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Natasha | I used to have a description, but am now in constant existential crisis – so what's the point? | Etc.

[echoes-of-freckles]

I tried to save the file as Frog Prince but misspelled it as Frig Jube and I think that’s a much better title

[startrekhifi]

JUST GET HIM WHAT HE WANTS!

[m-l-rio]

If We Were Villains Signed Hardcover Giveaway

The If We Were Villains release is 22 days away, so it’s time for another giveaway, and this time you can win some combination of six different prizes (pictured above). Here are the details:

The first place winner* will receive:

Signed hardcover If We Were Villains

The Riverside Shakespeare

Plush William Shakespeare to snuggle

Hamlet button from Shakespeare’s Globe

The second place winner will receive:

Signed hardcover If We Were Villains

Tragedy of their choice, Arden edition**

Hamlet button from Shakespeare’s Globe

The third place winner will receive:

Signed hardcover If We Were Villains

Hamlet pen from Shakespeare’s Globe

Hamlet button from Shakespeare’s Globe

To enter, click the link below and provide the necessary information (you can do this starting tonight at midnight, not before):

IWWV Hardcover Giveaway

If you want to up your chances of winning, you can also share this post on social media (up to once a day, but please don’t spam your followers), and add the book on Goodreads. Following me on social media won’t help your chances this time around, but it is the best way to keep up with what’s happening with the book, tour dates, signings, etc. if you want to stay abreast of those. (Or if you just want to see cheesy insider pictures of the launch party.) You can find all my social media links here.

Please note, you are not eligible to participate if you have already won any other If We Were Villains giveaway or if you have received an ARC or galley. To enter to win first prize, you must provide a United States Shipping address. Second and third prize are open to international entrants. Not open to giveaway blogs.

The giveaway will run from March 21 until April 4. Winners will then be contacted, confirmed, announced, and will receive their prize on or after the April 11th release date.

Thanks for participating! Feel free to contact me with questions (but make sure you read this whole post twice first). If you need to find this info again, it all lives right here.

Xx M

*must provide U.S. shipping address **choose from Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, or King Lear

[joebidensanonymous]

PSA: joe biden knows about the memes

[joebidensanonymous]

“When former Vice President Joe Biden first learned of the viral memes featuring him and Barack Obama, he “sat there for an hour and laughed,” his daughter Ashley Biden tells Moneyish. She would know – she’s the one who broke the news to her dad. His favorite one? An image of him and Obama hugging, above a caption celebrating their eight years of partnership”

Source: Moneyish

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In case anyone wants to read it:

BuzzFeed Article

Moneyish Article

[tashatheterrifying]

@the-pixel-thief

[algernonmoncrieff]

this video really haunts me. the way it manages to match every lyric of the song while also being completely at odds with everything about nick carraway’s personality

[onceiwashere]

was this in the directors cut

[tashatheterrifying]

!!!!! I mean there's definitely some unrealized (idk if that's the right word) yet mutual feelings between Nick and Gatsby so it's not at odds with that... However, it's more of a quiet pining than Nick actively rooting that Gatsby gets over Daisy

[montereybayaquarium]

Taking a nap makes any day ottermatically better. Sea otters sometimes nap out of the water to save energy, and they tend to sleep about a third of the day—we can all learn from this professional napper this National Napping Day!

[koryos]

KNOW YOUR BATS: Emballonuridae family

Emballonuridae is a family of bats commonly known as sheath-tailed or sac-winged bats. I’m surprised these bats aren’t better known, because they have very uniquely appealing little faces. I think it’s the perpetually upturned nose.

They also have a stunning variety of colors, from the pure-white northern ghost bat to the dark chocolate of the Hill’s sheath-tailed bat.

Among them are some excellent camoflaugers, such as the proboscis bat, which looks like a bit of lichen or damaged bark on a tree.

In fact, many species in Emballonuridae roost on the trunks and branches of trees, in broad daylight, depending on their camouflage to keep them safe. They like to do it in neat little lines.

Sometimes they also stack.

You may have noticed their short little tailed. They’re sometimes called sheath-tailed bats because these tails protrude out of the membrane between their back legs, which can be pulled up to “sheath” the tail. Here’s a video if you don’t quite understand what I mean.

As I mentioned earlier, they’re also called sac-winged bats. This is because they have special pouches near their wrists designed to release pheromones into the air when they flap their wings. Below is a close up of the pouch, closed and then opened.

For the most part these are very small bats, with weights as low as three to four grams- one of the smallest, the proboscis bat, can get caught in spiderwebs and eaten.

Aside from roosting in trees, these bats roost in caves, crevices, and occasionally, human-made structures like wells or stone tombs. Because of this, several species are known as tomb bats. They’re pretty adorable little harbingers of death if you ask me.

Photo credits:

Main set (species in photo caption): Bat Conservation Intl / Jasmine Vink / University of KwaZulu-Natal / Merlin Tuttle / Michael Penney

Emedded in text: Bateleur Nature Reserve / ARKive / Riley Pearce / PSUNHM / Christian Ziegler

[cinevis]

How long did this interview last?

[rytfujgkuhhgmjgh]

someone who hasnt seen heroes caption this

[lord-steve]

[montereybayaquarium]

The fishes loved receiving this anonymous postcard from a fan! Send us your postcards to your favorite animal and we will read it to them!

[montereybayaquarium]

BREAKING CUTTLEFISH NEWS: Flamboyant cuttlefish hatchlings are now on exhibit! These petite cephalopods hatched on January 6th and are just as dazzling as their parents—only tiny!

[tashatheterrifying]

(yet another reason I wish I were in California right now)

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@tashatheterrifying could this help for your concentration? 

[tashatheterrifying]

I think I got my concentration figured out, but THIS IS SO COOL!!!

and now I want to draw it

[seasons-gredence]

have you ever seen the english subtitles for a chinese bootleg of harry potter and the chamber of secrets?

because

they’re

great

full album here

[seasons-gredence]

i can’t believe dobby invented hashtags

[seasons-gredence]

i don’t even care if you reblog it, i just need you all to look at that album for your own health

[eurusthewanderer-deactivated202]

this literally just made my day Thank you, @seasons-gredence

[seasons-gredence]

you’re welcome! <3

[newtthepreciouscinnamonroll]

This is the best thing ever

[captain-harpo]

There are 7 melons who saw you

[tashatheterrifying]

I was reading this in the bathroom and my mom came in twice because she thought I was asphyxiating.

Reading this is the equivalent of doing ~300 crunches

[tinsnip]

Star Trek fans will finally get a 'Deep Space 9' sequel, but there's a catch

Star Trek's often-overlooked spin-off is finally getting its due.

Documentary!!! With everybody!!! And a mythical ‘season eight episode 1′ script!

[kateoplis]

The extreme arctic solitude of weather man Vyacheslav Korotki | Evgenia Arbugaeva | previously 

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Alexander Siddig for next Dr Who blease

[the-pixel-thief-deactivated2019]

You know your friend is deep in the IB when you have to stuff beets in her backpack because it’s for her Biology IA Lab. @tashatheterrifying