we’re a social species. use your goddamn turn signal.

shout out to the patient I called to remind to pick up their medication, whose voicemail message was “HEWWO? HEWWO?? WHO IS THIS??? WEAVE A MESSAGE” that rang out throughout the whole pharmacy, killing me instantly

my final BFA film, Corn Wizard, a midwestern-gothic horror fantasy about a crow, two girls, and a wizard.

it's unreal to see this thing finished after almost 2 years of work...what a way to end my college career, huh. thanks so much for supporting me this far, i hope you all enjoy it!

it's Indie Animation Day and also the 2nd birthday of my thesis film... celebrating my girls and their accomplishments

(watch on youtube)

If you're in the need for some kind of magical artifact of magic for your setting, consider Fresnel Lenses which are used in lighthouses:

These things are Alive.

Fun fact:

They used to float (and some still do) on a bed of MERCURY.

It's a means of reducing friction during rotation, and one of the lighthouse keepers' jobs used to be cleaning and straining impurities from the mercury.

So yeah that probably did contribute to erratic behavior more than a few times.

Look, I agree that trying to sell folks on original fiction by citing fanfic tropes is asinine, but at least "oh, it's got enemies to lovers!" tells you something substantive about the plot and characters. I once had somebody try to convince me to read a work of original fiction by telling me that it has a romance with a height gap.

My latest New Scientist cartoon.

i think it shld be more widespread for ppl to read aloud to each other as a means of spending time together. like even just a bunch of adults sitting together reading wikipedia articles or something

reading aloud was common historically! we need to bring it back!

actually, i'd be really interested in people's responses to this question?

i realize the subject matter of this post is potentially sensitive for some people. if you are uncomfortable with any part of this post, please feel free to scroll past.

sorry for the somewhat clunky and limited categories – please pick the option that most closely resembles your gender identity and feelings on the subject. elaborating in the tags is encouraged!

tbh i'm feeling a little unsure about making this post – if you feel like any part of this post is inappropriate and you're willing to send me feedback, i would appreciate it (anon is on)

transmisogynist/transphobic comments will be deleted and the commenters will be blocked. go do something else.

reblogs for sample size would be appreciated! 💕

i think this covers the vast majority of the world but please correct me if i messed up!

for the purposes of this poll, the north american black bear & the asian moon bear are both "black bears". two of the best known brown bear subspecies are north american grizzly bears and eurasian brown bears, but there are many brown bears!

thinking about the guy at karaoke last week who requested creep by radiohead and instead sang, from memory, hey there delilah by the plain white t’s. with the radiohead creep instrumentals

It’s literally not rotten work. It’s actually fine, and I like to do it. I’m having a pretty great time, actually.

Ducks don't actually know how to swim they just look for the water that's thick enough to stand on and put on their little show, which of course I no longer fall for

everyone hates my thin and meager stew

soup

they calling my thin and meager stew a soup now im fucking ruined

wtf kind of combination of time, resources, energy, and dedication do your friends have to build an entire mini room in your room as a prank??

You live with engineers I see.

call me dr. worm the way i’m interested in things

TURN ON THE SOUND. YOU CAN'T MISS THIS. THIS IS FANTASTIC.