Baby's Building a Tower of Revenge

~odds, ends, and all the unsightly bittys in between~

[delphinidin4]

[khanuckle-deactivated20250628]

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[beardedmrbean]

[nathanielbuildsatesseract]

This is what having auditory processing issues is like.

[psshaw]

[lilifred]

everyone's talking about the ibs/autism haha funny comparison thing while I'm still stuck on the concept that hamsters exist in the wild. like naturally

tf do you mean they're a wild creature. you find those ankle-biters at the pet store

[psshaw]

Not a biologist, but the evolution of mammals is way more granular than you might expect. Humans are the sole surviving species of the genus Homo, which was a real party before the other ones went extinct. You're in for a fun time.

Domestic cats are believed to be domesticated not from tigers, but from the African wildcat:

Which evolved to be small just because it's sometimes more useful to be small.

And no, hamsters are not off-brand rats. They're part of the rodent order, which includes beavers, moles, capybaras, guinea pigs (yes, also wild) and lots of other fun things:

[thesecretuncle]

Shit. This dude knows an extreme amount about a niche subject. Crazy what you can accomplish when you have treatment resistant IBS

[psshaw]

I want it on record that I shit mostly normal.

[parkchanwoohoo]

[aflo]

I'm imagining a world where RPGMaker somehow made it as the de facto codebase for software and you have to navigate your banking app by walking around in a huge room full of NPCs named "make deposit" and "make withdrawal" etc and there's loud as fuck stock music playing

[aflo]

[allthecanadianpolitics]

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/05/07/Report-Warns-Russian-US-Disinformation-Alberta-Separatism/

Report Warns of Russian and US Disinformation Campaigns on Alberta Separatism | The Tyee

Researchers say MAGA influencers and Russian state media are trying to sway opinions.

[abtl]

Once you become familiar with agroecology it becomes so so so infuriating how agriculture is being done the overwhelming majority of the time.

[abtl]

Like. Hey. Genetic diversity is good, that way your crops are less likely to be completely fulminated by disease in one clean cut. Like. Hey. Agrotoxins are bad not just because they poison people and groundwater and kill non target species in droves but because they also fuck the plant's nutrition over. Like. Hey. Monocultures are bad. Full stop. Either rotate your shit properly or arrange a stratified consortium with plants that agree with each other.

[abtl]

Mulch is your truest and most stalwart friend. Have faith in her.

[abtl]

I now realise I'm sounding like that one XKCD comic with the geologists and quartz.

[abtl]

Also for FUCK sake adapt your varieties TO the local climate, NOT the other way around. Semideserts aren't bad. They're arable. Just learn how the ecosystem works and plant things that can bear it, mimicking its structure. Drought is relative. Cacti are your friends. They are living water reservoirs.

[abtl]

"Weeds" are your friends. They're pioneers. Soil UN-fuckers. By identifying what species you can VERY reliably guess the acidity, rain frequency, fertility, and compactness of the soil, among other things. Also those things are UNDERSTUDIED. COME ON. THEY HAVE POTENTIAL.

[abtl]

And sometimes? The only reason invasive species get the upper hand is because the soil is WAY too fucked for the natives. You can actually use this to your advantage. Plant what grows, return the organic matter to the bloody soil, and once it's UN-fucked enough, THEN you plant more demanding natives.

[abtl]

Quick tutorial with beetle! (Paraphrasing Ana Primavesi) - How to create HELLHOLES. 1 - Get rid of ALL the organic matter. No plants. No mulch. Nothing. 2 - Make sure the wind can blow freely. Dry wind will suck up moisture from the earth like NOTHING else. 3 - If possible, water frequently. This will make clay seep down and create a hard-pan + salinate the soil. Now do the exact opposite. Boom.

[abtl]

(Exclusive to the tropics) DONNNNNNN'T FUCKING TILL THE SOIL. DON'T. As SOON as it rains the soil will get even more fucked than before. DO NOT FUCKING CALCIFY THE SOIL. YES ALUMINIUM IS TOXIC. IT IS ALSO AN ESSENTIAL AGGREGATE. USE ORGANIC MATTER. COVER it. Mulch. Mulch. Mulch. Green manure. Cover cropping. Mulch. Insulate it. Insulate it. INSULATE IT.

[abtl]

Diseases and pests are your FRIENDS. Let me explain. They only happen when something's wrong. Nutrient deficiencies, most usually. Sometimes it's because they're in an agroecosystem not appropriate to the species/aren't paired with the right plants. Identifying what causes what is KEY to stopping it FAR more thoroughly than any pesticide could. They are not the disease. They are a symptom.

[abtl]

Sometimes there's no grand cause. Sometimes it might just be because a pipe burst on your property or something.

[abtl]

STRATA. Plants like growing in "floors". In each other's shade. Even Pliny the Elder figured it out when looking at how things were grown in Carthage.

[abtl]

Why am I going on and on and on and on and on about the mulch Ad Mother Fucking Nihilum? One - aforementioned point. Insulation. Two - help your other friends, the soil critters. Bacteria, fungi, and microfauna WILL make your soil As Soily As Soil Can Be! FEED THEM. FEED THEM. FEED THEM. FEED THEM. E S P E C I A L L Y down here in the tropics where decomposition and nutrient recycling is going on at Mach Yes.

[herpsandbirds]

A record die-off of sea stars was followed by something that stunned biologists

The creatures almost went extinct along the West Coast a decade ago. Recently, they have been making a comeback.

Six months ago, Menge’s team published exciting research — five-legged sea stars were undergoing a significant “baby boom.” The tide pools were denser than they had been before the disease, and the juveniles were eating mussels and clearing space for other species. In short, something rare and wonderful was happening on the Oregon Coast: One of the intertidal zone’s most important predators had returned from the brink...

Read more:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/06/06/after-massive-die-off-west-coast-sea-stars-experience-resurgence/

[theartofmadeline]

happy pride to the gay people in my computer <3

[ritahayworrth]

happy fourth of july to the philippines ONLY

[ritahayworrth]

link to article

[cassiterite-tenring]

hi, filipino here. just want to say that our independence day is june 12, not july 4. july 4 is when the united states government decided that they would recognize our freedom, specifically because it is your independence day and they wanted to cement their cultural hegemony over our country. and because of their influence on our country this was recognized for a time as our independence day. we still commemorate it, but i hope you can understand why we don’t want our independence day to be associated so closely with our former colonizer. it wasn’t even a work holiday for us.

june 12 is the day that we filipinos declared our own independence for ourselves, and that is what we celebrate as independence day

[houseofglass]

happy june 12 to you

[montereybayaquarium]

It's a feeding frenzy in the Kelp Forest exhibit!

Monterey Bay Aquarium volunteers sign up to feed our Kelp Forest fronds twice a day! 

As soon as we get in the water, the fish know it’s time for lunch! We feed them a wide variety of restaurant-quality sustainable seafood like sardines, anchovies, and squid. 😋🐟

During the feeding, guests watch fish dance around the divers, curious and eager for their meal. Our divers love watching the kids on the other side of the glass, captivated by our Kelp Forest exhibit residents.

The interactive feedings help guests feel closer to the ocean and walk away inspired by the beauty and life of this underwater ecosystem. 

There’s wonder in ocean life and caring for it helps us all.

Tune into our live Kelp Forest Cam to watch the feeding from home!

[victusinveritas]

[rue-nightly]

if you're a tumblr user with a shop I am actually begging you to please for the love of god put a link to your site in a pinned post.

how many times have I found something I've loved that OP even says is for their store posted without a link to said store? and when I go to their blog in hopes of finding a link there I wind up scrolling & scrolling back through potentially months of posts before I just give up without ever finding the store.

so please please please if you're a creator of any sort that's trying to make a living off your art, even if it's just commission info, throw it in a pinned post so it's easy to find 🙏

[miiilowo]

[afraid-of-woodpeckers]

it looks like 'ego death' might be the new trendy phrase on this website soon which is going to drive me insane because I have yet to see anyone use it correctly.

ego death does not refer to ego in the sense of pride or self-importance. ego death is the (usually temporary) loss of individual self identity and is often described as a religious/transcendent experience