more things i’ve discovered after 2 years of raising garden snails:

- they will wiggle their eye stalks in excitement - they have favorite places to sleep and favorite friends to sleep with - they’re good for your skin so let them run around on ur face!!! - they can feel their shells, which means they can feel u pet them (pet gently!!) - u can help a snail with a broken shell by giving it eggshells or cuttlebones to scrape (the calcium helps them patch up!) - they like a change of scenery and will explore all day if u change something - absolute cuddle bugs. love to snuggle with u, with friends, with dirt - u can hear them chew!! listen closely when u feed them….. asmr - as distinct as snowflakes, every single one is different!! i can tell all of my snails apart easily - babies. absolute baby children - speaking of babies, baby garden snails are no bigger than raindrops and translucent… delicate!! keep in a separate enclosure until they’re bigger!! baby jail!!! - some snails are shy……… kiss them. they are important

HEY THIS IS IMPORTANT whats your favorite place to find drawing references?

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if you have any more please reply!

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Yesstyle.com

they have flattering and elegant clothing

This makes me so happy and I don’t even know why.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is real

He’s not a character to play with. He’s not up to headcanons. He’s not up to publicly shared fantasies. He’s not for you to fetishize and toy with and imagine. His reality is not up to debate or compromise or imagination. He’s a real person. Don’t treat him as a fictional being. You’re gross and creepy.

FUCKING HELL HOW DID I?!

HOW DID I MAKE THESE BEAUTIFUL HANDS?!

@wolfieskies25 @theniceprincess-tnp @ihaileysenpai @plushy16 @phoenixmeeka

BOI WOT

Legends say that after u reblog this image you are given the power to hand

PLEASE DEAR GOD PLEASE

P l eas e

Power of hand

((HOLY SHIZ????????)) -BlueML

O h

B R U H

Bro

I believe it 

Brruuuuhhh please!

I need to be able to hand

I want to hand

I’m not taking any chances 

HELP ME HAND

PLEASE!!

PLEASE!!!

HELP ME HAND

IT WORKS!

I doubt this

@weirdwyvern

I hope it works…

For the future

OH PLEASE!

I don’t doubt this

Please work

Keep reading

hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Idk what happened but please

Let me hand p l e a s e

BLEASE-

HAND?

Hand

hand 🅱lease

Funny how my hands are still horrific claws belonging to a fucking bananahandet weeb yeti

school sucks imma drop out n make tik toks

What happens to cats in zero gravity ?   more educational gifs«

OH GOD THOSE POOR BABIES i am sobbing i am laughing so hard

In the last pic the cat is all “oh thank god I found ground NO WAIT COME BACK GROUND”

THOSE POOR BABIES OMG WHY AM I LAUGHING AT THIS

Astronaut: We need to fund 1.4 billion dollars. NASA: FOR WHAT?! Astronaut: We want to put kitties in space and have them float around in zero gravity. NASA: Here is all the money. God bless.

Those cats are just ?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!

Cat: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

NASA: fascinating…

What y’all think ‘gifted child’ discourse is saying: I used to be special and now I’m not and that makes me sad.

What ‘gifted child’ discourse is ACTUALLY saying: The way many educational systems treat children who’ve been identified as ‘gifted’ is actively harmful in that it a. obliges kids to give up socialising with their same-age peers in favour of constantly courting the approval of adult ‘mentors’ who mostly don’t give a shit about them, b. demands that they tie their entire identity to a set of standards that’s not merely unsustainable, but intentionally so, because its unstated purpose is to weed out the ‘unworthy’ rather than to provide useful goals for self-improvement, and c. denies them opportunities to learn useful life skills in favour of training them up in an excruciatingly narrow academic skill-set that’s basically useless outside of an institutional career path that the vast majority of them will never be allowed to pursue.

regional gothic

🌫 east coast: foggy piers. something large and unknown washing up onto shore. the end of the beach disappearing into the storm. shade of the forest, leaving patterned shadows and tricking your eyes. overgrown tombstones. old houses painted black, shuttered windows. an old outbuilding in the middle of the woods, the forest has moved inside. you know someone lives there. figures between the trees, whispering.

🏚midwest: abandoned farms, silos that are slowly turning back into the earth. street lights that flicker as you pass them. empty streets in the middle of the night, but you still hear footsteps behind you. someone looking at you from a curtained window, and then you blink and they’re gone. storm sirens at 2 AM and the sound of an old radio crackling on even though no one touched it. the endless fields know your fears.

🌾southwest: weather vanes spinning wildly even though there’s no wind. sunsets bathing everything in saturated light before all the color disappears. old homesteads leaning to one side, covered in cobwebs. walking in the desert alone, but you’re not alone, someone on that crest is crawling with you. waking up to the sound of a complete downpour but looking outside and it hasn’t rained even a drop. your walls have eyes, and they’ve seen.

🌄rocky mountain: standing next to a stream and over the roar of the water you hear a snap of a twig, when you look behind you, something has left a neat pile of rocks. night sky only interrupted by the silhouette of a peak, and glowing torches traveling down it. weather changing wickedly fast, and you’re caught without shelter in a lightning storm. old mountain towns, the residents weathered by time. and they know the secret about the abandoned house that sits at the edge. the one in your dreams.

🌊north west: when you leave your house, a sudden cold puff of air blows over you and all the hairs on your arm stand up. old fishing boats, rusted and bent out of shape, claw marks running along the sides. the forest is more fog and mist than trees and they’re listening. old circles of rocks and twigs, with an offering in the middle, you feel an overwhelming need to stand there. markings etched into the trees, growing more frequent as you explore. there was a settlement here. you hear voices. leaning into the rain cracked pavement, they grow louder.

Soviet propaganda turned into pride propaganda posters

in response to russia’s controversial gay propaganda law, adopted in 2013, the series of ‘pride propaganda’ posters has been repurposed from original soviet propaganda images. in a country where simply waving a rainbow flag can get you arrested

Omg rly ??

yes! really!

translifeline.org

US: (877) 565-8860

CANADA: (877) 330-6366

Pacific time: 8am to 2am

Mountain time: 9am to 3am

Central time: 10am to 4am

Eastern time: 11am to 5am

Alaska time: 7am to 1am

Hawaii time: 6am to 12am

Okay so I just got off the phone with them. I talked to a trans girl named Aurora & she was super helpful! She gave me a few doctors to talk to & encouraged me to seek therapy instead of just rushing to get my pills. She literally found a trans friendly therapist in my town & I would definitely recommend giving them a call!

10 Steps To Care For Your Hamster (long post!)

1. Do not keep them in pairs. Hamsters are loners - keeping them together often results in stress, fighting, injuries and death. They are very happy alone. 

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2. Minimum cage size

NOT like this: 

Better:

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3. Your hamster (always!) needs a hamster wheel - and it must be a lot bigger than you might think! 

NOT like this: 

Results of those wheels are: spine problems, backache, stress, injuries! 

Better: 

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4. Do not buy them plastic tubes (at all): 

Those tubes are not suitable at all: Hamsters get stuck or suffocate in them easily. 

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5. Your hamster needs enough bedding to dig and build tunnels.

NOT like this:  

Better: 

Your hamster will be extremely happy and dig around and build tunnels all day (night). 

A study also found out that (golden) hamsters need up to 12-36 inches of bedding, so just do your best do give them the highest amount of bedding possible. :)

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6. The less plastic the better! 

NOT like this:

Better: 

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7. Hamsters ALWAYS need a sand bath.

Hamsters love rolling around in the sand, for them it’s like showering. How would you feel without a shower? 

Better:

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8. Hamsters need a house with at least 2 or more chambers to store food, sleep etc. Also make sure that your hamster does have enough hiding places like coconuts, small houses, toilet rolls! 

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9. Do use unperfumed toilet paper for nesting material, don’t use “hamster wool” -> it can tangle around a limb and seriously hurt and even kill your hamster! 

NOT like this: 

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10. Never ever ever put your hamster or any animal in a hamster ball. 

They can’t get out, might suffocate or panic, might run against furniture and seriously injure themselves. The ventilation is terrible, your hamster can’t see/smell/hear enough or use any of their senses properly.

In some countries they even discuss about banning those by law! 

Even if you think that “your hamster has fun in it” - please don’t use them! 

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Please reblog and spread this information.

Pet stores often are very misinformed and sell terrible cages and have little to no idea how to keep a happy hamster - please be careful when trusting them. In the end they often just want to make money - and the hamsters suffer. 

Please adopt, not buy hamsters - there are too many hamsters in this world that we need any more breeding. 

MASTERPOST: Cheap Cages And Supplies For Hamsters - IKEA

~ more to come ~

(Sorry for the spelling errors - I made this post in a rush.)

i literally had no idea, so i feel like this really needs to be stressed

A few other things I’ve learned which are VERY important since having my boys:

NO CITRUS. it’s like giving a dog chocolate. It can make them sick and even kill them

If you use wood chip bedding, DO NOT USE CEDAR! Use aspen bedding. It is true it isn’t as soft as cedar but the oils in cedar can cause major respiratory problems that can also be quite fatal.

Don’t rely on the packaged good to give them all of their nutrients. For example, those foods are almost always lacking in proper protein. I often give my boys crickets and they adore them! Dried mealworms are also great for them. If you are squeamish, suck it up. And always be sure to offer fresh food like spinach, squash skins, and the occasional peanut butter as a snack. Keep in mind, hamsters are extremely prone to DIABETES.

*A note on the sand bath: Careful about what sand you choose. Make sure it isn’t so small that the hamster can breath it in and NEVER use chinchilla dust as baths. This can also cause problems breathing.

*A note on the bar chewing: If your cage is large and they still chew, it’s often because they like doing it. My winter white, Nibs, has a personality all his own, as do my other boys. He will chew on the cage for attention or simply do it for the noise. He’s a cute lil nut.

Margana Wood saw her shot and she took it

big dick energy

THERE MUST BE A PARAGRAPH BREAK EVERY TIME A NEW CHARACTER SPEAKS

THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL

NO ONE WANTS TO READ ONE BIG BLOCK OF TEXT JESUS CHRIST

REMEMBER TIP TOP OK:

Make a paragraph every time that any of these things change!

Ti me

P lace

To pic

P erson

reblogging again because this is IMPORTANT

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, PEOPLE! REBLOG TO SAVE A WRITER’S LIFE!

Yes, very important.

👏👏 LISTEN UP FANFIC WRITERS

I learned this the hard way if you didn’t do this at first don’t feel bad. I had to be told to do this.

ATTENTION

I AM ON A MISSION. I AM GOING TO FOLLOW EVERY BLOG ON THIS SITE. ALL OF THEM. HELP ME ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, INTERNET STRANGERS, BY REBLOGGING THIS POST AND I WILL FOLLOW ALL WHO REBLOG IT. E V E R Y O N E.

I want to call bullshit but I can’t take that chance 

good.

holy shit you’re really doing it

OP are you okay???

youre gonna have to find all my sideblogs as well…

someone write a SCP entry about me

SCP-5062 “Gaudy”

Item #: SCP-5062

Object Class: Euclid Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5062 is to be kept in a 5x5 meter room with only a bed, a desk, a chair, and any special items currently allowed to it. SCP-5062 is not allowed access to electronic devices of any kind, especially those with access to the internet.

Description: SCP-5062 generally takes the form of a humanoid entity with pink skin. Its eyes are relatively small, with yellow irises and black sclera. Its nose is relatively flat, and it has a wide, toothless mouth. Its body structure can change at will, with its preferred form being consistent with that of an adult male, although no matter the form it will always have the same face and same pink skin tone. SCP-5062 also greatly enjoys writing, particularly stories of a eerie and/or horrific nature, and may be allowed a pencil and a pad of paper if requested. SCP-5062’s memetic effects become apparent when it is allowed access to a social media platform. All who view its posts will view them as a higher being and subsequently become compelled to follow them. This effect is subtle, with many being unaware that they believe this. As the victim views more posts, they will become more and more entranced by SCP-5062, and will wish to show its posts to others. Eventually this attraction will become so great, that they will attempt to seek out SCP-5062. Those who reach this state will gain a vague sense of where SCP-5062 is, but when asked they will not be able to give a location or even a general area. When SCP-5062 meets a person in this state, they will [DATA EXPUNGED]. Any attempts to stop this process have resulted in failure. Researchers are currently looking into why exactly SCP-5062 does this.

Addendum 5062-1: On ██/██/20██, SCP-5062 somehow escaped from containment at Site-██. Researchers and security staff are still unsure of how this happened, and security footage only shows the SCP disappearing in an instant from the desk it was sitting at. The Foundation has reason to believe that it is the current owner of the popular Tumblr blog @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses, as the profile picture of the blog greatly resembles SCP-5062. All attempts to shut down the blog and locate SCP-5062 have resulted in failure. Due to this, SCP-5062 has been upgraded to Keter.

Wonderfully written and fully factual, thank you.

Stevetony Fic Rec

if I time it right, the thunder breaks (when I open my mouth) (not rated | 11.9k by nanasekei)

“You know,” Tony mumbles, because Tony never stops talking. “When you say shit like - like that, it’s… It’s hard.” His voice is slurred now, his eyes closed, as if he’s not even sure he’s still saying anything aloud. “Because I know I should believe you, but I – I wanna believe it so bad, so fucking much, that it feels like I shouldn’t. Like, the second I believe it, the other shoe’s gonna drop, and you’re gonna find out you don’t mean it.”

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Or: Five Times Steve told Tony he loved him, and one time he didn’t need to.

my rec: Angst! Oh, the lovely, lovely angst. But hey, it’s also really super fluffy and cute! Anyway, it’s mcu post-civil war and post-iw, so everyone’s a hot mess at first, but they love each other a lot, so you know they’ll work out in the end.

Meet Again (T | 9k by dirigibleplumbing)

It’s been 5 months since Steve and Tony last saw each other in Siberia, and Tony has just resurfaced after being missing for several weeks. Through a series of emails and text messages, they work to figure out what their friendship is going to look like in the future. But first, they have a lot of the past to contend with. And for some reason Tony keeps bringing up the topic of soulmates.

my rec: OMG. This combines some of my favorite things ever in a brilliant way – it’s a mcu civil war fix-it, it’s a time travel fic, it’s a texting fic, it’s a soulmate au all wrapped into one, and I love it so so much.

Like Gene Kelly in the Movies (M | 11.4k by lyra_wing)

Everything Tony Stark does is a dance. And it’s super confusing for Steve.

my rec: Mmmhmm, I love me some early mcu canon get-togethers. Steve and Tony are at maximum softness in this fic, and I love Steve noticing all these little things about Tony and falling even more into his big huge crush.

Get Some Now (T | 10k by Sineala)

Avengers Mansion has a mysterious feline infestation. Meanwhile, Steve just can’t figure out how to ask Tony out on a date. And the thirteen teleporting cats sure aren’t helping matters any.

my rec: a;lskdjfl;kadsfj I can’t even. This is the literal cutest thing ever??? I mean Tony and kittens? ADORABLE. Steve watching Tony be cute with the kittens and getting all sorts of feels about it? ADORABLE. Steve and Tony learn to be soft with each other because of kittens? I LOVE IT so so much.

More Than Gravity (T | 20.9k by JenTheSweetie)

“Aw, time travel, no.” 

On Christmas Eve, Tony came unstuck in time.

my rec: It’s a Christmas fic? And a time travel fic? How did you know those were two of my favorite things?!? Basically, Tony has an accident with a speed machine that sends him back to different moments in time where he gets to spend more time with Steve. I love it!!!

Captain & Mr. Stark (T | 1k wisia)

In a world where your soulmates’ first words are etched onto your skin, Tony despairs. Because his words are “Mr. Stark” and everyone calls him that.

my rec: Reading this fic kind of makes the writer side of me want to cackle with glee because it’s a really clever take on the soulmate trope where you have the first words your soulmate says to you on your wrist. Just go read it, you’ll see what I mean. 

Who You Think You Are (M | 64k by Tahlruil)

In a world where no one knows the identity of Iron Man, Tony Stark is the best thing since sliced bread, at least in the opinion of one Steve Rogers. He doesn’t like to let anyone know that - especially not Tony - but one day it sort of slips out. Luckily it’s only to his best friend, and Shellhead won’t tell anyone. What could possibly go wrong?

my rec: al;sdfjklasdfja;kdfj this is also super duper cute. I love this fic because in some of the fic out there Steve likes Iron Man and isn’t too fond of Tony, and in this fic Steve is still bffs with Iron Man but he really really really likes Tony. There is lots of pining and angsting and it is amazing!

99 problems (and the dice ain’t one) (T | 10.7k by kellifer_fic)

Tony’s life is almost perfect. He lives in a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), has a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things and a regular Friday night campaign. If his best friend, Steve Rogers, hadn’t moved away to New York and left him behind, then perfection would’ve been achieved.

Tony can roll with the punches though and he’s almost all the way over that little bump in the road (shut up Bruce, he totally is) when Steve moves back, looking taller and broader and more confident than ever and Tony’s left with a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things, a regular Friday night campaign and the uncomfortable realization that maybe he’s in love with his best friend and has been since he was sixteen.

my rec: Yeah, so you know how Steve and Tony are kind of idiots about each other? Well this fic is great about showing it. And it’s a really unique non-powered modern au, and I love all of them living together and annoying each other and caring about each other underneath it all. 

Open Field in Front of Him (E | 66k by orphan_account)

Steve Rogers’s football season is functionally over after a loss to Rutgers, but he finds a distraction in Tony Stark (yes, THAT Tony Stark). A college AU Stony fic.

my rec: COLLEGE AU! It’s my jam! So Steve and Tony meet at a party and they hit it off right away. I really love both Steve and Tony in this fic, and how we see them both trying to work through their issues while they both really want to be together at the same time. (Both of the boys do have lots of issues here, and it is very realistic, which is one of the things that makes this fic great, but as always be sure to read carefully and mind the tags.)

Christmas Holiday (T | 19k by scifigrl47)

It’s a Christmas wedding, and a Christmas honeymoon. Even if it’s a little more complicated than that.

my rec: SO MUCH FLUFF! This fic makes me smile like an idiot, it’s so cute.

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tagging some people who might be interested: @divine529, @t-o-n-y-s-t-a-r-k, @nasafic, @sineala, @sabrecmc, @itsallavengers, @ishipallthings, @goodmorningbeloved

for my other fic recs check out: fic recs, my fic recs