Hey so umm
I have an artblog, if you want to, give it a follow too: @lartdenathan.
ALTMy cartoon for this weekend’s Guardian books.
p.s. my latest book cartoons collection is Revenge of the Librarians: tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
Compilation of people holding things that shouldn't be held, please add more if you have any
@is-the-snake-video-cute looks like a coral snake (blunt nose) but double checking- is it ?
That's indeed a coral snake, good ID!!
This thread is full of the luckiest people on the planet, I think. Also goes to show just how calm even venomous snakes are - coral snakes rarely bite unless you're actively harassing them - and how important it is to make sure your ID as non-venomous is 1000% certain before picking up any wild snake.
Trees, like animals, can also experience albinism, though it is extremely rare.
the reason it’s rare is because without chlorophyll, the plant can’t get energy, and dies shortly after sprouting unless it has some other source of food. so if you see a plant as big as the one in the picture that doesn’t have any green in its leaves, it’s getting its nutrition from the roots of a neighboring plant of the same species, feeding on the sugars created by the other plant’s photosynthesis.
albino plants are basically vampires.
For a long time, scientists thought they were parasites, and couldn’t figure out why the bigger plants didn’t release chemicals to kill them.
Turns out, the lil’ ghost redwoods benefit their hosts by filtering toxins and acting as a sort of backup immune system.
They’re vampires, and they’re commensal, symbiotic mutualists!
this is super cool! I had no idea
This is among the coolest things I’ve ever seen.
we’ve already discovered forests where trees share nutrients with young or disadvantaged trees and forests where trees can ask their neighbors for some extra food (they literally send a signal requesting aid, via the web of fungus that connects their roots) and forests where surrounding tees will keep a tree alive even when it has been reduced to a stump through some tragedy…
so, while i love the playfulness of “vampire” and i commend the specificity of “commensal, symbiotic mutualists” i think it’s worth considering, at this point, if “member of the community” might not be at least as apt
There are numerous species of plants that have just evolved to not have chlorophyll because they yoink nutrients from fungi or other plants. It’s pretty neat!
I love the term “loanwords” because it implies that you intend to give them back.
*dumps a box full of words on French’s front porch* You never came back for your shit.
Loanwords, loaned to the British Museum so
Would everyone like to know the best thing??? There are two types of borrowed word - loan words and calques. Loan words are words taken directly from the language i.e. tattoo, sushi, guillotine. Calques are words literally translated from the language before being borrowed i.e. beer garden, scapegoat, killer whale (incorrectly calqued, the original actually means whale killer which is a whole other post).
Did anyone notice the fun thing?
Loan word is a calque (German lehnwort lit. Loan+word) and calque is a loan word (French calque - tracing or imitation). Have a good day!
Fascists fucking hate fat people bc to them we’re a living symbol of degeneracy and that’s yet another reason you should love and support us tbh
If I had a quarter for every time I’ve seen some nazi use genocidal and dehumanizing language to talk about fat people, particularly fat women, I’d have enough money to buy one of those nice soaking Japanese bathtubs.
Thin libs and leftists don’t really talk about this that much and it’s partially because they’d have to confront their own shitty beliefs about fat people.
SEEING SMACKDOWN TONIGHT
Time to bust out my old pal
Why did this post do numbers??
Also someone called this "Fortnite Font" and I will have you know I paid $3 for the finest letter stickers Dollarama offers and will not be disrespected like this.
not enough e. e. cummings appreciation on this website. reblog if youre a true cummer
excuse to post this classic,,, keep cumming
The phrase “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone” can apply to terrible things too. You may not realize the amount of pain, depression, or abuse you are living through until you experience what life can be without it