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what I’m reading (books): I'm currently reading Hand Jumper and two Dostoevsky's novels in Demons & The Brothers Karamazov. A more shonen-esque manhwa & psychological-deception thriller alongside 2 stories about a orthodox Russian man's complaints about Russian society pre-USSR. I'm reading these concurrently with Rand. I have been feeling for a good amount of time needing to read non-fiction again. I'm thinking of finishing Africa's World War, or learning about the Haitian Revolution or Afro-Argentines regard decent historical myths pertaining to the World Cup. what I’m listening to: Runes that are Delta, Why doesn't this one have a high quality rip, The Cure but in Spanish, Wolf Man in Paris in Spanish,

what I'm watching: Ramparts of Ice what I'm working on: Surviving what I'm doing to touch grass: ??? what's making me laugh: This is so dumb I'm sorry what's giving me hope: I admittedly dont have an answer to that sorry. I suppose The Idiot by Dostoevsky getting a new translation by Michael Katz but I have to wait a while for the paperback because $45 hardcover is A LOT. Tagging if you so feel inclined @serenfloras, @adrestia, @erisama, @zelmiica, @bloomlaurel,

zelmiica

omg thank you for the tag!!! (and don’t mind how long it took for me to finish this lol)

what i’m reading: technically game of thrones (the first book) but it’s been a hot minute since i’ve read something tbh 😭 my reminder to get back to reading

what i’m listening to: danganronpa soundtrack

what i’m watching: umamusume cinderella gray

what i’m working on: ordering furniture 😭 im moving into my first actual apartment which is exciting but also a lot of work

what i’m doing to touch grass: forcing myself to go outside with the excuse of needing to shop for groceries

what’s making me laugh: tumblr textposts

what’s giving me hope: TTCC RAINMAKER PLUSH ARRIVING IN OCTOBER 🔥🔥

tagging: @grahnye-of-nordion @crystalline-loptous @dreamcast-official @cheyreii @missiletainnyt @asiagodoggo @mitsubinyuri @yeyayeya @monoshiki @airlock @soyokaze-sword @blazernotnotthatone @smithasandwich @gouda-nough @cchickennn @fe4remake @chaosisinsane @loptous + anyone else who’s interested!!

asiagodoggo

alr! let’s do this then

What I’m reading: Dungeon Crawler Carl book two

What I’m listening to: the new FlavorFoley song (actually so good)

What I’m watching: Taskmaster season (or series as they call it) 20

What I’m working on: improving my social skills and trying to get out more

What I’m doing to touch grass: 😶

What’s making me laugh: Taskmaster season 20

What’s giving me hope: I’ve been making a lot of friends on tumblr recently :)

uhhh tagging people (no pressure)

@someromancero @triviavampirekisses @k40m0j1 @virusgeist @vacslav @nighttimerang3r @hippie-dingo @neptune-is-the-best @okapkchu @goteknight @madilamps @snails-tales @musicshopofbabel @sublimation-of-ketrin @thecatwithswords @kikis-maid-cafe

thecatwithswords

An @ yay!

What I’m reading: Mainly rereading and annotating the Magnus chase books while I wait for the Jane chronicles to be available.

What I’m listening to: Epic the musical

What im watching: Arcane and Stranger Things

What I’m working on: Having the motivation to do creative things (art, writing, etc.)

What I’m doing to touch grass: pulling an all nighter and going for a walk at 5:30am

What’s making me laugh: my cat who refuses to be pet, but keeps bumping into people

What’s giving me hope: I have a camp in a week that I’m going to see one of my friends at

tagging people:

@sandwitch0u0 @sammthekindakyubeyclone @nightshade-screams @bigmack2go @mewintheflesh2 @epm592011phk @therealestmahoushoujoev3r-963 @floatingscarscepter and anyone else who wants to

Imagine being so gay you die and kill for your best friend

#johnnyboy #johnny cade #ponyboy curtis #the outsiders

wereokarentwemoony

In light of the Odyssey movie coming out this is my formal PSA that Helen of Troy is actually Helen of Sparta, Troy is the city she was stolen and brought to. The entire Trojan war is the Greeks trying to get her back from Troy, because she is from Sparta. I feel like we all collectively forget this.

infertilityidol

7 notes from mutuals is infinitely more valuable than 30k from the rabble

infertilityidol

gangs all here

parakeet

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do you guys fuck with my cool sword

serregon

I know we make jokes about the proverbial asexual pervert who has written hundreds of thousands of words of smut on ao3, but also shoutout to the aces who aren’t perverts. to the aces who skip the sex scenes and wince at sex jokes and awkwardly leave the conversation when your friends start talking about sex. your boundaries aren’t childish and fuck anyone who says otherwise.

axolaxolotl-lotl

I drew potato in outfits of characters he reminds me of

sammthekindakyubeyclone

MADOKA MAGICA MENTIONED

Peak art btw

scrupulosity-comics

sometimes instead of a horrid little monk, divine visions of lesbians dance in my head dispensing wisdom

scrupulosity-comics

going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi

graffiti discourse is so stupid why the hell would I give a shit if people spraypaint their names or do some cool paintings under a bridge

going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi

sorry didn't realize the bridge has to be plain beige concrete. that was a load bearing plain beige concrete if anyone tags it the whole bridge collapses

bahari-official

me: i wanna talk about my ocs

someone: ok tell me about your ocs

me, suddenly convinced that every single thing about my ocs is stupid and cringy and probably offensive: i. have them

thecatwithswords

me: and they are ummm… humans. Wait no those ones aren’t. Ummm… they do stuff sometimes

transgendercoolcat

Each reblog = one wish my cat will overthrow fascism

dsmsix

naamahdarling

"In the same way that your heart feels and your mind thinks, you, mortal beings, are the instrument by which the universe cares. If you choose to care, then the universe cares. If you don't, then it doesn't." -- Brennan Lee Mulligan, D20, Fantasy High

mf-dooom

yetanothergreyjedi

that is the face of a man worried he will be next

ashtraythief

Good news, he was not next! In fact, she accepted him as her mate, he learned the crane mating dance and now every year, he artificially inseminates her with crane semen to expand the very endangered crane population. True story.

luulapants

Sorry, he WHAT? Imagine being this man's boss and having to sit him down like. Listen. Brian. We need you to fuck the bird. You have to act like you're excited about it.

whetstonefires

crane husband.....

roach-works

this is the diametric opposite of all those awful swan wife stories and i love it.

alex51324

(WalWaPo makes you jump through like three separate hoops before you can read the article, so I will share some of the highlights:

Walnut was born in a species-recovery breeding program in the 1980′s. The program had crane chicks hand-raised by human volunteers, and at that time they did not fully understand the measures necessary make sure that the chicks do not imprint on humans and retain their identity as cranes.

As a result, her keepers believe, Walnut does not recognize other cranes as members of her own species.

It has not been proven that Walnut killed her previous suitors; however, there is a persistent rumor in the white-naped-crane-conservation community that she did.

Because this species is highly endangered, and the gene pool of the captive population is small, it’s pretty important for the survival of her species that Walnut A) mate, and B) not kill a bunch of other cranes.

The actual name of the keeper is Chris Crowe.

They both arrived at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in 2004.

Walnut immediately began paying special attention to Chris--and ignoring the eligible male crane in a nearby enclosure.

Walnut initiated their courtship, performing the opening moves of a mating dance.

Chris realized that if he reciprocated the mating dance, it might be possible to artificially inseminate Walnut with her participation and consent. (The process normally involves restraining the bird.)

It worked!

Chris and Walnut have had five children, who were raised by other crane couples at the facility--sometimes the biological dad and his mate--both because it’s unclear whether Walnut would accept the chicks as her own, and because Chris is not equipped to be a Crane Dad.

However, the Institute provides her with artificial eggs to sit on, and Chris takes his turn looking after them. (This would not work with real eggs because he can’t sit on them properly, but Walnut seems to feel that he is on the job if he just stands over them.)

Chris accepts that he is pretty much married to this bird. White-naped cranes live to be about 60, and they mate for life, so he knows he can’t retire while Walnut is alive. (At the time of the article, Walnut was 36, and Chris 42.)

thesylverlining

Legit cannot pick the funniest part of this

she has not been PROVEN to have killed her exes, but there is a PERSISTENT RUMOR (really officers she's simply DEVASTATED, she sobs, wearing a new feather boa unfortunately resembling her most recent deceased husband)

His name is Chris CROWE. (Mrs. Walnut Crane-Crowe?)

the mental images of a whole human man learning and performing the crane mating dance, and "sitting" on artificial eggs so she thinks he's performing his duties as a husband and father (and apparently OBJECTS if he does not?)

"chris, buddy, you gotta marry the possibly-murderous crane lady for the GOOD OF THE SPECIES." (alternately: "chris, my man! good news! we found you a very interested lady! She's 36, she's very spirited and independent, she holds a very important and rare status in her society! ...Is there a downside? WELL...")

chris sits any potential human partners down, like "my love, you must understand before we wed,,, i am already... Attached" (camera drifts wistfully to the above photo) "Lady Walnut and I have an,, Understanding... the relationship is open, but very committed"

anais-ninja-bitch

just had to explain this post to my father bc he thought my stifled laughter was a signal of illness.

well done, everyone, good game. hit the showers.

largishcat

eshlimoriarty

lazorsandparadox

Not only is he 'married' to walnut, this has apparently happened SEVERAL times, so he has MULTIPLE crane wives, none of which know about any of his other crane wives. This man is, for some unknown reason, irresistible to cranes

queersatanic

the “this content has been removed for violating Tumblr’s Community Guidelines” notice really adds a lot of flavor to this post and somehow makes it MORE obscene than whatever that actually was

worldheritageposts-official

World Heritage Post

kedreeva

I regret being the bearer of bad news, but I thought it should be shared that Walnut passed away in January of this year (2024). There's a lot of mixed info about the lifespan of cranes (due to people misunderstanding what a median is...) but the average for most species I know of is 20-30 years (in the wild if nothing eats them/they don't die young), and 30-45 in captivity, with the oldest known white-naped crane having loved to be 46. Given that she was 42, this old gal did good, and I'm certain she will be missed by folks here.