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[riftclaw]

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Going to be opening commissions a bit to pay for essentials; a few more options have been added this time.

Reshares super appreciated, thank you for looking!

[thisus3rhaspass3d-deactivated20]

[sege-h]

The Tatsumi Tatsugiri siblings

[riftclaw]

the only feedback I got on that last post was "may as well post your rambles here" so here's today's random thought

when I talk about the geoverse version of lance I am always disclaimering it bc he's had a very different life compared to canon so the fact that he's anxious and traumatised and more than a little paranoid makes more sense in the context of the au than it would for canon lance

but then masters keeps making him say things like this

and then it's like. oh there's something really wrong w you too huh

[talesfromtreatment]

Kinda funny story: we took our cat for a check-up back in 2024 and things went smoothly but when we got the documentation I think there was a slight miscommunication about when he was last weighed and how much he weighed.

He is... dust...

Congratulations on your 95 year old domestic short-air.

[dreamyboogrem]

Selene, the hero who captures your heart

[boringkate]

You wanna log in? What's your username? No. What's your email address? What's your password? What code did we just send to your email address? Now what code did we just text to you? New IP address detected. We sent you an email. Click the link to confirm the new address. Scan your fingerprint. Turn on your camera for age verification. Sign the updated user agreement. Accept all cookies? That feature isn't available on the website. Download the app. Those features are in the app. The app that's really a web browser.

[thegreatyin]

"how can m/f ships be good-" first of all through the power of bisexuality anything is possible so write that down. second of all if we start othering ships based on gender and nothing else we're no better than the opposition. third of all you need to watch more addams family

[sege-h]

Brothers after the Verdigris incident time

Because being a big bro means protecting your little bro after nightmares and ignoring that you have ones of your own

[samethstarrart]

Something a little different

Timelapse below!

[riftclaw]

okay i wanna force myself to get back in the saddle somehow if i started just doing little infodumps and maybe doodles about the geoverse would you prefer if i posted it on this blog or make a side blog so you can ignore the reblogs?

[tvguts]

i mentioned getting $20 worth of neopets sticker packs from five below yesterday. well here they are in all their holographic glory

[tvguts]

i just want it on record that i derived so much joy from these. i put my favorite fairie and maraquan stickers on my bookshelf this weekend and put a rainbow kougra and blue cybunny on my new sketchbook today. i love having cool stickers!!!

[whumporama]

I think you should put that character in a Situation

And then make the Situation a lottt worse

For enrichment

[mevil]

[i-like-eyes]

pls stop calling your art “slop” its just another way of saying its “cringe” and look. I understand being young and feeling self conscious about your artwork, but your drawing of a kids next door au for an obscure plants vs zombies character that’s basically your own oc at this point wearing an outfit you wish you owned is so unique and so you and therefore so human. Dont you dare conflate it with slop and dont you dare stop making your art

[th3-dark-abyss]

person with Cannot Lock In Disorder: fuckkkkkk why can't I lock in...

[alphynix]

Nanophoca vitulinoides was a small earless seal that lived during the mid-Miocene (~14-12 million years ago) in what is now Belgium, which at the time was covered by the southern margin of the North Sea.

It was slightly smaller than any modern pinnipeds, no more than 1m long (3'3"), and had more mobile front and back flippers than modern earless seals — indicating it had a different swimming style than its living relatives, and that it may have been more mobile on land.

It also had a very dense skeleton, which would have made it a slower, less maneuverable swimmer. It may have fed on small prey on the seafloor in shallow coastal waters, similar to modern bearded seals.

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References:

Dewaele, Leonard, et al. "Reappraisal of the extinct seal “Phoca” vitulinoides from the Neogene of the North Sea Basin, with bearing on its geological age, phylogenetic affinities, and locomotion." PeerJ 5 (2017): e3316. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3316

Dewaele, Leonard, et al. "Generalized osteosclerotic condition in the skeleton of Nanophoca vitulinoides, a dwarf seal from the Miocene of Belgium." Journal of Mammalian Evolution 26.4 (2019): 517-543. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-018-9438-9

Wikipedia contributors. “Nanophoca” Wikipedia, 23 Mar. 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanophoca