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A little mana for the centrifuge

@eppifullofmagic

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this is the behavior of a HEAVILY OVERWORKED tower!

remember that if your tower is exceptionally tall and narrow (like these) and/or carrying an extraordinarily heavy load (like a vault room full of gold, or a storeroom of priceless artifacts), you should be setting aside a day every lunar cycle to put it in rest mode (wards down, magically-animated servants asleep, etc;) to prevent catastrophic collapses such as these!

illustration commission for @vjcreations on twitter of Tazr'ael the half-orc psionic rogue from our Dnd Stream Strange Hungers!! 🗡 He's having an uh- interesting time right now, his past is catching up on him. Watch us on Twitch or Youtube via TotalPartyKiss! 🗡 more commission info in source!🗡

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I believe that measured amounts of being a hater is necessary. We define ourselves by what we resist, and homogenization is the death of culture.

Consider the art of the kvetch. Haterdom is the art of performative criticism. The art in haterdom is control. Artful haters can mock in a way that the hate-ee laughs at, agrees with, shares with their fellow hate-ees.

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i constantly think about that one youtube comment that was like "i never understood how humans learned to do complicated stuff like farm or make bread or brew alcohol until i watched speedrunners working together to break their favorite game". humans love working together to figure out extremely precise and nonintuitive processes to acheive a goal. i saw this article recently about how Neanderthals perfected a method of synthesizing a waterproof adhesive from birch bark by burying it in a pit with embers, and the whole time i was wondering how long it took to perfect that process. Barrier Skip took, what, a decade to get it right? Neanderthals could definitely figure out how to make sticky sap even stickier in that timeframe

IS BEING HYDRATED REALLY WORTH ALL THIS PEEING?

Hi friend! Fun fact! The human body can only absorb one liter of water per hour, and not all at once! Likely the reason you’re peeing so much is because you’re taking in too much water at a time, so your body just flushes it through your system as opposed to absorbing it. A good rule is ¼ liter every 15 minutes. Don’t get me wrong, there are definitely times that I want to (and will) glug a whole liter like it’s nothing, but steady hydration throughout the day is key! -Your friendly local wilderness first responder who rehydrates people for their job :)

Dang okay 📝

Evil biology facts that fill me with Fear :)

hey, I heard y’all like evil biology facts like knowledge about horse blood types.

well! today I was researching alternative biochemistries extraterrestrial life could use and. man. I think Earth life is fucked up enough for me thanks

  • biological dark matter. WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY BLOOD HAS DNA IN IT FROM NO KNOWN SOURCE. YOU CAN’T JUST SAY THAT COME BACK HERE
  • One specific cave that has been sealed for 5.5 million years and has developed an ecosystem completely dependent on chemosynthetic bacteria.
  • Was anybody going to tell me that bacteria have decided iron is yummy and are eating the Titanic, or was I supposed to just read that myself
  • Terrible Berry (yes, that’s what the genus name means). This whole thing is so fucked up. These scientists were testing whether radiation could be used to kill pathogens in food, so they dosed a tin of meat with enough radiation to kill any known living organism (as one does) but guess what, it still fucking spoiled because of THIS BASTARD FUCKER.
  • (seriously, why is it like this? WHY has a bacterium evolved to chill in radioactive waste like it’s a soothing Jacuzzi tub? What does it know that we don’t know?)
  • (ANSWERS. I WANT ANSWERS, YOU CHERNOBYL ASS BITCH.)
  • Cursed worm, which has no mouth or digestive system and depends entirely on five (5) different species of bacteria, which consume hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen monoxide, and carbon monoxide, for food. How do you, a worm, even...figure out how to do...all that?
  • Bone worms. At least they like their bones already dead. I still could have gone without knowing this was a thing.
  • “Oh, parasitic plant, that sounds c—WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING”
  • I am like half convinced this is made up. Seriously, bacteria grow their own electrical wires and we just let them?

Oooh, the gutless worm genus was news to me! That is SO COOL!

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lahore pigeons are some of the most visually appealing birds out there. like in terms of visual design. very minimalist, good contrast.

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Too bad Lahore pigeons are a domestic breed and don’t appear in the wild at all. Some equally balanced wild colorations include

Pygmy Falcon

Great Hornbill

Wallcreeper

and

Black-throated Loon

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this is a good addition to this post. thank you for this birds educations

I would like to submit the following additions to the world of exceptional bird color design:

Cedar Waxwing

Red Crowned Crane

Brahminy Kite

Green Tree Swallow (I mean seriously - those are metallic teal feathers against stark white. Damn.) 

Bali Mynah

And, last but certainly not least, the cutest fucking puffball on this planet earth:

The Korean Crow-Tit

I’d also like to contribute some pretty awesome birds

Hooded Pitta (or as like to call them little olives)

Coua

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Mot-Mot

The Blue Crown Pigeon (the biggest pigeon)

good post

I’m fond of the Golden Breasted Starling,

the Golden Pheasant,

and the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher.

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May I present the most fabulous turkey in the world, the Ocellated Turkey?

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Might I add

The Violet-backed starling

the Himalayan Monal (in love with the moomin-looking one)