(not so) secretly a total geek

Hi folks, I'm the Sylversmyth! ‘90s baby, aro/ace-spec, she/they NB/agender. I'm an artist and a metalsmith/jeweler. I draw some too (and very occasionally post it). I love reading but don’t do it enough (unless you count fanfic). Since I work with my hands I am CONSTANTLY listening to podcasts and audiobooks. I'm a big fan of way too many things, so you can expect basically zero consistency on this blog!

[maggotsandcream]

Something I do find lovely about the first 4 Murderbot Diaries books (can’t yet speak on all of them) is:

Murderbot chronically finding new scientists/travellers to claim as “clients” (whether paid or not) like one of those sheepless herding dogs that goes around finding sheep (or anything else they can herd like a flock of sheep). Like it clearly has a protect humans instinct and a desperate need for enrichment.

Given its general lack of self awareness and unreliable narrator status, there’s no way in hell Murderbot is aware it’s doing this.

[depsidase]

[evstratt]

Eva Stratt aka the softest girl you've ever seen PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026)

[oakfern]

Day and night at the Parthenon. Yoshida Hiroshi, 1925.

[gowhiteboy-go]

I’ve featured this artist on my personal ‘artist of the week’ segment before! For anyone curious, these are actually woodblock prints, not canvas paintings! Hitoshi is well-known for incorporating western art techniques and sensibilities into his prints, which is why these almost feel like 19th century oil paintings rather than traditional Japanese prints.

Something to note is that both of these prints were made with the same wood blocks and inked separately, which is a process known as ‘betsu-zuri’. You can read more about that process here. Hitoshi used this technique a lot; his ‘Sailing Boats’ print set is my favorite example.

Anyway. Woodblock printing is a very cool process that I highly recommend you check out! The site I linked above has some great explanations if you’re interested.

[dreadwedge]

it should go without saying, but a hooligan is a marsupial, a miscreant is a mustelid, and a ne'er-do-well is an herb in the mint family

[alenseress]

"I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from Perdition"

or whatever gay people say

[natalieironside]

office chair hungry, feed it skirt hems

[basic-bamboo]

You wanna let your long skirt get tangled up in my wheels so bad

[krystal-prisms]

chair Wheel perfec t size for put skirt in to n\ap! inside very Soft and Comfort skirt not get stuck put hem in Chair Wheel. Put Hem In Chair Whe. no problems ever in chaair wheel because good Shape and Support for skirt hem weak of big skirt hem. Achair wheel yes a place for a hem put hem in chair wheel can trust chair for giveing good love to skirt. friend chair

[salmonella-destroyer-of-worlds]

[megafaunatic]

ok mouse.

[bumblingbabooshka]

I think Vulcans should nuzzle their faces together when they like each other but it's like, not something you do in front of other people. That's something to do in private or if you're a little kid. Babies don't really know how to do this properly and are prone to just headbutting their parents/siblings instinctually. They want to 'get closer' to what they feel telepathically emanating from the people around them. This nuzzling is a form of telepathic communication but it's very unskilled (a baby can and will do it) and you only get broad feelings/thoughts from it. But that's alright bc typically the only feeling/thought you're hoping to get from or communicate with such an action is 'I like you'.

[youandthemountains]

(via @muirmarie )

[thebotanicalarcade]

Beatrix Potter

Writer, illustrator, conservationist, natural scientist

For the inaugural Arcade Feature, I'm excited to tell you about Beatrix Potter. Most people (including me) know her best for her picture books-

-which have sold over 250 million copies since they were published in the early 1900s.

Fun fact: In 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character.

But what really caught my attention is the work she was doing before Peter Rabbit came along.

Beatrix Potter had a scientific eye for detail, and was able to faithfully depict the world around her. In particular, she was interested in mycology.

In 1897, she put forward a paper to the Linnean Society in London... but as a woman was not allowed to be a member of the society nor attend the meeting when her paper was read. When the society's members did not pay much attention to her work, and fearing her samples to be contaminated, Potter withdrew her paper, which became lost. Only after Potter left hundreds of mycological artworks to a museum in the Lake District, UK, on her death in 1943, were her scientific talents recognized... Potter's precise and beautiful paintings and drawings of fungi are now helping modern mycologists in their efforts to identify species.*

Potter eventually moved away from books in favor of land management and farming. She was a prize-winning sheep breeder and a prosperous farmer, and bought several farms surrounding her own to preserve the unique hill country landscape. Much of that land now constitutes the Lake District National Park.

Keep an eye out for more Beatrix Potter throughout the month of February.

* Fry, C., & Wayland, E. (2024). Introduction. In The Botanists’ Library, The Most Important Botanical Books in History (1st ed., pp. 9–10). introduction, Ivy Press.

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[wizardpepsi]

baseball players in the 20s were all named shit like Dipsy Doodle and Crunch Johnson

[sistertaxon]

[sistertaxon]

[humming-fly]

#they named them like cats in a shelter

[lavendersalve]

[sistertaxon]

[avi--arts]

6.29.26

please tell me this is as funny as i think it is for a print

[whatbigotspost]

From @ closetedHistory on Instagram

[whatbigotspost]

Forgot this post exists but it was getting notes so HAPPY DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH!

[mxjackparker]

I couldn't find many direct comparisons of trans guys bodies before, during and after pregnancy like this when I was trying, so here.

First picture is 3 years on T. Second picture is at 41 weeks pregnant. Third picture is at 8.5 months post-partum, 7.5 months back on T.

Things I'm now doing post-partum after initial recovery:

-Losing fat and building muscle to speed up fat redistribution to look more masc (on a glp-1 to be transparent).

- Using minoxidil to help with facial hair.

- Higher dose to T to stay upper end of male range.

- Voice training to stay in the deeper version of my voice.

I feel like my face has masculinized again very well already but pregnancy took a big toll on my body and I already wasn't happy with my fitness and body composition before. The width of my hips is the main thing I think is very obvious in the images here and I hate it, just being totally honest.

[mini-wrants]

Outdoor in sun perfec t place for president to do speech! Outdoor very warm very soft put old man on green lawn under sun. Put old man in warm sun. no problem ever in warm sun because good view and audience can see long speech. Nice podium outdoor sunny perfect place for old president can trust warm sun to give nice view to President good luck to President. friend sun.

[runraerun]

This but make it domestic Spirk:

[eldar-of-zemlya]

Maaan, this Ernest Chiriacka illustration has been in my K/S inspiration folder for over a year now!! Thank you for making this post—this was the push I needed to finally make it happen xD

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