I put the Ace in Disgrace

Test run for a comic tumblr

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 1 day 1 hour

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 1 day 1 hour

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 1 day 1 hour

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

🫶

[static-shark-art]

Please help support a dream of science

I'm trying to raise funds so I can go to grad school (America isn't being kind to science right now, and a lot of places are feeling it). I have somewhere to go, but they don't have funding for me.

Long post, so I'll post the link with the short explanation first, and anyone who wants to read the long version can look under the cut. Thank you in advance.

GoFundMe link

Hiya folks!

My name is Nico, I’m 28, and I’m trying to go to grad school. The only problem? My program doesn’t have funding for me. My application is being held in a stasis because they don’t accept students without funding, but they don’t want to reject me. I’ve been trying to find sources of funding, but the applicable scholarships require proof of acceptance for applicants. 

I’ve been caught in a catch 22.

I’m a saver, a hard worker, and a stubborn dreamer. I started saving up for college in the 1st grade when I knew I wanted to be a scientist. I’ve been working multiple jobs since I was 14 to try and add to those savings since I’m a twin and I knew my sister and I would be hard to afford at the same time. I’ve managed to get far on stubbornness and dreams, I fulfilled the requirements of two majors while working throughout college to help fund my studies and I even managed to find work adjacent to my field. I’ve worked at a museum since graduating during the pandemic, and I survived the major budget cuts to scientific institutions in recent years. 

I will persist, but now I need help. 

In order to show funding for my degree, I need to gather the cost of tuition. $12,000 in total. I’m confident that, if I can raise these funds, then I can cover the rest of my costs with my savings, a part time job, and the possible scholarships I’ll be allowed to apply to upon acceptance into the program. I’ll be scraping by, and I know a Master’s degree is no easy feat when done on its own without a second job, but I also know I will manage.

 Please trust me when I say I can do this. 

I need help with the first hurdle and I can take it from there. I will fight and claw my way to the end, and I will send my research paper to anyone who wants to read it. I just need your help to get started. Please consider leaving a donation or spreading the word, and if you’ve read this far, thank you. I appreciate each and every one of you.

Best Fishes and Warm Wishes,

~ Nico 

[souperluminal]

Heyo! This is my good friend who is going to study sharks. Any help you can give, even just reblogging this post, would be very cool!

[static-shark-art]

Nico on Instagram: "It’s been 24 hours and we’re already a quarter of the way to the goal!! Thank you so much to everyone who donated or sha

12 likes, 0 comments - static_shark_art on April 14, 2026: "It’s been 24 hours and we’re already a quarter of the way to the goal!! Thank yo

It won't let me post the thank-you video I made (it's 8 seconds but you all know this site is broken) But thank you all so much!! We're 1/4 of the way there!!! I'm so grateful for everyone's kind words and support. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

[static-shark-art]

We've done it! I'm funded, thank you all so much!! I can't believe it happened so quickly, this is incredible. I can't wait to start studying, thank you all so so so much!! I'm going to school!!

[static-shark-art]

Please help support a dream of science

I'm trying to raise funds so I can go to grad school (America isn't being kind to science right now, and a lot of places are feeling it). I have somewhere to go, but they don't have funding for me.

Long post, so I'll post the link with the short explanation first, and anyone who wants to read the long version can look under the cut. Thank you in advance.

GoFundMe link

Hiya folks!

My name is Nico, I’m 28, and I’m trying to go to grad school. The only problem? My program doesn’t have funding for me. My application is being held in a stasis because they don’t accept students without funding, but they don’t want to reject me. I’ve been trying to find sources of funding, but the applicable scholarships require proof of acceptance for applicants. 

I’ve been caught in a catch 22.

I’m a saver, a hard worker, and a stubborn dreamer. I started saving up for college in the 1st grade when I knew I wanted to be a scientist. I’ve been working multiple jobs since I was 14 to try and add to those savings since I’m a twin and I knew my sister and I would be hard to afford at the same time. I’ve managed to get far on stubbornness and dreams, I fulfilled the requirements of two majors while working throughout college to help fund my studies and I even managed to find work adjacent to my field. I’ve worked at a museum since graduating during the pandemic, and I survived the major budget cuts to scientific institutions in recent years. 

I will persist, but now I need help. 

In order to show funding for my degree, I need to gather the cost of tuition. $12,000 in total. I’m confident that, if I can raise these funds, then I can cover the rest of my costs with my savings, a part time job, and the possible scholarships I’ll be allowed to apply to upon acceptance into the program. I’ll be scraping by, and I know a Master’s degree is no easy feat when done on its own without a second job, but I also know I will manage.

 Please trust me when I say I can do this. 

I need help with the first hurdle and I can take it from there. I will fight and claw my way to the end, and I will send my research paper to anyone who wants to read it. I just need your help to get started. Please consider leaving a donation or spreading the word, and if you’ve read this far, thank you. I appreciate each and every one of you.

Best Fishes and Warm Wishes,

~ Nico 

[souperluminal]

Heyo! This is my good friend who is going to study sharks. Any help you can give, even just reblogging this post, would be very cool!

[static-shark-art]

Nico on Instagram: "It’s been 24 hours and we’re already a quarter of the way to the goal!! Thank you so much to everyone who donated or sha

12 likes, 0 comments - static_shark_art on April 14, 2026: "It’s been 24 hours and we’re already a quarter of the way to the goal!! Thank yo

It won't let me post the thank-you video I made (it's 8 seconds but you all know this site is broken) But thank you all so much!! We're 1/4 of the way there!!! I'm so grateful for everyone's kind words and support. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

[traumatized-tiefling]

This is peak nerd internal monologue right here

[static-shark-art]

Please help support a dream of science

I'm trying to raise funds so I can go to grad school (America isn't being kind to science right now, and a lot of places are feeling it). I have somewhere to go, but they don't have funding for me.

Long post, so I'll post the link with the short explanation first, and anyone who wants to read the long version can look under the cut. Thank you in advance.

GoFundMe link

Hiya folks!

My name is Nico, I’m 28, and I’m trying to go to grad school. The only problem? My program doesn’t have funding for me. My application is being held in a stasis because they don’t accept students without funding, but they don’t want to reject me. I’ve been trying to find sources of funding, but the applicable scholarships require proof of acceptance for applicants. 

I’ve been caught in a catch 22.

I’m a saver, a hard worker, and a stubborn dreamer. I started saving up for college in the 1st grade when I knew I wanted to be a scientist. I’ve been working multiple jobs since I was 14 to try and add to those savings since I’m a twin and I knew my sister and I would be hard to afford at the same time. I’ve managed to get far on stubbornness and dreams, I fulfilled the requirements of two majors while working throughout college to help fund my studies and I even managed to find work adjacent to my field. I’ve worked at a museum since graduating during the pandemic, and I survived the major budget cuts to scientific institutions in recent years. 

I will persist, but now I need help. 

In order to show funding for my degree, I need to gather the cost of tuition. $12,000 in total. I’m confident that, if I can raise these funds, then I can cover the rest of my costs with my savings, a part time job, and the possible scholarships I’ll be allowed to apply to upon acceptance into the program. I’ll be scraping by, and I know a Master’s degree is no easy feat when done on its own without a second job, but I also know I will manage.

 Please trust me when I say I can do this. 

I need help with the first hurdle and I can take it from there. I will fight and claw my way to the end, and I will send my research paper to anyone who wants to read it. I just need your help to get started. Please consider leaving a donation or spreading the word, and if you’ve read this far, thank you. I appreciate each and every one of you.

Best Fishes and Warm Wishes,

~ Nico 

[static-shark-art]

And if anyone who donates wants a little shark drawing, I'll do it. Leave a comment in the donation and I'll post it here and on my insta. I can do stuff like this:

if it's fossil based.

Or this:

If you'd like a little whimsy.

I can also do more realistic sketches. Digital or traditional. Just lmk

[infectiouspiss]

a tiny heist went down to rescue Rise and now he's being taken everywhere by Reid Wiseman because he's extremely important (he was supposed to be left on the craft, he has instead been adopted)

[the-bar-sinister]

Never be afraid to take your favorite plushie everywhere. If it's cool enough for an astronaut, it's cool enough for you.

[armengoldira]

[citrusfables]

watches project hail mary. fucking loves it. finds out the whole thing was done with practical sets/puppets and minimal CGI. starts reading the book. gets on tumblr to see what people are saying. they are headcanoning ryland grace as aroace and talking about the power of friendship. they are calling the genre “cosmic hope”. chat we fucking won

[static-shark-art]

Please help support a dream of science

I'm trying to raise funds so I can go to grad school (America isn't being kind to science right now, and a lot of places are feeling it). I have somewhere to go, but they don't have funding for me.

Long post, so I'll post the link with the short explanation first, and anyone who wants to read the long version can look under the cut. Thank you in advance.

GoFundMe link

Hiya folks!

My name is Nico, I’m 28, and I’m trying to go to grad school. The only problem? My program doesn’t have funding for me. My application is being held in a stasis because they don’t accept students without funding, but they don’t want to reject me. I’ve been trying to find sources of funding, but the applicable scholarships require proof of acceptance for applicants. 

I’ve been caught in a catch 22.

I’m a saver, a hard worker, and a stubborn dreamer. I started saving up for college in the 1st grade when I knew I wanted to be a scientist. I’ve been working multiple jobs since I was 14 to try and add to those savings since I’m a twin and I knew my sister and I would be hard to afford at the same time. I’ve managed to get far on stubbornness and dreams, I fulfilled the requirements of two majors while working throughout college to help fund my studies and I even managed to find work adjacent to my field. I’ve worked at a museum since graduating during the pandemic, and I survived the major budget cuts to scientific institutions in recent years. 

I will persist, but now I need help. 

In order to show funding for my degree, I need to gather the cost of tuition. $12,000 in total. I’m confident that, if I can raise these funds, then I can cover the rest of my costs with my savings, a part time job, and the possible scholarships I’ll be allowed to apply to upon acceptance into the program. I’ll be scraping by, and I know a Master’s degree is no easy feat when done on its own without a second job, but I also know I will manage.

 Please trust me when I say I can do this. 

I need help with the first hurdle and I can take it from there. I will fight and claw my way to the end, and I will send my research paper to anyone who wants to read it. I just need your help to get started. Please consider leaving a donation or spreading the word, and if you’ve read this far, thank you. I appreciate each and every one of you.

Best Fishes and Warm Wishes,

~ Nico 

[phylogenyunlimited]

Cenozoic Snuggles

Hi everybody, I've launched a side project I'm super proud of: two new stuffed animals from the Pleistocene. They are Glyptodon, the giant armadillo, and Megatherium, the giant ground sloth. If you liked my previous work on the Paleozoic Pals, please check these new guys out on Kickstarter!

Glyptodon and Megatherium Plushies: Cenozoic Snuggles

A brand new set of huggable plush ice age mammals from the designer of Paleozoic Pals

[static-shark-art]

This is the same person who made the Paleozoic Pals btw ! The person who designed the giant Eurypterid

[static-shark-art]

Art summary for the year (more active on Instagram) I’ll work on getting shit done this year too!

[static-shark-art]

First ever attack is of @staryleo 's awesome slimy salamander dragon!! I tried to match wing patterns off of a firefly, and spotting patterns/body off of a yellow spotted salamander. I live for his lil barbels and glowing tail.

[static-shark-art]

Ya girl is doing Artfight this year!!! My first ever. Cannot wait to attempt at least three attacks lmao

[brightgoat]

[modmad]

being actively gunned down in the tags I see

[hollow-head]

you ever hear anyone say something so dumb you have to draw a new yorker cartoon about it?

[thememedaddy]

[chucktaylorupset]

(via hornedchick)

Kurt Vonnegut wrote: “When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig. I was talking to one of the archeologists one day during our lunch break and he asked those kinds of “getting to know you” questions you ask young people: Do you play sports? What’s your favorite subject? And I told him, no I don’t play any sports. I do theater, I’m in choir, I play the violin and piano, I used to take art classes.

And he went WOW. That’s amazing! And I said, “Oh no, but I’m not any good at ANY of them.”

And he said something then that I will never forget and which absolutely blew my mind because no one had ever said anything like it to me before: “I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them. I think you’ve got all these wonderful experiences with different skills, and that all teaches you things and makes you an interesting person, no matter how well you do them.”

And that honestly changed my life. Because I went from a failure, someone who hadn’t been talented enough at anything to excel, to someone who did things because I enjoyed them. I had been raised in such an achievement-oriented environment, so inundated with the myth of Talent, that I thought it was only worth doing things if you could “Win” at them.

[zinjanthropusboisei]

Museum of the Earth faces extinction under “imminent” threat of foreclosure - The Ithaca Voice

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure

If you have ever been tempted by a Paleozoic Pal, like a a stuffed trilobite or a full size eurypterid body pillow, now's the time to buy one, before they and a really lovely little museum are gone for good 😭😭😭

Plush

Paleozoic Pals™ Paleozoic Pals™ are the Paleontological Research Institution’s line of plush fossils. The Paleozoic is the era before dinosa

[chilirasbora]

This was the museum I went to often in my childhood. I'm no longer able to visit unless I visit family, but this place holds a special place in my heart.

As stated in the article, they hold around 7 million artifacts- many of which are orphaned fossils, with the museum taking in collections that otherwise would have been trashed.

Please consider buying a Paleozoic Pal, but I'll also leave a direct donation link as well.

Donate — Paleontological Research Institution

[bunjywunjy]

THE GIANT EURYPTERID BODY PILLOW IS BACK IN STOCK

[zinjanthropusboisei]

It's really gratifying to see people sharing this and commenting about buying/donating; the Museum of the Earth really is a gem and the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) that runs it does critical work in collecting and preserving "orphan" fossil collections. To explain/expand on a couple things, the financial straits they're in started a couple years ago when a $30 million donation fell through for reasons unknown. They severely restructured and downsized in 2023 to keep things going (including dramatically reducing staff and re-homing about 70 animal ambassadors from the Cayuga Nature Center which is also run by PRI, to ensure the animals got consistent care), but they are now in a critical spot with the mortgage and may be foreclosed on soon.

If you're at all in the Finger Lakes area, I recommend dropping in on a weekend - they've got an incredible mastodon skeleton, a new Blaschka glass specimen exhibit, and a full right whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling; they do Fossil ID Saturdays where you can bring in what you've found and get an expert opinion, and they do mask-required days regularly as well.

[muffinworry]

Mary Anning Pint Glass

Mary Anning Pint Glass Celebrate Women in Science! Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer, and paleontologist. She discovered t

[cheerfulomelette]

The website currently has a banner warning users that:

Due to unprecedented demand and an influx of over one thousand orders, please be aware that your items will take longer than usual to ship. All orders will be shipped as quickly as we can get to them. We have only one staff member in charge of orders and over one thousand orders to fill so please be patient. You will receive your order, but it will take a significant amount of time to complete fulfillment. Thank you for your overwhelming support. We appreciate you very much!

Also, they're sold out of just about everything - fantastic job, tumblr!

[zinjanthropusboisei]

they're severely understaffed bc of the downsizing btw so uhhhh pray for the poor single staff person dealing with orders

[phylogenyunlimited]

Hey there! "Poor single staff person" shipping your orders here. I'm the designer of the Pals and the person in charge of putting all the cool merch in our gift shop. I'm overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from this community and just wanted to say thank you so much to everyone who has reblogged the article and commented about how much you love the Pals and our other merch. I have so much gratitude to you all, knowing that the work I've done has touched so many people. We've received almost as many orders over 48 hours as we did in the past entire calendar year so it's a very daunting task ahead but I'll do my best to get your items out to you. As OP mentioned, we're severely understaffed right now and so pretty much every remaining staff member is doing 5 people's jobs. I hope we will be able to reorder all your favorite items quickly, but restocking will also take a lot of time. That said, feel free to put your emails on the waiting lists for any out-of-stock items you love. I'm doing my best to make sure that the Pals continue and everyone can get their fix of huggable paleo plushies! <3 to you all.

[leons-tits]

I GOT TO VISIT TODAY!!! Nico, if you happen to see this, you were literally SO cool. I enjoyed your shark teeth facts and our hyperfixation conversation so very much.

I ALSO GOT A DARLING LITTLE AMMONOID!!!! Literally the creature of all time. If you are able to visit the museum in person I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend it. Not only are the staff absolutely wonderful, the exhibits informative and interactive, and the art featured absolutely amazing, there is also the gift shop!! If you are looking for more paleozoic pals, cool earrings, awesome books, and more, the gift shop is the place for you!!

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