they’re not ungrateful they just know better

Beautiful Stained Glass by Holdman Studios

Beagles on my brai n.... sm studies

Would you look at this masterpiece

Via @alexrybakofficial on TikTok

For context:

The violinist is Alexander Rybak, a Belorussian violinist whose family defected from the USSR to Norway. One of the songs he’s mashing up is his own “Fairytale”, Norway’s entry that won the 2009 Eurovision.

The other song, which is the one playing on the amp, is “Stefania” by the Kalush Orchestra, Ukraine’s entry that won the 2022 Eurovision. The song is about the writer’s own mother, and also about mothers who protect their children from war. Once Russia invaded, the song became a war anthem.

So this isn’t just a gorgeous piece of music. It’s a political piece about unity between people who have been oppressed by the same empire.

Gamer cats

good morning bakery 🍞🥖

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自分のお婆ちゃん撮ってます。by yasuto888

‘my grandmother with her dog”

Cat sees long time human friend after a long time

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Full Moons 2023

i learned that in India, there is a species of giant squirrel that have multicoloured fur, with with varying shades of orange, maroon and purple. Their bodies measure 36in from head to tail – double the size of their grey relatives – and they can leap 20ft between trees (x)

Some more pictures of these funky dudes cause they’re so pretty

Oh, and they’re very cleverly called Indian giant squirrels or Malabar giant squirrels

They look like heat-treated steel!

See?

This is like if someone said Draw me a mammal and that was the only instruction, cause like, yep this sure is a Mammal

2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Winners

the competition is open to wildlife photography novices, amateurs, and professionals, celebrating the hilarity of our natural world and highlighting what we need to do to protect it

full roster of this year's winners with narratives by the photographers: X

I designed and made a pigeon jumper. My most recent resolved project was documenting my daily experiences through textiles. I see pigeons every day so I made a jumper about them.

While I was making this jumper, my friend @elodieunderglass told me about Kyoto Ohata’s pigeon shoes, which I distantly remember from tumblr. I like this tendency to relate to animals through representing them in a way that, ultimately, isn’t actually relevant to the animal. Pigeons like food, I brought no food, they would have no reason to be interested in me. But I still tried!