Nothing Curious Here

A small little nook in the internet, used primarily for trying to spread some positivity in the world. On all fronts. (I change my layout a lot, sorry!)

[yourbabies-thenmine]

Telling your son not to “be such a girl” lets his sister who overhears the conversation know that being a girl is not a good thing and she should be sorry and ashamed of herself.

It also reminds your son that being a boy is better than being a girl and therefore he is better than any girl he will ever meet.

[rainekitty]

In russian if you cry you get called a cabbage. Vote to change “dont be such a girl to “dont be such a cabbage” say I.

[redpyrofox]

Come at me bro!

[olivehamilton]

if you see this post try to do any of these right now

drink a glass of water

put on chapstick/lip balm

clip/file/paint your nails

take three deep breaths

take a hot/cozy shower

put on fuzzy/comfortable pants or clean underwear (or both)

say something outloud that you’ve been thinking

look up pictures of dogs or cats (or any animal you like basically)

walk around your house

go outside (if you can) and look for plants/flowers

take pictures of said plants/flowers

stretch your arms

if you’re sad try to smile as big as you can and take a picture of it

cheer up

it will be okay

[becausebirds]

An estimated 300 million to 1 billion birds are killed each year from window collisions—but it’s totally preventable! Birds are unable to see glass windows and get confused from the reflective surfaces. Birds also often fight and attack their reflections during mating season. Cute songbirds are the most often affected by windows.

There are several ways to prevent birds from flying into your windows:

1. Keep your blinds/curtains drawn when possible

2. Window Netting - Products such as Bird Block are secured tightly over the window to prevent birds from hitting the glass, this also likely cuts down on the reflection.

3. Films - Adhesive films with nice designs or frosted squares can be adhered to the inside of your window to prevent strikes.

4.  Decals - window decals, either regular or clear UV decals placed on windows are very effective.

5. Place bird feeders close to the window, 1.5ft or closer, this way birds won’t have enough velocity to hurt themselves. They even make bird feeders that attach directly to the window so you can watch feathered friends up close! Using one of those with the above methods is recommended if you feed birds near the window.

6. Shut off indoor lights at nighttime or follow the above tips.

FLAP has more guidelines and tips to make your windows bird-friendly.

[kinfessionsarchive]

I just discovered that I'm red foxkin and now I feel like I have to start eating meat again and tell all my friends about being otherkin. I don't want to do either.

[wingofcrow-blog]

You don't have to do either. Coming out, in any way, shape, or form, should be done on your terms in a place where you feel comfortable. There is nothing you should do before you are ready to do it, and anyone who outs you in the meantime is not doing you any favors, and is probably not someone you should be close to. It doesn't matter if it has to do with gender, sexuality, spiritual belief, mental state, or anything else I can't think of off the top of my head. Your diet, is also under your control. If you currently do not eat meat, there is no reason for you to start. If you currently don't eat meat, you probably know of a good few alternatives to meat, that likely have similar taste or texture. Don't feel bad if you want to explore your identity before sharing it. If you want to tell someone, or talk about your experiences, there are many community resources in safe places for you to do just that! Good luck! :)

[speakforthepits]

Its always good to know what to do when your baby is in danger.

[x423h]

This could save lives

[vulcan-science]

I had to do this twice for my dog and it saved his life. Please reblog.

[gifsboom]

[catsbeaversandducks]

Owls Are Flying Cats

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

That’s why everyone is fond of owls…

[awesome-picz]

[ifuckingloveminerals]

Quartz, Chlorite Group, Albite var: Pericline

Tipling Mine, Dhading, Dhading District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal

[gemmadness]

What a beauty!!!

[klingonsarecute-deactivated2015]

It’s really awful when people take advantage your inability to fully explain your thoughts due to difficulty translating thoughts into speech/words and use it to say they’re right because they can articulate their shitty view better.

[libutron]

Bearded Helmetcrests - Oxypogon guerinii

The Bearded Helmetcrest, Oxypogon guerinii (Apodiformes - Trochilidae), is a hummingbird comprising four taxonomically distinct populations, named as follows: O. g. cyanolaemus in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia), O. g. lindenii in the Venezuelan Andes, O. g. guerinii in the East Andes of Colombia south to Cundinamarca, and O. g. stubelii in the Central Andes of Colombia.

These four taxa were originally described as separate species, later they were lumped without justification in the 1940s but they are highly distinct in multiple plumage and morphometric characters, so it has recently been proposed to assign species rank for all four populations. 

All four taxa has a long, pointed crest and black and white beards with a blue, green, or orange central stripe, and also a dark triangular patch on each side of the face. 

References: [1] - [2]

Photo credits: [Top: ©Tom Friedel | Locality: Sumapaz National Park, Colombia, 2015] - [Middle: ©Juan José Arango | Locality: Nevado del Ruiz. Manizales, Colombia, 2014] - [Bottom: ©Pedro Arturo Camargo Martínez | Locality: Parque Nacional Natural SUMAPAZ, Colombia, 2012]

[chibird]

It can be easy to feel jealous or resentful… but you don’t have to be. ^^ We can all be wonderful, talented people and celebrate each other’s strengths.

[new-zero-kaneda]

scales are cool

[find-the-beauty-within]

The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy.

[priincessolivee-deactivated2025]

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

[thatothernguyen]

[r3d-ca9]

What the fuck are penguins

[kiserinn]

Hey guys! I promised a tutorial so here’s a little one.

I’m just going to explain overall what I did and not go into anything too detailed. Feel free to throw me a question if something is left too unclear!

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My wings are articulated and they’re not attached to my hands in any ways (Though I’m planning to change that by adding a string connected to my hand because my original way of pulling them up didn’t work, they’re too heavy with the feathers).

Here are some pictures of the base:

The idea of articulated wings is that the whole structure moves when you lift/move one part.

As you can see from the picture there are 3 longer and 2 shorter pieces. They’re made out of plywood but I’ve heard that balsa wood is a better option.

There are a total of 7 (14) joints at the points where the pieces of wood overlap. Each wing is attached to the back with a hinge so that I can fold them behind me (Useful in crowds and when walking through doors).

Then there are the feathers, aka the reason I never want to touch scissors again

I used 7m (23 feet) of white felt. I soaked the whole amount of fabric (in pieces) in a mixture made out of glue and water to harden them. It takes at least one or two days for them to dry completely. I forgot to flip some of them around at least once so they got stuck on the floor, dont do that. Cover your floors! I used some big trash bags I found lying around.

I also glued some sticks to the longest feathers after cutting them out to give them more support and to make them look more feathery–like. I made probably 400–500 feathers. I recommend getting your friends to help cutting them if you don’t want to lose your mind :’D

Getting the feathers attached was a tricky part. You can’t just glue them to the base or they’ll be sticking into odd directions when opening/closing the wings.

They need to move around freely so basically I just sticked a loop of wire to each feather. Then I put another piece of wire through it and secured it into place by twisting the two ends together. After that I glued the thing to the frames.

So beautiful! But hey, they aren’t supposed to show. Hot glue is gonna be your best friend at this point.

The biggest feathers are all attached to one big ”ring” made out of thicker wire. Big mess and the backside of the wings.

The feathers are in 3 layers, each layer overlapping the previous feathers:

The primaries and secondaries (1st layer) are painted from both front- and backside. The 2nd and 3rd layers cover the framework so you’re gonna need a lot of feathers over them. Note that wings don’t look the same from both sides!

I used the same technique for attaching the 2nd layer as for the 1st (wire-thingy) but I glued 3 feathers into each other to save time.

The 3rd layer is just glued to the top because will face the right way even if you do so.

When I had attached the feathers they were just hanging straight down (gotta love gravity). I had to do something to get them to lift up when I open the wings so I sewed them together. There goes a thread in the middle of each feather giving the wings also a maximum opening point (which is pretty big). I made some knots that the thread doesn’t slip away.

You won’t be able to do anything with these if you can’t get them on. I made a harness that you put on like a backbag through a hole in the shirt.

And woop, there it is! A pair of hella big articulated wings.

A picture of them closed

…aaand open.

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Some notes!

– This is kind of obvious but making wings like this is expensive and time consuming. I used probably around 100€ for the materials and the hours I’ve spent on this project are also close to a hundred (2 weeks of working from 10AM to 8PM or more, ugh)

– If you decide to do something like this please be careful not to strain yourself too much! I was crouching on the floor for many days in a row and my back and knees hurt like hell in the evenings. Also my right hand still hurts from bending all the wire although it’s been a week already.

– You’re gonna need space. No, not a small corner with a little table, I mean a huge amount of space. For the most of the time you need to work with the wings open (on a floor unless you have an enormous table), and mine are twice the size of me! tho I’m a 16–year–old short girl The wingspan is around 4+ meters, so, yeah. Of course you could always make smaller ones which I really do recommend.

– Surprise, this is also really messy! Especially the feathers make a big mess and you’re gonna get little pieces of felt stuck everywhere.

– This requires some sort of knowledge of using different tools. And skill. Feel free to challenge yourself but this isn’t the easiest sort of thing to do. It was hard even for me although I’ve made a pair of (still) wings before.

– These were surprisingly easy to wear around the convention even though the place was small. They are pretty heavy but not too much to not be able to wear them for 2 days straight.

– I bet that there are a lot better ways to do some parts and I’m fixing them & updating this tutorial when I can figure out better alternatives. (Also if you can think of something before me, send me a message!)

I hope that this was at least somewhat useful although it’s not really detailed. If you do make something inspired by this I’d love to see the results. Also it would be great to put a link to this so that other people can also get help making a pair uvu

Edit: Check out also my “davesprite cosplay” tag at my blog for more information!