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Aquarist with a degree in illustration, I post my own work as well as work I like but mostly you'll find music, films, fish, fandom (ofmd/wwdits/dw/torchwood/btvs/ats/lot/spn/txf/hannibal/hp/htgawm/got/rupaul/firefly/battlestar galactica/twin-peaks/marvel(mostly thor)/stranger things/good omens), nature, interiors, exteriors, tropical fish, comics, and Jarvis Cocker.  Proud AroAce, my pronouns are she/her/that

[an-ruraiocht]

genuinely feels like this sums up so many online interactions

(for the record, madeline is a dual citizen who has lived a lot of time in both the US and the UK, she speaks knowledgeably)

[an-ruraiocht]

also an important addition from the replies

[uncommon-etc]

This tends to be a pretty common complaint in couples therapy, one partner complains too much while the other assumes their complaint is a request for further action then gets annoyed when it turns out complaining partner only wants to wallow.

I guess the 'special relationship' is more of a dysfunctional marriage.

[ozempicofficial]

[depsidase]

[evvergreen]

tumblr is the website for if you're just someone's weird sister

[pajamaslam-deactivated20190101]

start ur day off right with hearty bowl of gina torres as cleopatra letting xena know she’s DTF.

[firewings86]

the fact that I’m reblogging this from a non-Xena blog I follow makes it even better. also GABRIELLE’S FACE LOLOL

[elljayvee]

Gabs is considering the threesome possibilities. 

[deadgenerations]

in more pleasant news: this year is seeing the biggest humpback migration in Australian history, bigger than it was PRE whaling. That's right, there are more humpbacks migrating off the coast of Australia than there were BEFORE industrial whaling started.

A huge, fat W for environmentalists and Greenies. what an achievement

[lumsel]

we did it! we saved the fucking whales!!!!

[the-tao-of-fandom]

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there are 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is

Further info for those interested

[pnwnativeplants]

Environmental activism works!!! If they tell you its hopeless they're lying and/or selling some shit!!!

[traegorn]

[queen-mihai]

When I tell people "I'll be impressed when something actually happens"

THIS is what I'm talking about.

[the-haiku-bot]

When I tell people

“I’ll be impressed when something

actually happens”

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[whyenn-reader]

ADHD advice from non-ADHD people: start blocking out your day and put things in your google calendar

ADHD advice from ADHD people: any time you're waiting for your food to microwave YOU HAVE TO WASH DISHES WASH AS MANY AS YOU CAN THIS IS A RACE AGAINST TIME THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THIS COULD HAPPEN

[shinyjolteon]

im gonna cry this person is so sweet to their fish

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

*remembering the band bare naked ladies contains no ladies* call me back when they transition

[andrewrnease]

They're also fully clothed.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

One life change at a time

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

dogs are right about doorbells. a doorbell ringing is a THREAT and should be met with an appropriate aggression display

[sial-nawfed]

"i dont like intersectional feminist terminology because it implies that i have the capacity and means to enact violence and thats unfair because im literally so niceys" - one of the most dangerous and unsafe people youll ever meet

[sial-nawfed]

these people will say "hey dont group me in with all the other white/male/cis/TME people, im one of the good ones" without a shred of self-awareness

[frontmansdefender]

[pangur-and-grim]

fairly reliably when someone is mean and weird to you on Tumblr, you can look on their blog and all their recent posts will be about how unhappy they are in their interpersonal relationships and/or how frustrated they are that their creative venture hasn't found success. and it's like ohhhhh okay, I get it. you're clawing at other people because you're actively drowning. my sympathies, that sucks, but I'm not a lifeguard so carry on.

[pangur-and-grim]

[poolboydivision]

x

[sunspotpony]

Here’s a community reminder that the New York Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News, and is generally considered to be an arm of the far right’s propaganda machine.

They just do a slightly better job of pretending they’re centrist or liberal than Fox News, because their goal is not to sway conservatives, but to sway everyone to the left of the far right.

[quasi-normalcy]

They're really trying to tan-suit-obama him, eh?

[jayalaw]

I think everyone with expendable formal wear and at a low risk for drowning should wade in a swimming pool at the shallow end and take a photo.

[ampervadasz]

[loth-catgirl]

peac & love on planet earth

[astalkingirin]

So this is interesting because entire thing is communication, and it also shows how important different threat/aggression postures are.

The first cat comes in ready for a fight. Low down, trying not to be seen, stalking/wary posture.

Second cat jumps in the air and then does the exaggerated arch. That's an absolutely terrified cat. No cool, no chill. A cat willing to fight would not have gone full arch because it's moving them out of a position where they could launch themselves at the other cat. However, a scared cat can move from this to a preemptive attack if they think the other cat is going to attack them and just moving slowly.

Realizing the second cat doesn't want a fight, the first cat comes out of the low, threatening slink quickly to roll around to say hey, whoops, they weren't here to attack, they don't want to fight either.

With similar speed and exaggeration as the arch, the second cat does the same wiggle that yes, I too have no desire to fight, look at me doing the same thing and conspicuously not attacking when you're vulnerable.

To function as a social species, you need checks and deescalation. Both cats don't have perfect information about the other cat, and they need to know that they could misread or be misread, and then adjust their behavior to fix the problem.

[tomfoolerytotality]

Looking back on 2020, I think it's hilarious that Wellerman of all shanties is the one that blew up online. It's not a song about life on the high seas or adventuring

It's the "Where the fuck is my delivery" song

[stevishabitat]

[uncommon-etc]

Just wanted to give the shout-out to those guys who speak English as an additional language (and I'm not just talking about second-language speakers, I mean those who picked up a bit at school as a 3rd or 4th language) who aren't quite fluent but when they run into an English-speaker who shares their special interest they're determined to give it a go and end up being way better at holding a conversation than they thought.

I went into a fantastic camera shop in Prague the other day and when I said 'Mluvíš anglicky?' to the guy behind the counter (because I know like three phrases in Czech) he made like a 'eh, not so much' hand gesture, but then I brought out my beloved Pentax Super ME and asked whether they could kit me out with a strap for it...

And he's like 'my colleague will find you the best one, and when you're done I will show you proper books of Czech photographers, because I can tell you are serious person with proper camera instead of this modern crap."

I left the shop having learned so much from this guy and his colleagues, all of whom claimed their English was okay at best, because I think something wonderful happens in our brains when we're motivated to learn language by what interests us rather than just told what to say by teachers thinking we'll need to describe every item in our pencil cases.

My knowledge of the cyrillic alphabet is shaky at best, but if someone wrote 'Петриківка' on a sign and stuck it at the entrance to a dark alley they could quite easily lure me to my death, because look at this stuff!