skeleton of cave bear in Bears Cave, Romania

wonder why it’s called that

This sent me down a massive historical rabbit hole, but, long story short: it’s called Romania because there were once Romans there.

realizing cis women also struggle with “passing” a lot of times and has a lot of the same issues with dysphoria trans women have (issues with putting on/losing weight, dissatisfied with bust size, not feeling “feminine” enough, etc.) has done a lot to combat dysphoria for me, cause it’s like, wow, we really have a lot more in common than we have in difference huh

terfs are starting to find this post, and i gotta say: terfs getting mad at a post that explicitly acknowledges cis women’s struggles and with notes full of cis women agreeing and talking about their own struggles and experiences really speaks volumes about how anti-feminist, and frankly misogynistic, terfs really are, that they don’t even give a shit about cis women’s struggles and experiences

the role of the person in the passenger seat is not only navigator but secretary as well. you have to type up the drivers messages to random ladies on facebook about cbd cream & google whether that billy joel song was the theme song for that show or not

you also have to provide a henchmans disdainful scowl at whoever the driver is flipping off in the target parking lot

other assorted roles may include

Don't forget the Tommy Gun

You should never forget the Tommy Gun

You can confiscate photoshop from me now

I’m laughing way harder than I should be.

Just…their faces.

when you’re diggin through ppls blogs and find stuff like this wow

the internet is over

we can all go home now

phineas and ferb heritage post

THE DAY OF LANGUAGES!!!

This 7th of May, 2024, we use our own language again!

Please submit me some language facts for me to share on this day <3

Pinned post and FAQ

trans person: im trans

society: ok

the magnificent african forest buffalo:

The magnificent african forest buffalo:

iim. actually going to cry. im so honored thank uou

it used to be 2007 you know

All the adults should put in the tags how old they were in 2007

The world's longest-running lab experiment

The Pitch Drop Experiment

The experiment demonstrates the fluidity and high viscosity of pitch, a derivative of tar that is the world's thickest known fluid and was once used for waterproofing boats.

Thomas Parnell, UQ's first Professor of Physics, created the experiment in 1927 to illustrate that everyday materials can exhibit quite surprising properties.

At room temperature pitch feels solid - even brittle - and can easily be shattered with a hammer. But, in fact, at room temperature the substance - which is 100 billion times more viscous than water - is actually fluid.

In 1927 Professor Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into a glass funnel with a sealed stem. He allowed the pitch to cool and settle for three years, and then in 1930 he cut the funnel's stem.

Since then, the pitch has slowly dripped out of the funnel - so slowly that it took eight years for the first drop to fall, and more than 40 years for another five to follow.

Now, 87 years after the funnel was cut, only nine drops have fallen - the last drop fell in April 2014 and we expect the next one to fall sometime in the 2020s.

The experiment was set up as a demonstration and is not kept under special environmental conditions - it's kept in a display cabinet - so the rate of flow of the pitch varies with seasonal changes in temperature.

The late Professor John Mainstone became the experiment's second custodian in 1961. He looked after the experiment for 52 years but, like his predecessor Professor Parnell, he passed away before seeing a drop fall.

In the 86 years that the pitch has been dripping, various glitches have prevented anyone from seeing a drop fall.

- University of Queensland, Australia

#I LOVE THE PITCH DROP EXPERIMENT #SOME GUY ASSIGNED TO WATCH IT WENT TO GET TEA FOR 5 MINUTES #AND IT FUCKING DROPPED WHILE HE WAS GONE #SO THEY INSTALLED A WEBCAM #AND YEARS LATER IT GLITCHED AT THE MOMENT IT DROPPED #SO THEY INSTALLED MORE AND CONNECTED THEM TO A NETWORK #WHICH CRASHED THE NEXT TIME IT DROPPED #its SO fucking funny that pitch HATES scientists

@salternator

I’m so obsessed with dropping “ever since the accident” in everyday conversation partially because of this post