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[savouryduck]

url change

ducktoothcollection -> savouryduck

[drawnsnake]

[fireflysummers]

I'm apparently so consistently aroace that a friend of mine uses me as a measurement for whether or not something counts as "romantic," based on when I stop understanding what he's talking about.

[fireflysummers]

@loraxofygg Stop being funnier than me on my own post (/j).

[dandelionmoss]

Study: Large, Glowing Numbers on Bus Possibly Significant for Navigation

LOS ANGELES—In a groundbreaking study, scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles have found that wild buses in several U.S. cities display consistent patterns of behavior correlated with the mysterious numbers displayed prominently above their windshield. “We theorize that these numbers encode essential information about their path through the city and may even be used for communication between buses,” said researcher Tim Miazga. This result could create significant upheaval in the field of bus ethology; ever since scientists found themselves on a bus heading in the opposite direction from their intended destination last year, the scientific consensus has held that bus routes are erratic and unpredictable. The new study complicates this picture, although caution is still needed. “Each local population of buses seems to behave differently,” Miazga warned. “Further research is needed before taking the bus can be considered a viable method of transit.” Miazga is working with a team of mathematicians in the hopes of clarifying the relationship between numbers and routes. “We’re currently investigating the correlation between Fibonacci primes and north/south routes, so make sure to stay updated if your city has a bus numbered 2, 3, 5, 13, 89, or 233.”

[bebs-art-gallery]

Tide Pool (1980) by Jeremy Miranda

[longingforrotkehlchen]

Is this charcoal sourdough?

Kormoran (great cormorant) am Max-Eyth-See, Mühlhausen.

[indar0]

[thebelfry]

comics about ditto

[savouryduck]

glad to see we're no longer pretending that pro wrestling isn't a kink thing

[girlboyburger]

something something horsegirls

[girlboyburger]

[prokopetz]

Something I see getting overlooked a lot when discussing queercoding in historical media is that in many cases it's not evidence that the writers secretly shipped it; it was aimed at straight dudes specifically to freak them out. Depicting a male villain as sexually interested in a male hero reads as horror to the cishet male audience. Like, Venom didn't spend years and years being blatantly characterised as Spider-Man's creepy stalker ex because Marvel's writers were all closeted yaoi fans. That was meant to be scary – which of course doesn't mean you can't read it differently, but don't give them credit they don't deserve!

[hamshears]

Ham Shears by Madeline Queripel

02/22/12

[zapatism]

brazilians, imagine you’re a famous futebol player and are about to hit the winning penalty kick at the world cup finals. accidentally, the referee tosses a christian baby at you. would you still kick the baby to the goal and win the hexa championship, and sacrifice the christian baby?

[zapatism]

[lingonberry24]

[aeshnacyanea2000]

[wickedsick]

[seat-safety-switch]

"Didst thou knowest," started the kooky old man in my yard wearing no pants, "that Windows 98 makes the Internet easy?"

I had had enough of living next to the Installation Wizard. Every evening he went out there and waved his wand around and erected all kinds of horrible things. I often thought about moving away, but a big perk of where I live is that my landlord has repeatedly forgotten to cash my bad rent cheques ever since he didn't come back from that Panama vacation.

Most of our other neighbours kept a wide berth from him, and it was getting to the point where just existing next to him made me also a neighbourhood pariah. All those sneers at the community garden. Hugh Georges making a reference to "plug and play" and then snorting his way through a high-pitched laugh at his own joke. Eventually, I would have to do something. My hand would be forced.

For now, I have been luring him away from my property by throwing chunks of miscellaneous electronics I found at the junkyard. Every time, he shouts something about having found new hardware. He does a little dance, gets in his car, and goes away for a couple of hours. Not sure where he's going, or what he's doing. Little afraid he's going to get into a driver conflict at some point, and then I'll have two Installation Wizards on my lawn shooting Roman candles at each other while shrieking about IRQs.

[tetrameryxx]

Fursonas are too hard to decide; it's time for radish plantsona.

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge, wrist excericses!

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

with few exceptions I hate fantasy camping scenes. I think this is maybe residual trauma from deathly hallows lol but 9 times out of 10 I would rather read about characters interacting with A Place than extensively traveling. travel takes a lot of skill to write in a compelling way and I think Tolkien and DnD have made it seem like a genre obligation.

[savouryduck]

since this is coming after a post about TLHOD: does the trek across the gobrin ice meet your standards or is it a blight on an otherwise enjoyable book?