[fiercestpurpose]

[ID: Bugs Bunny in a suit meme, edited to read "I wish all Etruscan shrews a very pleasant brain-regrowing season."]

It's spring! [x]

[fiercestpurpose]

Happy first day of spring!

[fiercestpurpose]

I happen to think this is a) an incredibly fun fact and b) a pretty funny way to convey it, but despite my efforts (reblogging this once a year), I have yet to get “brain regrowing season” to take off.

[fiercestpurpose]

Some additional Etruscan shrew facts:

They’re the smallest mammal if you measure by mass, coming in at under 2g. That’s tiny.

Because they’re so small, their volume to surface area ratio is messed up, and they are constantly in danger of their body temperature dropping. Their very high metabolism is what keeps them alive.

Their brains can shrink by up to 28% over the winter, so that they don’t have to keep it warm and fed during the coldest season.

They don’t even live where it’s super cold — as the name suggests, they’re found around the Mediterranean, as well as in parts of Southeast Asia. But they’re very sensitive to the cold, on account of being tiny.

They’re so tiny!!! 😭😭😭

[fiercestpurpose]

#would love to see a picture of these little dudes

From Wikimedia. They’re beautiful and very small.

[vacuously-true]

I hope my brain will regrow this season as well...

[theofficialastronomy101]

Dozens of gibbous shots stacked together to produce this beautiful 3D sphere look. 5000mp

Have fun and zoom in if you’re capable!

[adultlikers]

[porksweats]

e me a mail

[fortooate]

make the attachment a pic of a snail

[jumpingjacktrash]

give me two gifs

of critters in clover

[nuclearcarrots]

then photoshop them on the CLIIIIIIIFFS OF DOVER

[laurasinele]

I still reference this post today. And yes, when I say I reference it I mean I sing it.

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[faustique]

planetariums, art museums, aquariums, science museums my beloved

[dyk-tv-theme-song]

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Do you recognize this TV theme song? #702

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Voting ended onJul 19

[dyk-tv-theme-song]

Series: Babar (1989-2001)

Composer: Milan Kymlicka

[twiceturned]

They made a tv show? I never knew! I loved Babar as a kid

[dyk-tv-theme-song]

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Do you recognize this TV theme song? #723

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[doing-90mph-in-central-london]

he's going through a hair dye phase (sleeping in a berry patch)

[doing-90mph-in-central-london]

feels like some of u aren't properly appreciating the fact that he sleeps in a berry patch. and he rolls over and squishes the berries into his fur. because he's so sleepy and content.

[doing-90mph-in-central-london]

maybe people think he's an ugly dog but just to be clear he is actually a beautiful pig

[atrusovaartist]

I always thought Reddit was a place where people could share things they created.A few days ago I posted one of my original paintings. People loved it. We had wonderful conversations about art, emotions, and how everyone saw something different in the same sunset.

About two hours later I was permanently banned from r/MadeMeSmile for “self-promotion.”

I accepted that different communities have different rules.But then something even stranger happened.Soon afterward, a moderator from r/pics started going through my account. Not just the new post—many of my older painting posts disappeared as well. One after another. Then I was permanently banned there too.

Maybe it was the same moderator. Maybe it wasn’t. I honestly don’t know.

What surprised me wasn’t even the ban itself. It was realizing how much power individual moderators have over what millions of people are allowed to see. One decision can erase years of posts from a community and instantly cut off your ability to participate, even if those posts had been happily sitting there for months or years.I’m not saying moderators shouldn’t have rules. Communities need moderation.But it does make you wonder where the line is between protecting a community and allowing a single interpretation of the rules to completely reshape what people can share.

The funny part?

I wasn’t advertising anything in those posts. I wasn’t posting prices or asking anyone to buy anything. I was simply sharing my original paintings because I enjoy discussing art with strangers from around the world.

Anyway…

Here’s the painting that apparently caused all the trouble. 🎨

[dyk-tv-theme-song]

Do you recognize this TV theme song? #695

I know this and can name the series

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I might know this

I've never heard this

Voting ended onJul 16

[dyk-tv-theme-song]

Series: Detectorists (2014-2022)

Composer: Johnny Flynn

[twiceturned]

I guess I must have heard this once, but my main reaction to learning what the song is is (Doc Brown voice) "The ACTOR?"

[dyk-tv-theme-song]

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[twiceturned]

I've only watched this show once, but I really ought to again, such a hoot! And in my favorite mini-genre

[twiceturned]

Most of the time I like that my tumblr is just me sticking stuff on a metaphorical corkboard and maybe seven people seeing it, but it is very frustrating when I see misinformation (possible disinformation) going around, and it's on a post where replies are disabled, so either I reblog the incorrect thing with a correction at the bottom, which doesn't work and probably makes things work, or I basically have to just let it happen

[sharkfintrigued]

[sarawoldstudio]

[raptorific]

[poprocksromance]

A cautionary tale about the growing literacy crisis

[mastincala-deactivated20240527]

Descending Ancestor I, Descending Ancestor II, Loon Rattle, Wood Pecker Ratttle, Loon Rattle, Kingfisher Rattle, Dove Rattle, Raven Rattle by John Marston Qap’u’luq (Coast Salish/Stz’uminus)

[tendermimi]

august you are so gentle to me