Razorbills have the slickest design in the animal kingdom. They look like they were made by Yves Saint Laurent

A potential neighborhood activity @abbis.bsky.social ?

more and more my job seems to be just explaining to 100% disbelieving ppl that the job of research is actually literally doing all the reading, even when it takes forever, even when it is boring, even when it requires a new skillset and the response I get is like telling people we breathe underwater

Just finished Good Omens 3. I loved it. It was perfect. @racheltalalay.com got it exactly right. #GoodOmens #GO3 #GO3Spoilers #GoodOmens3Spoilers #ForTerry

mhm yes

look at this photo of whitby harbour by frank meadow sutcliffe in the 1860s look at it incredible

We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.

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A family of Ravens is putting the goth back in gothic at NYC's largest cathedral--St John the Divine. There are five mouths to feed, so the parents are staying busy! ⛪️⛪️⛪️ #Ravens #Cathedral #birding

The comments are definitely worth the read. My great aunt would always pat my cheek and call me “different girl” and tended to give me shiny coins and beads to “protect me.” I wish I had asked more questions about that.

This video of a Ukrainian Yak-52 crew taking down drones with a shotgun is incredible, but the music is deeply, and profoundly inappropriate. There was really only one option. So I've fixed it.

Discworld QOTD, from Thud!

cognitive reframing: I am putting ice cream in my coffee -> I am out of milk because I am disorganized -> negative affect I am putting ice cream in my coffee -> I am making affogato, a sophisticated italian dessert -> positive affect

A tortle Druid freshly off the painting stations. So many amazing details on this sculpt from Mammoth Factory. Scale: 32mm #MiniPainting #D&D #DungeonsAndDragons #Daggerheart #mini

A tortle Druid freshly off the painting stations. So many amazing details on this sculpt from Mammoth Factory. Scale: 32mm #MiniPainting #D&D #DungeonsAndDragons #Daggerheart #mini

A freshly finished mini! This one took about 20 hours or so and taught me so much! Those tiny mushrooms details were so fun 🥰 #Minipainting #DungeonsAndDragons #D&D #MiniaturePainting

I just started a @pckt.blog to put all of my mini painting and TTRPG musings and projects in one place. Come and find me here: wanderingyeti.pckt.blog Celebrating my first post is this little guy! #D&D #DungeonsAndDragons #TTRPG #Daggerheart #minipainting #miniaturepainting

In the process of writing this week’s #Daggerheart campaign and I’ve realized that I need to prep 5 different scenarios because my PCs could do any number of unexpected things! Why did I think setting them loose in a city was a good idea?! #ttrpg #GMProblems #ForeverDM

There's a great story by Khadra Ahmed about the detective work, incl in the latest Foyer newsletter. readfoyer.com/article/meet...

Today at lunch, I found a fossil, sat in the sun, ate a delicious kolache, drank iced coffee that felt stupidly extravagant because it cost $6, and managed to convince myself I do not need an espresso machine just because I want affogato on demand. Not bad for an average Thursday. #littlejoys

the LLMs can be defeated by POETRY, its only fair the ai can be defeated by ART

The Fight ICE with Dice Charity Auction is live and has 150 donated items including handmade (and gorgeous dice sets) to support Immigrants' Rights organizations! Check it out! fighticewithdice.com/collections/...

A Firbolg adventurer joins the ranks. The filigree and the wood grain was so fun to paint! #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #Daggerheart #MiniPainting #Miniature #Mini

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

If the below picture gets you thinking stats, classes, campaigns, and the incomparable joy of crit successes then please consider answering this short survey for my Folklore student's research project: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

I'd like to share with you this perfect moss ball 🌿✨

Macbeth: SHIT

This halftime brought to you by the arts and humanities.

what a shot

Another small warrior joins the resistance. 28mm and about 5 hours of painting #minipainting #miniatures #mini #DnD #Daggerheart #TTRPG

This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.

Mine is the Manitowish

Sometimes you have to take a step away from the horrors and focus on something that makes you slow down and be delicate and focused. Just finished paining this guy sculpted by Flesh of Gods and printed at 32mm scale. #D&D #DungeonsAndDragons #Daggerheart #TTRPG #minipainting

We're "A dressed ship showing flag positions"

The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”

This has happened to me more times than I can count. Being one of the only people who can read cursive quickly on our staff is mind boggling sometimes.

A lovely post. Pray them to rest, indeed.

Currently processing an LGBTQ+ history collection while using my Keith Haring pencil. Life is feeling a bit on the nose today. Also, it’s gently encouraging a research project that has been slowly taking shape over the last few years. Time will tell.

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a glass mosaic face bead. 1st century AD. 📷️ Landesmuseum Württemberg

For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings because they should be seen 🧵

“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.” —Mary Shelley

This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end! It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍

Substitute draw good with write good (particularly if it is #TTRPG related) and it is still 100% solid advice.

Finally finished my contribution to #CorsetRevivalProject #upcycling contemporary corsets saved from landfill. I’ve highlighted the Arctic Whaling Trade where the whalebone/baleen came from. Working on a 3d base has been a real challenge!

It’s a small thing to celebrate, but my very senior dog just ate a bowl of food for the first time in three days! The vet said he’s okay, just old with kidney disease that messes with his appetite, but it was really concerning and now he seems to be doing better.

Also, if you’re having trouble concentrating you’re not alone. BOSS, THE FASCISM

And TALK ABOUT YOUR STUFF. Talk about what you make, what you’re proud of, what gives you joy in your work *Especially* if it’s also how you make rent, do not be ashamed to promote your art and forcefully disregard anyone who tries to shame you

I've reached out to two 80's hardcore punk bands for lyrics licensing requests through their labels, telling them about #KeepingTime and my budget. Both times, the guys came back with, "nah go ahead, use it for free." Punk's not dead. In fact, they're still out there, being radically kind.

Yearly reminder that you CAN just become a different person, you're not as imprisoned in your life as you think. You can just be the one who dresses nice or exercises or reads a lot, or whatever. You can just start doing it, some people might make fun of you but they don't really care.