idk if elon will kill his new chatbot grok when he finds out its woke, but he'll definitely kill it once he discovers it's funnier than him
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In the Middle Ages, it was very common to wear a book case on the belt. Book of Hours, Bible, Breviary etc and they were thus at your fingertips.
This one is Italian, made between 1465 and 1485, in nicely worked leather.
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According to Thomas de Cantimpré, the anabula lives in Ethiopia, and is called seraph by the Arabs and Italians. Its head is like that of a camel, its neck that of a horse, and its legs and feet those of an ox. It is a shiny red color mixed with white spots. It has a long ornate neck and long forelegs with short back legs. Its hide is extremely valuable. Emperor Frederick once had one of those.
What could this animal be?
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“If humans domesticated dinosaurs for food they would domesticate hadrosaurs because they’re harmless” absolutely useless take
Okay first, managed to domesticate Large Ungulate With Spears On Its Head
and Omnivorous Eating Machine With Bladed Mouth
I’m sure we could handle the “scarier” dinosaurs
And second you’re gonna tell me a beaked reptile the size of an elephant is harmless? All it has to do is lean on you
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plagues history and global epidemiology as an autistic special interest was already a heavy topic but not a day goes by I dont briefly recall drunkenly telling people at the bar in autumn 2019 “yeah the next pandemic will probably be a coronavirus and we’re due for one”
if they remember that i have to wonder if they think they met the devil at the club that night
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Not to be a Boomer but your social media should be your own space, not something employers are allowed to look at to judge you beyond the qualifications stated in your resume and cover letter
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Linktober day 31 - Courage (to begin again)
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Vultures are holy creatures.
Tending the dead.
Bowing low.
Bared head.
Whispers to cold flesh,
“Your old name is not your king.
I rename you ‘Everything.’”
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A boy can dream, can't he?
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Lobter
Some doodles i made while resting from doodling
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If you've ever been disappointed by dragonfruit, especially if you felt like it tasted like nothing, then I'm like 90% sure you had unripe dragonfruit, which tastes like nothing. There's a small window of time where it tastes amazing. You must have the patience of a hunter. Do not strike until your prey is at its most delicious
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im not really familiar with the minecraft changes after like 1.16 how different could it be
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"I would kill for you. I would die for you" would you take a break for me? Would you sit down and rest? For a day, a week, a year? Would you let others take care of your needs for me? Would you let yourself be held for me? By me?
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Wasps so tiny you will question everything.
Imagine being so teeny tiny that you are an endoparasite on *leafhoppers* Leafhoppers are already in the "so small they go unnoticed" category, and you're just a little pest on a minuscule thing.
Of course the group that's most likely to choose this life? The wasps Wasps are some of the smallest insects. There are "fairy flies" that are parasites of the eggs of certain insects.
They are so small that air is "thick" to them and their wings have feathered edges are are oar shaped.
Some fairly flies are so tiny that their neurons are cells without nuclei. They got rid of them to save space. They can still think though... presumably the tiniest little thoughts.
Photo by Alexey Polilov, 2012
They lay their eggs inside of the eggs of 1-2mm long crop pests.
And... read the article to see what the males are like... they are even smaller somehow, but it's ... disturbing.
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