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[quaintpanic]

I WAS BORN YESTERDAY. I JUST BLEW IN FROM STUPID TOWN. THIS IS MY FIRST RODEO. PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME.

[cherryhatter-deactivated2015072]

KICK THE CAN!

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

To kick the can, reblog it. I wanna see how long this can go on for.

[visibun]

the oldest reblogs for this post that i can find are from january 2nd of 2013. this can has been getting kicked around tumblr for almost 13½ years now

[drtanner]

And yet somehow this is my first time kicking it!

[geniusbee]

these are getting weird

[greeds]

[cryptotheism]

I just felt someone Z-target me

[search-queery]

[clearly circle-strafing you] don't be ridiculous

[damagecontrolstyleaggression]

I can't believe Anthony Stewart Head has died. RIP, you gave us an iconic character

[my-dailydreams]

[aplpaca]

The guys in these photos are males in the process of transitioning into breeding plumage, which is why they're all patchy! When they're fully in breeding plumage, they look like this:

Females and males out of breeding plumage look like this:

You can see how the males in the original post are partway between the two! The species is also known as the Red Avadavat or the Red Munia, and they're native to southern Asia

[crowboy-bebop]

unauthorized fucking thing!!!!!!

(warning: loud chirping throughout)

source: hellgate osprey cam

[curlicuecal]

[aetherograph]

More context:

the first osprey is the father, the one that comes later is the mother.

ospreys are not eagles, they're ospreys

ospreys only eat fish, that's why they don't register this starling as possible food

the starling got home safely

the starling was not trying to eat the eggs, it was mostly curious and you can see it trying to hop under the osprey every time the osprey tries to sit down again--this is because the starling is still a baby and has the instinct to get under an adult for warmth, even though it mostly has its feathers. this scares the osprey because that is a Foreign Creature near its eggs.

at the end of the video you can see the ospreys starting to turn the eggs. birds do this so the yolk and/or embryo don't stick to the shell of the egg, which is bad for the egg's health.

ospreys have eyes adapted to seeing beneath the surface of the water!

[howtobrazilianportuguese]

Brazilian Portuguese Resources

Structured courses & apps

Falando — Brazilian Portuguese-focused app with grammar, vocabulary, listening, reading, journaling, practice modes, culture, and Celpe-Bras practice.

Duolingo Portuguese — easy daily habit-builder for beginner vocabulary, sentence patterns, and basic grammar.

Pimsleur Brazilian Portuguese — audio-first course for pronunciation, listening, and speaking from day one.

Mango Languages Brazilian Portuguese — conversation-based course covering vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and culture.

Busuu Portuguese — structured Brazilian Portuguese course for speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

Memrise Portuguese BR — useful for Brazilian phrases, native-speaker videos, and vocabulary review.

PortuguesePod101 — lots of short audio/video lessons, vocabulary tools, flashcards, and slowed-down audio.

Semantica Portuguese — video-story lessons built around real-life Brazilian Portuguese situations.

Teachers, speaking practice & conversation

Speaking Brazilian Language School — authentic Brazilian Portuguese lessons with teacher Virginia Langhammer and real teachers.

Street Smart Brazil — self-paced courses, one-on-one lessons, and targeted Portuguese learning options.

Preply Brazilian Portuguese tutors — private online Brazilian Portuguese lessons with tutors at different prices and styles.

Tandem — language exchange app for finding native speakers to chat, call, and practice with.

HelloTalk Portuguese — practice Portuguese through chats, voice rooms, live streams, and language exchange.

Listening, video & podcasts

Easy Portuguese — street interviews and videos from São Paulo with learner-friendly content.

Língua da Gente — practical UT Austin podcast lessons based on everyday spoken Portuguese.

Tá Falado — especially useful for Spanish speakers learning Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation and grammar.

Fala Gringo — intermediate Brazilian Portuguese podcast about Brazilian culture, current topics, and language.

Speaking Brazilian Podcast — podcast for learning authentic Brazilian Portuguese.

ClicaBrasil — free intermediate/advanced Brazilian culture and language units with videos and PDF activities.

Portuguese Communication Exercises — nearly 350 short native-speaker clips with transcripts and translations.

Brazilian Portuguese Podcast — real conversations between native Brazilians for listening practice.

Vocabulary, pronunciation & reference

Forvo Portuguese — pronunciation dictionary with Brazilian and Portugal accent filters.

Anki Shared Decks: Portuguese — spaced-repetition flashcard decks for vocabulary, phrases, and sentence mining.

Clozemaster Brazilian Portuguese — sentence-based vocabulary practice, best once you are past the absolute beginner stage.

LingQ Portuguese — learn through real content like YouTube, podcasts, ebooks, and imported materials with transcripts.

WordReference English-Portuguese — reliable bilingual dictionary with forums and usage help.

Priberam Dictionary — free Portuguese dictionary with definitions, synonyms, antonyms, conjugation, etymology, and usage notes.

Reverso Context / Conjugator — translations in context plus Portuguese verb conjugation tools.

Immersion tools

Language Reactor — turns Netflix and YouTube into language-learning tools with native-material support.

LyricsTraining Portuguese — practice listening with Brazilian/Portuguese songs by filling in missing lyrics.

[live-to-let-you-shine]

i love you, trans women,

i love you, trans femmes,

i love you, trans men,

i love you, trans mascs,

i love you, trans neutral people,

i love you, intersex people,

i love you, lesbians,

i love you, gay men,

i love you, bisexuals,

i love you, pansexuals,

i love you, aromantics,

i love you, asexuals,

i love you neopronoun users,

i love you contradictory label users,

i love you women who go by he/him,

i love you men who go by she/her,

i love you people whose identities 'dont fit',

queer people i love you,

i will always stand with you,

there is nothing in this world that can pull me apart from you,

i promise it will get better, i promise we will win,

i promise we won't always have to be afraid,

i promise, if nothing else, that somebody in this world loves you.

you have always been, are, and will always be, my family.

[crowlines]

I'm on my way

[xphaiea]

Georges. Liautard

[door]

Georges Liautaud (Haitian, 1899–1991), Untitled, n.d. Cut and hammered oil drum, 24.25 x 16.75 x 1 in (61.5 x 42.5 x 2.5 cm)

Private collection, on p. 105 of this exhibition catalog.

[deadeyesopened]

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[qelflinq]

Good evening ladies where u want to go

[antarctic-empires]

Ah, a holiday classic

[hungry-skeleton]

Asexuals were always part of pride and it really fucking shows when people think it's a recent term.

[hungry-skeleton]

Although not going by the term "asexual" yet, asexuality was spoken about alongside homosexuality as far back as the 1890s. Asexual history is just as vital to queer history as any other term and I'm so tired of watching us being treated like a new thing

[hungry-skeleton]

This image is so so fucking important to me

[hungry-skeleton]

Reblog this, cowards