Halite

as a chemist i would like to say BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:45:22 -0600

cugzarui:

as a chemist i would like to say BWAHAHAHAHAHA

James Baldwin

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:34:44 -0600

desertarchipelago:

James Baldwin

{2025} somewhere in between

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:34:08 -0600

annaxmalina:

{2025} somewhere in between

Well, I had an idea for a fun thing I could talk about, but then finding a decent source I could…

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:17:37 -0600

thatlittleegyptologist:

Well, I had an idea for a fun thing I could talk about, but then finding a decent source I could refresh my memory and/or link to went out the window because of the enshittification of the internet. So everyone give it up for the Scribe Qenherkhepshef from Deir el Medina, because a [insert your search engine of choice] sure as shit won’t show you anything about him!
Qenherkhepshef (Ken-her-kep-shef, it’s not hard, you can pronounce it I promise) was a scribe alive in the 19th Dynasty, c.1200 BCE, or during the reign of Ramesses II. There’s nothing truly remarkable about him, he was a regular guy who did his job at the workman’s village, caused people to be absent from work a couple of times, and had a nice family as far as we can tell.
Why do we know who he is? Well, Qenherkhepshef did something that other scribes may have done themselves, but his is the only one to survive: he had a library. Not a large one by any means, but it was composed of other texts that he’d copied up for his own personal collection. That collection was discovered in a small niche in one of the houses at Deir el Medina where it had been protected from the elements for millennia, and was then sold by an Egyptian dealer to Alfred Chester Beatty in the early 20th Century (c.1930). Yes the Egyptian dealer likely dug them up and illegally sold them for profit. That’s a common thing.
In that collection?
The sole copy we have of the Contendings of Horus and Seth
Love songs
The sole copy of a Tale of Truth and Falsehood
The sole copy of the Dreambook
The Battle of Qadesh inscription written on the back of the Dreambook
The Hymn to the Nile
Aphrodisiac utterances
Utterances for good health as well as prescriptions
An offering ritual for Amnehotep I (deified at Deir el Medina)
A copy of the Tale of Isis and Ra
The Teaching of Khety
The Will of Naunakhte
Multiple personal letters
The Teaching of Any
Even after his death it was maintained by his wife and several descendants who added to it over the years. Without it, we wouldn’t have several texts at all, nor full copies of others for which we had previously only damaged versions. Given the rarity of personal texts and libraries we have from Ancient Egypt, this collection is incredibly significant.

Authors set out to correct under-representation of female sounds – and found some surprising…

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:49:29 -0600

herpsandbirds:

Authors set out to correct under-representation of female sounds – and found some surprising revelations
When we hear the beautiful call of a bird from a high bough, we’re told it’s likely to be a male – singing for territory, or belting out tunes to woo a female. But as the annual dawn chorus reaches a crescendo this spring, a new guidebook is urging us to think again – and turn our ears to the hidden world of female birdsong.

The songs, sounds and sights of female birds have historically been overlooked in field guides and sound archives. In 2016, just 0.01% of the bird sounds in the global Xeno-Canto sound library were labelled female. Another sound archive was just 0.03% female, according to a 2018 study.

But the new book – The Sound Approach to Birding 2 – aims to correct this under-representation and properly explain female birdsong. Female birds sing for territorial displays, to ward off other females and to attract extra males, according to Lucy McRobert, a writer and researcher who studied the issue for the guidebook.

The book comes with its own library of 300 sounds from 200 species, accessed via web or app.

The clips are drawn from the larger online archive of Sound Approach, a birdsong project founded in 2000 with confirmed recordings of females for 41% of species found in the Western Palearctic, a biogeographical region encompassing Europe, north Africa and most of the Middle East…
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/19/hidden-world-of-female-birdsong-book

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:15:58 -0600

sometiktoksarevalid:

like whack a mole

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:15:43 -0600

aquilacalvitium:

arborealgargoyle:
rat-council-official:
smallestbubs:
like whack a mole
official they can’t win against us all post
notice how they pause instead of all-out running? rat want grab-toss. they are playing a game! and pausing to make sure human has time to grab them and gently toss like the football!
If I was a rat I would enjoy this too

Vetalamierda

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:51:34 -0600

your-dewey-decimal-number-is:

objectlessondujour:
beardedmrbean:
luisonte:
Vetalamierda
I’m sorry, the moment you hear someone with a voice that sounds like this guy put your hand in your pocket over your wallet and do not let go till you haven’t seen him for 10 or more min.
When you move your hand your credit cards are all sevens
793.85
card tricks

Animals (small)! Some have food, some are food! Some have swords for revenge! Some are delinquent on…

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:48:45 -0600

simkaye:

Animals (small)! Some have food, some are food! Some have swords for revenge! Some are delinquent on their taxes and are wanted by the IRS (cute!)

i really do think we should substitute gacha games instead for like. the random wikipedia article…

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:51:12 -0600

draconym:

kaijutegu:
kaijutegu:
toxifoxx:
brainrotdotorg:
brainrotdotorg:
brainrotdotorg:
i really do think we should substitute gacha games instead for like. the random wikipedia article button. gives you the same “yay i got something new and exciting!” feeling without spending any money and you get to learn something new on wikipedia. the problem is that its missing a cute little storage menu where you can see all the links to different articles youve “collected”
so many people could be weaned off of gambling if we just gamified that website a *little* bit
okay so ummmmm. its real
absolutely fucking legendary first pull
HELL YES ENIGMATIC LEAF TURTLE
you can use this game to make a cow fight the state of new jersey’s constitutional amendment process
ALT
this game gave me covid

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:50:27 -0600

sometiktoksarevalid:

“girl dinner” “boy kibble” can y'all just eat a meal gender neutrally

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:48:47 -0600

vampgf:

vampgf:
“girl dinner” “boy kibble” can y'all just eat a meal gender neutrally
gender neutrients

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:47:33 -0600

animentality:

Making exercises more accessible to the disabled? Fuck yeah!

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:48:46 -0600

shutyourmoustache:

The real reason your sapient dragon character needs a “rider”:

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:57:48 -0600

mikkeneko:

prokopetz:
The real reason your sapient dragon character needs a “rider”:
Dragons on the wing are vulnerable to being mobbed by smaller, more agile flyers, particularly in your large rear blind spot, like a bird of prey being mobbed by crows. Having a human armed with a long spear perched on your back helps to dissuade anyone from getting any funny ideas.

Breath weapons are impressive enough on the ground, but in flight they’re really only good for strafing stationary targets; trying to use your breath weapon in an aerial dogfight is a good way to get fire up your nose. A real fight calls for sterner measures – and, concomitantly, a crew to aim and reload the cannons.

In today’s competitive world, it’s not enough to devour a flock of sheep and call it a day if you want to keep your edge. You’re accompanied at all times by a qualified personal alchemist tasked with carefully regulating your internal furnace to ensure peak performance, and sometimes you even listen to them.

No dragon of any quality would be caught dead without their valet. It’s not as though you can announce your numerous long-winded titles yourself when introductions are called for, can you? You suppose next you’ll be expected to pick up the spoils of your conquests yourself, like a common brigand. Perish the thought!
ALT

The “War of 1812 Scented Candle”, complete with miniature White House near the wick, is, I cannot…

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:02:32 -0600

ltwilliammowett:

clove-pinks:
The “War of 1812 Scented Candle”, complete with miniature White House near the wick, is, I cannot emphasise this enough, AN ACTUAL REAL PRODUCT THAT YOU CAN BUY (even if it’s currently sold out).
The candle is funny enough by itself, but the ad copy on the maker’s website is gold (and surprisingly astute):
It goes on to add:
We should also note that even though the British Army DID burn Washington, it was only after Americans had burned and looted the capital of Canada, as well as a bunch of other Canadian cities. But no one ever makes a candle about that! (Including us.)
THE BEST PART AND MOST 🔥🔥🔥 TAKE:
You forgot one thing :

Pointe Skirt by Darinika Atelier

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:02:06 -0600

elodieunderglass:

violetsbookshelf:
Pointe Skirt by Darinika Atelier
Thank you @tinsnip !!

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:47:45 -0600

manicpixiedreamkiller:

manicpixiedreamkiller:
how many sharks does a tornado need to be considered a sharknado
1
2
3-5
10 ????
more ??????
other ????????????
See Results
this is the level of analysis we’re looking for here people

hapalopus:literarycrow:randomslasher:emily84:liltimmys: nasfera2: I wish Americans fucked with more...

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:57:19 -0600

hapalopus:

literarycrow:
randomslasher:
emily84:
liltimmys:

nasfera2:

I wish Americans fucked with more foreign music. You don’t have to know the language to appreciate a good record. Folks in other countries listen to our music and don’t speak a lick of english. Music needs no translator

yall wont trick me into listening to kpop

You can try Radiooooo.com - The Musical Time Machine!!
choose a country, pick a decade, and GO!!
you’ll get an endless streaming of songs (ad free!).
I personally found myself loving 1970s Ghana, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire! Also 1920s and 1970s Japan for sure! Cambodian music: spectacular. Love Armenia and Mali as well. I’ve been told 70s Germany is weird and 30s Algeria is cool but I haven’t gotten around to those yet. Italy’s 1960s is bomb ofc but I’m biased ;)

This is the best website anyone has ever shared.

For modern stations, Radio Garden is great as well

Radio Garden is great!! I can vouch for Pink Unicorn Radio (in Samarkand) if you like any kind of rock! I’ve heard everything from pop punk to black metal on there :3

ok this is insanely cool

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:31:53 -0600

beemovieerotica:

ok this is insanely cool

Halite

as a chemist i would like to say BWAHAHAHAHAHA

James Baldwin

{2025} somewhere in between

Well, I had an idea for a fun thing I could talk about, but then finding a decent source I could…

Authors set out to correct under-representation of female sounds – and found some surprising…

Authors set out to correct under-representation of female sounds – and found some surprising revelations

like whack a mole

Vetalamierda

Animals (small)! Some have food, some are food! Some have swords for revenge! Some are delinquent on…

i really do think we should substitute gacha games instead for like. the random wikipedia article…

okay so ummmmm. its real

“girl dinner” “boy kibble” can y'all just eat a meal gender neutrally

Making exercises more accessible to the disabled? Fuck yeah!

The real reason your sapient dragon character needs a “rider”:

The “War of 1812 Scented Candle”, complete with miniature White House near the wick, is, I cannot…

Pointe Skirt by Darinika Atelier

hapalopus:literarycrow:randomslasher:emily84:liltimmys: nasfera2: I wish Americans fucked with more...

You can try Radiooooo.com - The Musical Time Machine!!

choose a country, pick a decade, and GO!!

ok this is insanely cool