[mournfulroses]

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Violet Dickinson written in October 1904

[the-macra]

THESIS: the real reason that people stay on this hellsite is not “chronological order” or “the drama” or whatever (per se), but is instead linked to how tumblr, unlike most social media, is not optimised to give content as short of a half-life as possible, but instead is optimised to let content continue to cycle for months, years, even decades. this has in turn led to a more consistent centralised site “culture” in which there is more coherent linkage among different areas of the site, thus also explaining why its content permeates so thoroughly throughout the internet.

[tiktoks-for-tired-tots]

[farisya-yodalmighty]

This is the funniest fucking thing I’ve ever seen.

[whitmerule]

Perfect example of an untranslatable joke. 😂

[annijaozola]

[jollybelieverwonderland]

[bunjywunjy]

press B to crouch

[geekysteven]

[ID: photo of a hawk sitting down, hunched over]

[socialistexan]

$122,000. And the thing is so shodily designed that the accelerator can become that easily stuck. It isn't even all one piece.

$122,000. That's more than my entire household income, and we're 3 adults with full-time jobs.

If you gave that $122,000 to Feeding America, that would provide over 1 million meals.

That's $122,000 more than Tesla paid in taxes.

[silmaspens]

Feanorian Week Day Five- the Works of Curufin

[vintagehomecollection]

A wild pond - right off the deck. Pickerel weed, water lilies, and swirling fish make a wild statement here. The owners can observe the proceedings from the very civilized deck.

Garden Pools Fountains & Waterfalls, 1989

[klaasfoto]

You never see cows with snot running down their chins.

A lot of strings of saliva, but no snot.

[lovehina019]

[catchymemes]

[wizardarchetypes]

marine biology is so scary because it’s such a small field. i was giving a talk on cetaceans and afterward a woman approached me with her husband and she said, “you did very well. [husband’s name] actually pioneered the research and published the first paper on that. We were very impressed by you.”

Which is such a scientific interpretation/public education win I will cherish forever but also for the rest of my life any time I give a talk I will be haunted by the knowledge that the world’s leading expert who literally discovered/invented the topic might be in the room,

which is like, the opposite of what you’re supposed to do for stage fright. In fact I never used to experience stage fright but now I will.

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

There are limitations to the benefits of being a marine biologist

[plaguedocboi]

I hate the “open floor plan” that everyone is obsessed with in houses now. I want nooks and crannies and bizarre floor plans. I don’t need to be able to see what someone is doing on the other side of the house. I want places to hide and lurk and dwell in the shadows. I am the beast who awaits in the labyrinth