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カササギ（Eurasian magpie）

thingsfordragonag

He has his own outline!

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One thing I love about studying math is that when you ask any fellow student or prof why they went into math we all say it’s because we find it beautiful. It’s so diametrically opposed to the opinion that everyone else has about math that it feels like some kind of virus that infects you and makes you unable to study anything else

mindwires

I study math because there is some sort of gremlin in my brain addicted to the clacking sound two Numbers make when they smack against each other

pico42

Reminds me of this:

#bless this post #I can finally enjoy my job as a calling without it feeling like a betrayal of my passions

hbmmaster

how much does the aurora borealis weigh

hbmmaster

it's pretty light

pmamtraveller

By Daniel Arthur

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These gentle, 400-pound giants are splashing back from the brink of extinction.

Green sea turtles have been an iconic endangered species since the 1980s, mostly due to bycatch in fishing nets and taking adults and eggs for food. I have core childhood memories of watching Steve Irwin talk about sea turtle conservation in front of a beach full of nesting green sea turtles.

After 45 years of conservation efforts, their population now meets the IUCN criteria for Least Concern rather than Endangered.

For a species with such a slow life history (it takes green sea turtles decades to reach sexual maturity) and a nearly global population, this is a Really Big Deal. This is the kind of long term conservation victory that many of the amazing humans who started working on green sea turtle conservation back in the 80s didn't live to see.

Just because something isn't fixed right away doesn't mean it won't ever be fixed. Just because the work is slow doesn't mean it isn't worth doing.

#good news

randomalistic

mourning dove moodboard (made of choclate chips)

fairycosmos

eating a music note

thingsfordragonag

I'll have a quarter quaver with cheese, please.

kedreeva

Take a moment from your busy day to relax and observe all the ways to pester a peahen, at her insistence.

xanaxfarts

A tiny insect clinging to the head of a horned viper

nattousan

#ratatouille

nattousan

rejoice everyone, this one seems to be legit: Nimish Peter Photography

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I love rebloging. It’s the adult equivalent of showing everyone the cool rock I just found.

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#literally the whole reason this blog exists

90ssuperheroes

Let's take a moment to appreciate just how amazing the title cards were for Batman the Animated Series.

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Oh! I actually know what made these look so iconic!

The backgrounds for the entire series were done on black paper, a first for any animated show. It's Batman, which means everything is at night and incredibly dark. So, the majority of the backgrounds were going to be black anyways and using black paper would cut down on the time it took to create all of the backgrounds. Adding color over the black paper instead of the traditional method gave it a much more stylized look that helped make it iconic.

It also forced some other creative choices, such as using an airbrush to do all of the background art. During the early testing, they found that using an airbrush was easier to apply paint with than a paintbrush and that it looked better. Airbrushing let them be more experimental with painting techniques, such as the spattery fades you can see in the "Bane" and "Deep Freeze" title cards above or the soft, deeply shadowed face on "the Last Laugh." The overall effect of airbrushing on a black background is a much darker, moodier vibe than could be achieved with a traditional approach.

They cared very deeply about the art of the show and how they were going to create it. It wasn't just about the story or the character. In the words of co-creator Eric Radomski: "As opposed to making shows just to sell toys, we've made quality films."