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the wildlife photographer of the year peoples choice award is always fun

there's a stoat hiding in that last one

source - go check out the rest of the awards too, they're really incredible

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David Tennant: You join the dots!

Good Omens fandom joining the dots:

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Ah these children who always create problems for poor mothers....

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Well, I managed two full days back at work. The first one reasonably productive because it's that time of year to go all out organising a big conference and I like doing that and it's not really my in-house job. Yesterday I spent three quarters of my day on reddit doing nothing at all. Today I didn't get out of bed until midday and I'm not going in because we got a big grant assessment back (this is a nice excuse) and I was waiting on a delivery (of work stuff, because my home address is more reliable than the university stores) and it's alternating between pouring rain and sunshine which is very nice to listen/watch.

I keep waiting to snap back into productive mode. Like, I wad never a happy person, but through all of high school and undergrad, and then through a PhD and postdoc, I was obsessed with my work and that meant I did it well and was super productive which is how I ended up with a permanent academic position. But the last five years have just broken me, it seems. And even though I don't really have any reason to not be that super-productive person anymore (I have had, between covid and massive university restructures and not having working labs or offices for years and years) I just can't quite get back into the rhythm.

I'm also always tired. I should probably start taking vitamins or something. Or forcing myself to eat more fruit and veg. Or see a doctor ffs.

Instead I'm just hoping that when three new students/postdocs join the team in the next couple months that somehow makes things work. Hard to imagine but I have to imagine something.

Anyway, lazy, nothing day again.

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MURDERBOT 1.07 "Complementary Species"

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The other night husband and I were watching a documentary about the yeti where they were doing DNA analysis of samples of supposed yeti fur, and every one of them came back as bears.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

Bears. They’re everywhere. Be wary. Anyone or anything could be a bear.

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Ten hide and seek / peekamoo / cowmooflage favorites.

Links to the original posts:

One / Two & Eight / Three & Ten / Four / Five / Six / Seven / Nine

© Klaas Zwijnenburg

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This.

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Apple TV Murderbot + Text posts

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the apple sketch

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-He wasn't there? -Long story, but… I was there.

GOOD OMENS "The Ball"

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PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005) Dir. Joe Wright

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I always figured Crowley came back with those flowers and chocolates to celebrate the opening of the bookshop. <3 

(A repaint of The Reader in White by Ernest Meissonier.)

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just good old-fashioned smooching on a park bench

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GOOD OMENS "Saturday Morning Funtime"

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Best Musical Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Book of a Musical

MAYBE HAPPY ENDING - Congratulations to all the 6 won! | The 78th Annual Tony Awards | June 08, 2025