[PHOTOS TAKEN: MARCH 4TH, 2025 | Image IDs: Three photos of a black, red, and yellow metric paper wasp, licking up something off of a glass surface /End IDs.]

Being sensitive to changes in barometric pressure is crazy what do you mean my problem is that the wind changed direction. What do you mean it's the fuckin clouds

fr its such a fucking. fantasy problem ykwim. but one of the sucky ones where the cure is just “wait till its sunny again :D”

my bones are allergic to the clouds

*me, interacting with the outside(TM)* the dark powers surge herein, i can feel it...

A cyanometer is a device used to measure the intensity of blue in the sky, often used in meteorology and atmospheric studies. It typically consists of a series of blue color patches or a color gradient, allowing the user to compare the sky’s color to these reference colors.

Do you like the wheel of the sky

Well I like that it doesn't take 5 minutes to scroll past.

Morphological differences between thorns, spines, and prickles

"Every rose has its prickle" just doesn't have the same ring, though

This is my favorite ever description of Tolkien.

The cast of the Original Trilogy had cliched, boring character concepts that were executed wonderfully enough for it not to matter. 

 The cast of the Prequel Trilogy had interesting concepts that were executed poorly enough to make them seem utterly stupid. 

The cast of the Sequel Trilogy had amazing, thought-provoking concepts that were executed in the town square and put up on pikes as a warning to others.

This is actually probably the best summary of star wars I’ve ever seen

Grammar PSA

the expression you're looking for is reining in. it is NOT reigning in. it comes from horseback riding.

you REIN IN your horse when you pull on the rein to tell him to slow down.

similarly, you GIVE HIM FREE REIN when you loosen your grip on the reins and let him run as fast as he likes.

that's where the metaphor comes from. you can rein in your evil vizier when he proposes a little too much child murder, or you can give him free rein when you need your enemies obliterated and only underhanded treachery will do. but unless he actually pulls off that nefarious coup he's plotting, the only one reigning here is you.

This is just very funny to me.

https://x.com/grok/status/1904798600409853957

whoa this guy knows how to party

It looks like a Scooby-Doo chase scene in there

Comparing dinosaurs to a Boeing 737-900. Via BBC News

Not gonna lie, there was a brief moment where I thought the y axis was cruising altitude

#bringing back this oldie but goldie#gosh the internet is weird#but it is good to be reminded that my humour has not changed#I am old Gandalf#I know I don’t look it#but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts#what is the cruising altitude of an unladen sauropod‽ - @markscherz’s tags

Art Club week 2: Fairy Bard!

A leucistic raven

@elodieunderglass For the leucism channel!

Thank you so much, I adore it (and you are correct; the leucism channel accepts pied and melanistic animals!)

I am now on love with leaf-tailed geckos

Unidentified moth found in the Rwenzori mountains in Uganda

Photos by Frank Deschandol // Instagram

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

It took me 15 minutes to get my phone camera to focus on this damselfly, so now everyone gets to see the single good photo I got of it:

Image Description: A photo of a brown forktail damselfly sitting on a green plant. End ID.

@onenicebugperday