primeideal]

Watching the Biggest Fireworks Show of All Time (TM) interspersed with natural lightning definitely brought that line from Quatrevingt-Treize about "Nature says to humankind, 'Behold my work, and yours'" to mind.

[paper--machete]

it bothers me that you often don't really hear about people having a "favorite album" the way they might have a favorite movie or favorite video game

[paper--machete]

fuck it. reblog this and tell me in the tags what your favorite album is

[squavery]

9 signatures, found on a damaged document in the backroom of the Cafe Musain. The core members of a group which almost became historic, known as Les Amis de L’ABC…

A calligraphy project I did, mostly as an exercise in different styles of handwriting and attempting to design distinct signatures! I had a ton of fun with it and there are a few more that couldn’t fit in this post so those will be up shortly.

[ausergentdewaterloo]

you'll never guess who my favorite character is