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@thatguy-2357

Mostly just some dude, with a variety of interests from fiber arts to mathematics to whatever seems fun that week. Content not usually related to any of that, howerver

Meme news: The Brazilian actress Renata Sorrah came out as bisexual at the age of 76

That's her, btw

She's an icon and also very talented. We Stan.

Diversity win! Icon for indecision comes out as bisexual!

this is half related but for some reason whenever the topic of parallel timelines or mirror versions or whatever comes up people act like the opposite version of the transfem character always has to be a guy instead and I feel like that's not how it works. why can't she just still be transfem but evil or something. there is actually no timeline in which I am male because that would mean identity is a choice you make and can choose not to make rather than something inherent to you

Opposite Emily is still transgender she just hates videogames and straightens her hair and she probably vapes or something. fuck that bitch

Dealing with auditory processing disorder

LAWFUL: take the parts you heard and turn it into a clarifying question, e. g. "you saw your cousin where?" or "she's writing a what?"

NEUTRAL: "what did you say?"

CHAOTIC: take a wild stab at what the person said, e. g. "you want to baptize a mackerel?"

Saddest thing ever is reading an academic paper about a threatened or declining species where you can tell the author is really trying to come up with ways the animal could hypothetically be useful to humans in a desperate attempt to get someone to care. Nobody gives a shit about the animals that “don’t affect” us and it seriously breaks my heart

“No I can’t come out tonight I’m sobbing about this entomologist’s heartfelt plea for someone to care about an endangered moth”

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This is how I learn there's a moth whose tiny caterpillars live exclusively off the old shells of dead tortoises.

[Image description: text from a section titled On Being Endangered: An Afterthought that says:

Realizing that a species is imperiled has broad connotations, given that it tells us something about the plight of nature itself. It reminds us of the need to implement conservation measures and to protect the region of which the species is a part. But aside form the broader picture, species have intrinsic worth and are deserving of preservation. Surely an oddity such as C. vicinella cannot simply be allowed to vanish.

We should speak up on behalf of this little moth, not only because by so doing we would bolster conservation efforts now underway in Florida, [highlighting begins] but because we would be calling attention to the existence of a species that is so infinitely worth knowing. [end highlighting]

But is quaintness all that can be said on behalf of this moth? Does this insect not have hidden value beyond its overt appeal? Does not its silk and glue add, potentially, to its worth? Could these products not be unique in ways that could ultimately prove applicable?

End image description]

because we would be calling attention to the existence of a species that is so infinitely worth knowing

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I was so inspired by this I made it into a piece of art for a final in one of my courses for storytelling in conservation

fantasy characters: “Geez”

me: who the fuck spread Christianity there

this two-years-old shitpost just gained a hundred notes who the snickerdoodles dug it up

In moments like this I always fall back on the fact that they also aren’t speaking English because they don’t have England or the many languages and conquering peoples that contributed to the creation of the English language and therefore the work musr be a translation into recognizable terms in our world’s terms. Call that Tolkien Brainrot.

Definitely funnier if you make fantasy explanations though,

Champagne is a wizard who sells bubbly alcohol.

It’s called English because of the original Lish people, all languages start with En here.

French fries are not potatoes they’re roots of the french plant.

Goodbye is now short for ‘good be your eye’ wishing you luck seeing the path ahead.

Jesus Christ is a long dead lich who used to cause everyone problems and we haven’t stopped saying her name when things go wrong.

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"I want," the man said to the art robot, and then described an image in some detail. "Certainly," said the art robot. A printout came out of its chest. "Thank y- Hey! What's this?" "A list of artists who make images of the kind you describe, and who are accepting commissions."

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This is a horror story to a techbro and a feel-good comedy to anyone with a sense of human decency.

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thinking abt how fucked up steam engine boiler explosions can look. theyre just pipes under there

gives me the idea of a ghost/monster engine that looks normal, albeit a bit battered, only to swing their smokebox door open and a myriad of pipes come bursting out like fucked up tentacles

I didn’t know a train could be an eldritch horror, but here we are.

you asked and I delivered. Fucked up train mimic based on both boiler explosions and broken drive rods. He’s such a little man.

I love it! Look at those creepy little leggies. Just imagine a train approaching on the track beside you, then slowing, then sTAndINg Up, and skittering toward you. Time for the pants-wetting Olympics!

獨竹漂 (du2zhu2piao1; single bamboo drifting) is a folk skill in northern Guizhou where performers stand on a ~15 cm wide bamboo pole and hold a thin bamboo pole to use as a paddle. Originating in the Qin and Han dynasties, it was used as a form of transportation for the people living on either side of the Chishui River. Nowadays, it has transformed into a folk sport, with performances taking place during the Dragon Boat Festival and events held in various sports competitions.

OP (杨柳/Yang Liu) has practised the skill for 18 years now, combining traditional practices with modern performances for her shows.

(See my other post here for an idea of what her shows look like)

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