flatid planthopper nymph, Singapore. hemipterans (true bugs) like these have mastered the art of covering oneself in weird waxy filaments, which are shed along with their last juvenile molt, revealing a sleek, gossamer-winged adult
He look like a terrycloth puffball that fell off an old towel
I don’t want to ask AI a question. I don’t want AI to write my sentences for me, at all ever. I don’t want AI search bars to be the default and I don’t want them to be in such a way that I can’t opt out. I don’t want this kind of AI in my life and there is no such thing as AI art, there is only theft of art from human artists by AI scrappers. I don’t want any of this, I hate it. Maybe in a world that isn’t driven by tech bro capitalism we can see machines doing all the dangerous inane things so humans can be free to pursue life and creativity. But that’s not what’s happening right now and I hate it.
BDS added this section to their boycott page and I think people really need to read it:
please remember, pushing unorganized boycotts without carefully fact-checking every company in the list can be actively HARMFUL to the boycott movement.
hope you don’t mind me adding: here’s a list from the website about which companies to target our boycotts at right now:
why are there so many posts about asexuals being immune to sirens. people. sirens don’t lure you in with sex (necessarily). they sing about whatever it is that you want most. they could sing about mothman or cinnamon toast crunch and guess what then your asexual pirate is fucking dead
this is the only kind of ace discourse i ever want to see on my dash. the only kind. ever again. good job
Do you think the sirens would be grateful that they finally get some variety?
“Oh my god we can finally just sing about pasta thank the fucking gods.”
I’m not asexual but I’m fairly certain sirens would do a far better job luring me into the depths with a song about pasta rather than sex…
I mean.
“WHAT THE FUCK STAY AWAY FROM THE ROCKS.”
“FUCKER THEY SAID THEY HAVE FETTUCCINE CARBONARA AND HOT GARLIC BREAD OVER THERE HANG ON BITCH.”
This is true; Odysseus heard them promising him knowledge of the future. So the next time you see artwork like this:
Remember those sultry naked chicks are saying “We’ll tell you the winning lotto numbers.”
Them: “We have unlimited wifi at incredible speeds~” Me: *diving headfirst into the water*
This post is a blessing
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me teaching my pet vampire how to adapt to human society
Ghoul, cadaver, and arachnid are all true but are imperfect words.
A ghoul is not the same as a spirit, and generally refers to demons. A spirit may be a ghoul, but this is not always the case. Zombies can also be considered ghouls for examples. As such ghost is perhaps the better term.
A cadaver specifically refers to a corpse, usually one that is still whole or partly decomposed. This is largely because it is used within medical settings, and is context specific. Skeleton is the general use term for just the skeletal system of an organism.
All spiders are arachnids, not all arachnids are spiders. A general word like this is deliberately obfuscating the object in question.
The use of the word casket is just… wrong? Caskets are rectangular, coffins are tapered. The picture shown was a coffin.
However, the original video had several mistakes as well.
A haunted house is, well, a house that is haunted. A picture alone is not enough to determine that a dwelling is haunted. House is also too general a term. Manor is more specific and accurate.
A graveyard generally refers to a burial site on church grounds. In the absence of a church, cemetery is the more appropriate word.
Ghoul, cadaver, and
arachnid are all true but
are imperfect words.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
So both the pet vampire and their owner make mistakes
I like my peanut butter the same as my partners legs.
(sighs) spread
No, crunchy.
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i cycle the same posts in my queue until i forget and they fall from my hands like errant hackey sacks. thus i continue juggling the ever-dwindling posts still in my grasp until each one that comes up is same as the last
this is so so important to me and mine, and I’m asking you to Do Something so I’ll respect your time and keep it brief
in the UK, if 100k sign a a government petition it will be brought to Parliament and debated. y'all know this country is suffering from some 80s-style bigotry right now, and this is one symptom: almost 200k fuckholes have come together to force the government to discuss whether it is ‘appropriate’ to tell children that queer people exist. this is a big symbolic victory for them. and i am burning with fury.
please, if you’re from the UK,sign this counter-petition so they can at least see how much of a minority they are. simply put, the attempt to put these bastards in their place isn’t gathering enough steam. there are barely 2000 more signatures now than there were this morning (27th January 2023), and that isn’t enough. i refuse to let these people feel even a moment of victory or satisfaction. please help.
treasure planet is a fucking phenomenal film and was released during a time where it was destined to be forgotten by everyone
Fun fact: Slitted pupils only give you an advantage when your eyes are just a few inches above the ground. They help you focus on small and close up prey in the horizontal plane. That’s why they’re primarily found in animals like snakes, foxes, cats and reptilians.
Round pupils don’t work as well when they’re that close to the ground, they’re more suited for hunting larger things that are also further away than pouncing distance, which is why larger predators like tigers and humans got them.
But that doesn’t mean your cat person character or whatever, needs round pupils, it just means it is implied that they mostly hunt small animals and that they look like this while doing so:
demily I'd normally vote for lesbians but good omens is one of my favourite shows of all time, so please sell me on suletta x miorine before I choose the old men situationship
So there’s this daughter of the CEO of a giant tech corp, Miorine, who wants to escape from her private school because her dad intends to make her marry whoever is the best at Giant Robot Fights.
She meets this random country girl, Suletta, who just started attending the school. Suletta inadvertently is the best at Giant Robot Fights because she has a crazy good robot, making her Miorine’s fiance, and Miorine suddenly decides “hang on this might not be so bad.”
Suletta was not aware that being gay was an option, but once she realizes that’s on the table, she instantly becomes head over heels for Miorine.
They repeatedly refer to themselves as being bride and groom, and their relationship’s importance is constantly recognized and affirmed by the people around them. Their relationship is central to the plot.
A lot of stuff happens, but some highlights:
Miorine sees Suletta being targeted by the corporations, and she decides to use her knowledge of the corporate world to start her own company so she can protect Suletta. This is a significant moment because it goes against her earlier wishes to escape the corporate world; protecting Suletta is more important to her. When asked why she did this, she calls herself Suletta’s bride.
Suletta constantly talks about having a wedding with Miorine
Suletta tries to kill a guy for getting between her and Miorine (as she should)
Miorine makes Suletta promise to stay with her forever, and text her three times a day. Suletta does this dutifully. (Needy x Indulgent is such a cute dynamic)
Miorine tries to push Suletta away for her own protection. This backfires. Suletta forgives and comforts her.
Miorine tells Suletta’s mom that they should get along since they’re going to be family (power move)
They are featured together in the intro and ending of every episode.
They get married at the end of the series, and wear rings in the ending. Suletta becomes a school teacher, and Miorine uses her successful company to support her.
Gundam Witch is a love story. Suletta and Miorine are canon and they are married. It’s an incredibly significant relationship because gay marriage isn’t even legal in Japan, but it’s treated as normal in the show. They are so important to me. Thank you for coming to my ted talk. Yuri will save the world, goodbye
this one’s a few days late due to having a lot of doctors appointments sorry it’s just 9 pages, and about some rats… it’s more symbolic than anything really
(it’s completely unrelated to any of my songs that have to do with “puzzleboy”)
The “is this a pigeon” meme with the speaker labeled “radical social justice spaces” asking, “Is this accountability?”
The butterfly is covered up with a large thought bubble that says, “Completely obliterating a trans woman’s entire support network leaving her a traumatized bundle of nerves who feels like she’ll never have any community because you’ve convinced her she’s a monster.”
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What a statement Tumblr turned this into, removing the image and the person who explained it
The “is this a pigeon” meme with the speaker labeled “radical social justice spaces” asking, “Is this accountability?”
The butterfly is covered up with a large thought bubble that says, “Completely obliterating a trans woman’s entire support network leaving her a traumatized bundle of nerves who feels like she’ll never have any community because you’ve convinced her she’s a monster.”
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What a statement Tumblr turned this into, removing the image and the person who explained it
Firefly Squid: The photophores that dot the body of the squid produce two different wavelengths of light (both blue and green bioluminescence) while those around the eye and on the arms only produce blue light. The reactant luciferin and the necessary enzyme luciferase are located in a crystalline structure within rod-like bodies in their photophores. Firefly squid are the only cephalopods to have this structural arrangement which increases the efficiency of its bioluminescence and allows the light to be directed downward in a cone-like projection.
this is sorta true, though the caption gets it a little bit wrong!
viatina-19 fiv mara imóveis is a beautiful purebred nelore cow, and the most expensive cow in the world! her total valueis4.3 million!
though she’s actually owned by multiple people! most recently, one third of her ownership was sold (so like… imagine shares in a company. cow stocks if you will.) for 1.4 million, which increased her value to the 4.3 million mark, even though she was already considered the most expensive cow in the world before that!
This is your daily reminder to stop kosa. Email your reps or go to badinternetbills.com/ and it will send the email for you. You can also edit what it will say in the email.
Also share information about kosa and how to stop it with everyone, you could reblog or just post your own post on your blog or text a friend. Even telling one person makes a difference.
Don’t know who your rep is/their email?https://www.house.gov/representatives
Excerpt from a pre recorded report by Al Jazeera’s correspondent Imran Khan:
If you’re watching this pre recorded report, then Al Jazeera has been banned in the territory of Israel. […] Let me just take you through some of the definitions within the law: they have banned our website including anything that has the option of entering or accessing the website, even passwords that are needed, […] whether it’s stored on Israeli servers or outside of Israel. The website is now inaccessible. They’re also banning any device used for providing content, that includes my mobile phone. If I use that to do any kind of news gathering, then the Israelis can simply confiscate it. Our internet access provider, the guy that simply hosts aljazeera.net is also in danger of being fined if they host the website. The Al Jazeera TV channel is completely banned. Transmission by any kind of content provider is also banned. And holding offices or operating them in the territory by the channel [is banned].
Tell me you’re losing the media war so fucking bad without telling me you’re losing the media war…
imagine if you will, a fairly dry survival crafting game in which you live in a bunker and must periodically venture out to scavenge food, set up turrets for attacking monsters, etc
now, your computer inside the bunker has a game-inside-a-game on it which is a charming farming sim of undeniably greater quality and scope than the survival game you’re playing. therefore, the object of the game becomes to keep your bunker secure so you can play the farming game more.
now, once you achieve the highest rating in the farming game, a secret shop inside it unlocks, and one of the novelty items you can purchase is a game console, giving you access to games-inside-a-game-inside-a-game. most of the games for it are typical mobile shovelware, but one of them is a highly polished, extremely brutal precision platformer with amazing level design and production values exceeding that of the survival game and farming sim combined.
it is only at this point that the purpose of this entire contrivance becomes clear: to create the most deranged speedrun community the world has ever seen.
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