buotella:

It’s not about aptitude, it’s the way you’re viewed
So it’s very shrewd to be / Very, very popular like me

rhosegold:

body goals: the healthiest version of myself

sheltiechicago:

Micheal Aboya captures true joy

Micheal Aboya is a young photographer based in Ghana , in the western part of the African continent. He deals with fashion photography and creative projects related to the world of art.

juney-blues:

fauxcoral:

todaysbird:

ajarofpickledtears:

todaysbird:

todaysbird:

fun thing about herding and/or generally neurotic breeds: they are really good at following rules you have instituted, but they will also make their own Dog Rules they will follow stringently whether or not you like it

despite never being reprimanded for getting sick if my dog throws up she will ‘tattle’ on herself and run over to me, show me the throw up, then hide and start shaking uncontrollably. nobody taught her to do this. she has decided that throwing up is a punishable offense until the end of time

my dog has decided that it’s solely on her shoulders to ensure there is peace in my house…if the cats fight she stands between them to ‘break it up’ and/or herds them away, if my rats have an argument she goes to the cage door and barks until they stop. not sure why she has decided she must carry the weight of the world but she has

kedreeva:

zaolat:

kedreeva:

boomer-mythology-destroyer:

@teameagleworks

This video has been getting AI accusations and it isn’t! All these types of woods exist! Though some of them are local names, I was able to track all of them down! Here are all the woods shown in the video!

Purpleheart Wood: Peltogyne genus, native to Central and South American rainforests. Freshly cut it’s light brown, then turns into rich shades of purple. It turns brown in UV light so it has to be finished with a UV inhibitor to keep those gorgeous colors.

Namnu (various): A type of precious wood found in China/South Asia, sourced from various different species of trees, hence the different examples shown here. High grades of the wood are known for the optical effect shown in the video. Unfortunately the types of trees that produce the wood are all critically endangered, which is why the examples shown are all items or pillars or fragments of pieces. The species are all strictly protected and new trees cannot be harvested.

That example in the video is just that one video that goes around with the inside of a tree that’s been struck burning while it still stands, but sometimes trees that have been struck by lightning and are cut down can have neat burn patterns in the wood (example), as the lightning goes to ground, so some people might want that. Who am I to judge.

Chicken-blood vine wood: Species is Spatholobus suberectus and it’s only that bright when it’s cut, it dries to a more woody color. Here’s a page with examples of what the wood looks like when it’s dried and some things made with it.

Amber wood: This one took a while. There’s a video out there claiming this is “petrified amber wood”. That’s not possible, I’m a geologist I would know. Since the video is in Chinese originally I presume, “amber wood” must be a translated local name. It’s sandalwood, which has that gorgeous bright red color. Even tracked down the video the clip is taken from. “Chandan wood” is another name for sandalwood. Which smells amazing.

Rosewood: The most well known of the woods here in my opinion. There’s a number of rosewoods, all in various shades of pinks and reds. True rosewoods are from the genus Dalbergia. Sadly they’re all endangered, but illegal harvesting continues.

Purple hainan huanghuali: Dalbergia odorifera, the Chinese rosewood.

Pink oak - Likely pink ivory (Phyllogeiton zeyheri). You need a permit to cut down one of these trees, but it really is that pink. One of the most expensive woods in the world, up there with sandalwood.

Burmese huanghuali: Rosewood…3! This is either Dalbergia oliveri or Pterocarpus indicus, but given that Pterocarpus indicus is descripted as having purplish heartwood, I’m guessing it’s Dalbergia oliveri. Though it’s not a true rosewood, Pterocarpus indicus is also sadly endangered.

Liudao wood: This is Abelia biflora, though it looks like it has been reclassified as Zabelia biflora recently. Either it only looks like that when the bark is being peeled or it’s the lighting in the videos. BUT this wood is used in making Buddhist prayer beads because of both its grain pattern connects to philosophy and its mention in Tibetan Buddhist texts.

Thank you for all that work!! I recognized some of the woods (since my siblings in law woodwork) but not all of them, and was going to look into them when I woke up, but you’ve gone and brought up all the treasure from the rabbit hole!

sometiktoksarevalid:

bebsi-cola:

all my love to other autistic people who just know jack shit. the ones who have no “infodump” locked and loaded, nothing they can rattle off the top of their head. the ones who have a specific interest in certain things but still not knowing a lot about it. autistic people who will never be able to memorise fun facts about something no matter how fundamental it is to them as a subject. the point of autistic interests are not being a secret expert on random shit, you just like it a real big amount

bodhimcbodeface:

I love toddlers, I had a Spanish-speaking toddler the other day and I taught her the word octopus in English and she said it like “otoputa” which quickly got shortened to “puta” and she just started pointing all over my octopus book shouting “puta puta puta!” (All the adults including her mom thought it was hilarious.) I’m like girl come on stop slutshaming the otoputas

judgejudyofficial:

slutty gargoyle be upon ye

ostolero:

ALT

unsat-and-strange:

being anti ai is making me feel like in going insane. “you asked for thoughts about your characters backstory and i put it into chat gpt for ideas”. studies have proven its making people dumber. “i asked ai to generate this meal plan”. its causing water shortages where its data centers are built. “ill generate some pictures for the dnd campaign”. its spreading misinformation. “meta, generate an image of this guy doing something stupid”. its trained off stolen images, writing, video, audio. “i was talking with my snapchat ai-” theres no way to verify what its doing with the information it collects. “youtube is impletmenting ai based age verification”. my work has an entire graphics media department and has still put ai generated motivational posters up everywhere. ai playlists. ai facial verification. google ai microsoft ai meta ai snapchat ai. everyone treats it as a novelty. every treats it as a mandatory part of life. am i the only one who sees it? am i paranoid? am i going insane? jesus fucking christ. if i have to hear one more “well at least-” “but it does-” “but you can-” im about to lose it. i shouldnt have to jump through hoops to avoid the evil machine. have you no principles? no goddamn spine? am i the weird one here?

assdad:

baradragon:

baradragon:

speaking from a place of privilege (good url)

some of you should not be reblogging this

isuggestlandback:

ladyofthebookcase:

i bring a sort of “canadian nationalism is heavily based in being "better” than america which leads us to ignore our own equally problematic history and specifically the atrocities committed against indigenous people by our own government, so we tend to see canada as a generally good country that just made a few mistakes rather than a nation that systemically attempted to erase numerous cultures and histories and is still in some way perpetuating harm against those people by refusing to better their material conditions in a way that would create substantial change" vibe to the conversation that people with a strong sense of canadian nationalism don’t really like

Important to note that canada is still very much attempting to erase indigenous languages and cultures. Most native kids still don’t grow up speaking their language, and the majority of foster kids and sex trafficking victims in canada are Indigenous. We are still being stolen and erased.

None of this is past tense.

pfdiva:

prokopetz:

prokopetz:

Live-action comedy short film about a wildlife researcher’s repeated, increasingly cartoonish failed attempts to tag members of a particular rare species for study, and their burgeoning paranoia that it’s the same specific bird every time. There is no explicit textual confirmation whether they’re correct.

ALT

You can really tell which people in the notes have worked with birds.