Is this even dress code allowed?

Dumbledore likes to make clay earrings for his pals

Timothée Chalamet for Cartier ✨✨✨

📸 by Julian Ungano

January Day 9 - Kiasyd

Barry Keoghan for GQ (February 2024) ✨

📸 by Jason Nocito

Animal of the Day!

Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)

(Photo from Louisville Zoo)

Conservation Status- Critically Endangered

Habitat- Western Cuba

Size (Weight/Length)- 75 kg; 2.2 m

Diet- Small mammals; Fish; Turtles

Cool Facts- Do yourself a favor and watch a video of a Cuban crocodile galloping. These highly territorial reptiles have small dog energy and are willing to chase off the much larger American alligator that they share their home with. Cuban crocodiles may be the only crocodile to hunt in coordinated packs to take down much larger prey, showing off extraordinary levels of intelligence. Sadly, Cuban crocodiles are almost extinct in the wild due to mass hunting for their skin and meat, along with general fear for territorial predators. Luckily, zoos across the world are captive breeding Cuban crocodiles with hope for reintroduction to the wild.

Rating- 13/10 (Can run 35 kilometers per hour.)

Happy 4th Birthday to

“We Took an IQ Test”

Prompt 9 - Write

@jegulus-microfic January 9 Word count 473

Regulus had a routine now. Every morning he would get his laptop or tablet and go down to the little coffee shop under his flat. He could have sat in his flat to write, but he enjoyed being around the barista. So he would go down, buy a hot drink and write. 

James never asked what he was writing. He probably assumed it was just emails or something like that. There were a few like that who frequented the cafe. But he did ask about random things, like if you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Regulus had answered France and when pushed, had explained he was fluent in French, so it made sense. James had demanded he say something to him in French after he revealed that little fact. Regulus got a free coffee that day.

He liked to listen to James talk. He found it helped him relax. When he had especially bad writer’s block, he’d go down to see James and just chat. By the time he went back upstairs, he found he could write again. 

He’d started writing a column for the local paper. It was only a small piece. Either a very short story or a poem. He was very excited that he got the chance to do something fun like this. 

James held up the paper one afternoon while Regulus was tapping away at his latest novel.

“There’s this new writer I quite like in the local rag,” James said, folding the paper so it was easier for him to hold. “Listen to this.

The prince emerges from the steam. Gallantly fighting off the thirsty beasts who crave the elixir of life. From dawn til dusk, his job is never-ending, yet his smile never wavers.

I’m totally invested in this prince. Sounds like he has a very hard job protecting his kingdom.” James was grinning as he continued his review. “This one is part of a series, you have to wait each week for the next part, but I really want to know what happens to him. There’s this secret admirer that the prince doesn’t realise is there, but I bet they end up together. You know, happily ever after. It’s by the guy who just goes by R.A.B. I wonder if he’d written anything else. I’ve tried looking him up but can’t find anything.” 

Regulus listens to everything James says. He has to bite the insides of his cheeks to stop himself from blurting out that R.A.B. are his initials. He can’t believe that James is reading his silly little stories. 

He sits and wonders every day if today will be the day he is brave enough to ask out the prince. Instead, he remains the secret admirer. He hopes one day he’ll have his happily ever after. 

January 9, 1919 The diaries of Franz Kafka, 1914-1923

[ID: January 9. Superstition and principle and what makes life possible: Through a heaven of vice a hell of virtue is reached. So easily? So dirtily? So unbelievably? Superstition is easy. END ID]

🐇 Jan 10 2023

Scott Walker *January 9, 1943

Happy 42nd Birthday, Catherine Princess of Wales

January 9, 1982

prank calls

— January 9, 1920 / Franz Kafka diaries

“I don’t want to get to a place of fulfillment, weirdly. I want to keep chasing this fucking thing, whatever it is.”

TikTok credit to gq

Animal of the Day!

Paraceratherium (Paraceratherium transouralicum)

(Photo from Izi Travel)

Conservation Status- Extinct

Habitat- Europe; Asia

Estimated Size (Weight/Length)- 20 tonnes; 7 m; 5 m tall

Diet- Leaves; Shrubs

Time Period- Oligocene

Cool Facts- The Paraceratherium is one of the largest land mammals in existence, but due to incomplete skeletons the confirmed size is unknown. This massive, hornless rhino was more similar to a giraffe than its modern ancestors. Comparing Paraceratherium to elephants, paleontologists believe that they live in small family groups. It is also believed that they were migratory due to the scarcity of food in their homerange. The much smaller predators of the Oligocene stood no chance in taking adults down. However, calves were sometimes targeted by Astorgosuchus, a 10 meter crocodile, due to evidence of bite marks on bones. Paraceratherium most likely went extinct due to climate change and new competition from gomphotheres, elephant-like giants.

Rating- 13/10 (Walking with Beasts anyone?)