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Matt Harlow. he/they. 23. indiana. prospective homesteader intending to focus on meat production (rabbits and sheep) and specialty birds (pigeons, peacocks and pheasants). mostly a dog blog rn. icon by Benedikt Halfdanarson.

[everythingfox]

Peaceful video

[depsidase]

[aralintheobsessive]

if you want butterflies, you need to live with caterpillars.

i am not being metaphorical, i work in a garden center, stop buying plants 'to bring in the bees and butterflies' and then immediately poisoning every caterpillar that dares to consume a single leaf

you will not get butterflies if you kill all the things that turn into butterflies! what are you doing!

[aralintheobsessive]

getting a lot of responses to this going 'ok but it would be good as a metaphor though' so I will accept a metaphorical interpretation as long as you ALSO (!) promise to be considerate towards larval forms of insects specifically and biodiversity in general, deal?

[livestockguardiangod]

Romanian Raven Shepherd Dog, source.

[livestockguardiangod]

Maremma sheepdog, source.

[sheepblr]

[fox-bright]

do not taste plants if you don't know what they are

do not identify a fruit as edible just because it tastes sweet

hope you didn't eat any fucking seeds, bro

[fox-bright]

And today, we have this winner:

I saw the photo in my feed and went ohh, dude, no, we do not handle yellow rocks with our bare hands until we know for sure what they are. And I know that orange...

In comments, they continue:

and that's where I started cussing at the computer monitor. But someone else had got there first:

So just as a reminder, folks. If you don't know what it is, don't put it in your fucking mouth!

[fox-bright]

YOU GODDAMN STUPID MOTHERFUCKER

[sheepblr]

[lucylioness]

[jabberding0]

tree grafting techniques

[funnylookingmoth]

[sheepblr]

Zone Out and Enjoy 31 Minutes of a Rainy Thunderstorm

[sheepblr]

Zone Out and Enjoy 31 Minutes of a Rainy Thunderstorm

[kedreeva]

Remember that one time I lamented that it would be really cool to have a peafowl calculator and that I was struggling to make one because I didn't know anything about coding, and then benevolent coders and artists came out of the woodwork to rescue me.

Well, folks, they didn't just do it, they knocked it outta the damn park. @qwertynerd97 did all the coding, @ospreyonthemoon created the line art, and worked on coloring the sprites with @xayazia and @mothzarellaman. And look at this beast!

We started this project March 15th, 2025, and it was finished and open for beta testing starting April 1st, 2026. A year of coding, arting, and rooting around for references and genetics info. A year of collaboration. A year of work and excitement and watching this thing come together!! I didn't want it to be lost to April Fool's Day, because it's actually real!!

We could use some outside help, though. I'm hoping to get people to come USE it, to click all the buttons and see what happens, to see if anything that SHOULD NOT happen does happen. We found what we hope are the majority of the bugs yesterday, but before I hand it over to breeders who will use it to make decisions about their birds, I'd like to see how it handles more people touching it at once, and see if anyone clicking weird combos can do something accidentally.

If you DO get anything weird, please reblog this to add that info (so others can see what's already been reported, too) or PM me with your browser, a description, and a photo if possible, and I'll put it in the issues notes.

Peafowl Genetics Calculator

[livestockguardiangod]

Iranian Esfahan Dogs, source

[livestockguardiangod]

Iranian Esfahan Dog, source

[doberbutts]

The best road trip buddies I could ask for.

[canine-classified]

♧ Xoloitzcuintle ♧