All the Worgen are gay

Tabby or Bon or Lain/24/queer/I love dogs??/they/them/Blizzard entertainment owns my soul

[morganathewitch]

Hiking trail, Nävekvarn Sweden.

[morganathewitch]

Green leaves in May, Botkyrka 2026.

[neovagina-penisis-evangelion]

When people argue that food from Chinese and Mexican restaurants in the US are not 'real' representations of that culture's cuisine ignore the historical reality that these dishes were developed by diasporic communities striving to recreate the flavors of home with available resources. Such criticism frames adaptation as a loss of authenticity, rather than recognizing it as a sincere and evolving expression of culture by people separated from their homeland.

[ninhaoma-ya]

Too good to leave in the tags

[morganathewitch]

Skogsporträtt av koltrast (Blackbird), Maj 2026.

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Chief Warg’s Company

Seldom did Wargs venture near the dwellings of Humans, preferring instead to hunt and den over the Edge of the Wild.

Artist: Jason Kang TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[hardwrench]

deep down inside i think sargeras is embarrassed about doing all that stuff like yeesh total overreaction

[genderkoolaid]

When you said in your Katherine Hepburn post that you wonder how many transmasculine people kept their identities close to their chest to be the wife or mother that they were supposed to be, I always think of my neighbor.

I live in an extremely Mormon community in rural Northern Utah. I came out as a trans man as a teenager, about 10 years ago. My neighbor— someone who I had always known as a traditional Mormon woman in her early 40s, a devout housewife, a mother of several children, a valued community member from a very important family in our area (her brother is literally the mayor of our town), and at most SLIGHTLY more reclusive and quiet than most of the bigshots in our community— quietly told me on their front porch one evening that they have always seen themself as a man.

They wistfully told me about their college years, where they were involved in the lesbian community, before in their early 20s realizing that it was “more” than that. About how they only moved back home and got married after their college degree because the thought of being a disappointment to their family, and being disowned, felt impossible to cope with. So they got married to a man that they admit they don’t feel any ounce of attraction towards, and had several kids, and they’re not quite the pride to their parents as their siblings (due to being slightly more reclusive, not really having friends to speak of that aren’t just church ladies that they work with, and, admittedly, always seeming a bit depressed to me). They said that they were proud of me for doing what I needed to do, though, and they were happy that my family at least wasn’t disowning me.

Nobody else in our community knows. Not their family, not their husband, not their kids, not the people they do church outreach with.

And whenever I read stories of forgotten trans men, I always think of them. They’re still alive! They’re still here! And nobody but me will probably ever know! And if I hadn’t come out in this tiny little community, I’d never know either!

Idk. Sorry for the vent/rant. Thank you for listening. It crushes me to be the only one who knows them as a man, sometimes.

Thank you for sharing. These are the transmasculine stories we need to be telling more and louder.

[no-celebration]

Niagara Falls

[morganathewitch]

July greens, Oxelösund Sweden.

[morganathewitch]

Hiking trails in Oxelösund, Sweden.

[prunelya]

Valentin

Le genre d'endroit dont ton âme se souvient.

[bebewrites]

genAI companies are now buying up rare and antique books so they can scan them and use them to train their AI. then they're destroying the books afterward.

AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almos

AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.

they've had to face settlements against stealing from current authors, so they'll just go for the old books now. they're also doing this so they have the only copies of rare books.

they're taking water, power, natural resources for their data centers. they steal. they're book burning, essentially. i'm just so angry, i'm at a loss right now.

[gallusrostromegalus]

Fish Tank Update!!

The 40 Gallon is stocked!! (Except the shrimp, those come tomorrow) Some of its residents:

- The Two Festivums, Silver and Stripey, who I thought were two different colors, only now I've realized are actually just capable of changing how dark their stripes are :P

- Two of the Black Stroopwaffel Corydoras. They're actually Schultzei Corys, but my phone autocorrected it to "Stroopwaffel" and now they're Stroopwaffels to me.

- Male (right) and Female (left) Nego D'Agua Tetras. That's my most dominant male, Chunky Duncan.

- The Xingu Black Neons, which are like regular black neons, but from the Xingu river and like three times as big, and one of my Albino Emperor Tetras

- The Cory that likes to sit on the left rock and Silver the Festivum (maybe)

- The Cory that likes the beach and Stripey the Festivum (maybe)

- Selene, watching the fish with me. She sometimes very gently paws the glass but I'm not worried about her with them because she hates how the tank water smells so she leaves when I open the lid

[hope-for-the-planet]

Four litters of North Carolina red wolf pups born in the wild this year

Officials say that 12-16 pups have survived their first few months.

The critically endangered red wolf population in North Carolina welcomed four new litters this year. Researchers estimate that 12-16 pups have survived their first few months, which is a very big deal for a species with only 22 adults remaining in the wild.

Budget for additional wildlife crossings in the wolf's habitat offers additional hope for the species, since road strikes are currently one of their greatest threats.

Thanks to @calliopechild for submitting this story!

[electronicmail]

Be honest do you think that actually learning things in high school is important

yeah dude or else youre gonna be that coworker people post about

[electronicmail]

this is by far the most insane example

[ssianthe]

this is why everyone needs a Dr Karl on their public radio so you can call him up and ask exactly that. He has a science communication call in hour and years later I still remember the time a young fella on break at a building site called up to know clouds work, and he explained so nicely. also his wife makes his shirts which is important to the science communication imho:

[anik]

i love this guy

[feelboss]

man has weapons grade autism

[anik]

i love this guy