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My Icey faces throughout the years minus his Neko and Nyo ver (since I couldn't make the new one for today 🥹)-- Happy 🇮🇸 day! 🎉

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Feeling like this

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The Yu Niao [Chinese folklore]!

The Shan Hai Jing (or ‘Classic of Mountains and Seas’), an ancient Chinese work written between the 4th to 1st century BC, mentions a place called Mount Guo. Among the different species of birds that can supposedly be found on this mountain, one creature in particular stands out. The ‘dwelling-bird’, or Yu Niao as the book calls it, heavily resembles a rat except for the feathery bird-like wings sprouting from its back.

The cry of the Yu Niao sounds like a goat. Furthermore, this creature has the strange ability to repel weapons.

It has been theorized that the Yu Niao might actually have been a normal bat, whose traits have been twisted and exaggerated by storytellers.

Interestingly, a different section of the book mentions a different creature called the ‘Bibi’. This animal lives in a barren mountainous landscape where no plants grow, and which is characterized by large amounts of jade and metal ores. The Bibi looks like a fox with wings, just like the Yu Niao is described as a rat with wings. Also like the entry for Yu Niao, the creature’s cry is mentioned (it supposedly sounds like a goose). The similarities end there, however. The Bibi carries a negative association, because a sighting of this beast is an omen that a massive drought will hit the world.

Source: Strassberg, R. E., 2002, A Chinese Bestiary: Strange creatures from the Guideways through the Mountains and Seas, 313 pp., p.121-122 and p.137-138.

(Image source: Cyclone62 on Deviantart)

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Zero Gravity Indicators: Plushies in Space!

What are zero gravity indicators?

Did you know that some astronauts bring stuffed animals with them on their journeys to space? A zero gravity indicator (ZGI) is a plushie that is brought aboard spacecraft to demonstrate when the astronauts have reached the weightlessness of space. Even though the astronauts are strapped in their seats, the plushie will float — and viewers of the livestream will know they’ve reached space! Read on to learn about some of the plushies astronauts have taken with them to space.

Giraffiti

NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman brought a very special ZGI to the International Space Station: a toy giraffe named Giraffiti. Wiseman’s mother gifted Giraffiti to his oldest daughter when she was born. When Wiseman embarked on his first mission to space, his kids gave him Giraffiti to take with him to space.

Dinosaur

NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg made a stuffed dinosaur toy by sewing together scraps of food-packaging liners and a T-shirt. Although this dinosaur toy was not an official zero gravity indicator that didn’t stop it from floating around the International Space Station and being very cute for the cameras!

8-Ball

NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch brought a plush 8-ball toy with her during her stay aboard the International Space Station in 2019. The toy represented the Astronaut Class of 2013, which was affectionately called the “8-balls” because of its eight members. Both NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Jessica Meir, pictured here, were members of this class.

Crane

NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission astronauts chose a plush origami crane as their zero gravity indicator because they are all pilots and grew up building paper airplanes. The crane is also a symbol of peace.

Cheburashka and Chimpo

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When NASA astronaut Frank Rubio flew to the International Space Station in 2022, his cosmonaut crewmates brought aboard a stuffed animal named Cheburashka. Rubio also carried a small stuffed animal in his pocket named Chimpo. Chimpo was a stuffed animal that Rubio’s children had for almost 20 years before giving it to Rubio for him to bring aboard his flight.

Snoopy

Snoopy hitched a ride around the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis I mission in 2022. Although this mission didn’t have astronauts, Snoopy was joined by a manikin named Moonikin Campos who was used to measure vibrations inside the capsule. NASA has shared an association with Snoopy since the Apollo era, when Charles M. Schulz Schulz created comic strips of Snoopy on the Moon, capturing public excitement about America’s achievements in space.

What would you take with you to space?

Now it’s your turn! People of all ages from all over the world have the opportunity to design the zero gravity indicator for the Artemis II mission around the Moon. Should the astronauts’ plush companion have wings? Scales? What would you like to see floating around the Orion spacecraft? Check out the Moon Mascot challenge to learn more! Submissions are due June 16, 2025.

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idk what this is take a ned and nijntje smoking break bonding time

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I came up with this while I was at work...

Is there anyone like me who spends every weekday thinking about what to eat for lunch?

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Chapter 1 of Death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints

Fandom - Hetalia Axis Powers

Relationships - Germany and Prussia

Characters - Germany (Hetalia), Prussia (Hetalia), Switzerland (Hetalia), Vatican City (Hetalia), Hesse (Hetalia)

Summary - On the night of 9th November 1989, two parts of a split soul felt rejoined after a very long time. At least, that was how it was supposed to be. Not a thin and ragged dead corpse.

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WHEN A DUDE TRIES TO HIT ON YOUR BROTHER SO YOU DRESS UP AS HIS DEAD BOYFRIEND???

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wherever the image quality goes on my images when I post them, I hope it's happy Here’s a lil FrUK gift for our collectively haggard spirits. I hope everyone is rebelling and making art and loving and sticking up for the things worth sticking up for aaaand being a lil gay (>ᴗ•)✧

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✧ And a spotify playlist because I love you ✧*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

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New Chapter of Purpose of Life

Summary: -

"Why did he exist?" Peter thought. "Why did they all exist?"

The Micronations are all a bundle of joy and mischief to the normal eye, but unfurling evens reveal that there is something more going on in their smiley facade. Are they just sad and frustrated, or does someone have malicious intent and is using the micronations? And what does this mean to the nations? Just what was going on with those kids.......

And most importantly, what were they searching??

Keep an eye out, Good Friend.....

Characters: -

Sealand (Hetalia), Wy (Hetalia), Seborga (Hetalia), Kugelmugel (Hetalia), Hutt River (Hetalia), Molossia (Hetalia), Ladonia (Hetalia), Sweden (Hetalia), Finland (Hetalia), Denmark (Hetalia), Norway (Hetalia), Iceland (Hetalia), England (Hetalia), Germany (Hetalia), North Italy (Hetalia), Austria (Hetalia), America (Hetalia), Japan (Hetalia), Nevada (Hetalia), USA States (Hetalia), Oblasts of Russia (Hetalia), Regions of Italy (Hetalia), States of India (Hetalia), Prefectures of Japan (Hetalia), Minnesota (Hetalia), Michigan (Hetalia), Lombardy (Hetalia), Apuila (Hetalia), Tuscany (Hetalia), Kaliningrad Oblast (Hetalia), Republic of Karelia (Hetalia), Leningrad Oblast (Hetalia), Punjab (Hetalia), Sikkim (Hetalia), Nagasaki (Hetalia), Fukushima (Hetalia), Prussia (Hetalia), Vienna (Hetalia)

Relationships: -

Sealand & Wy (Hetalia), Ladonia & Sealand (Hetalia), Kugelmugel & Molossia (Hetalia), Sealand/Wy (Hetalia), Finland/Sweden (Hetalia), Denmark/Norway (Hetalia), Hong Kong/Iceland (Hetalia), Hutt River/Seborga (Hetalia), Kugelmugel/Ladonia (Hetalia), Austria/Hungary (Hetalia), Australia/New Zealand (Hetalia), Germany/North Italy (Hetalia), America & Canada (Hetalia), England/France (Hetalia)

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I just really wanted to do my comic about G/ermania being absorbed into a tree when he died and was like why not wrap around some of p/russia’s fucked up feelings about the futility and burden of love when you were born for war.  

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reputable sources say an apex predator is a good pet for a toddler

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It's APH India with masala chai, black tea with herbs and spices and served in kulhar/bhar (clay cup)! 🇮🇳

Some said that the clay cups enhances the taste and made it more 'earthy'... 👀 Also there are about 7 or more ingredients of masala chai but I didn't have enough space to draw them all lol

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Chapter 3 of Price of Perfection

Relationship: - Kugelmugel & Ladonia (Hetalia)

Characters: - Kugelmugel (Hetalia), Ladonia (Hetalia), Vienna (Hetalia), Germany (Hetalia), German States (Hetalia), German Provinces (Hetalia), Holy Roman Empire (Hetalia), Rhine Province (Hetalia), Brandenburg (Hetalia), Bavaria (Hetalia), Prussia (Hetalia), Westphalia (Hetalia), Schleswig-Holstein (Hetalia), Saxony (Hetalia), Thuringia (Hetalia), Wuttenburg (Hetalia), Baden (Hetalia), Hesse (Hetalia), Kaliningrad Oblast (Hetalia)

Summary: -

He is given a mission. And he complies.