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When I was like 4 I used to run and shove my head under the sprays before I could be restrained. Yes, they feel amazing.

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guys....it's alright.....i gave her a horsey....

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THESE ARE FREAKING COOL

They live in the local river, with a bottom sanded with mica and quartz, and in their season you can see the buried larvae sending up spirals of bubbles from under the sand. If you dig one up (which you shouldn't, but children will children) theyve made a shell of glittering mica and sparkling quartz. They look like weird magical hermit crabs until you get close. If they were a final form and not a transitional form I would build an aquarium for them.

The Riverbed Architect: Caddisfly Larva

In a world where survival is art, the caddisfly larva crafts its own armor — a mobile fortress made of tiny stones, sand, and debris. These underwater engineers use instinct and silk to assemble camouflage as unique as a fingerprint. 🧵🪰

From predator evasion to environmental harmony, this insect is a symbol of adaptability and biomimicry at its finest. Nature doesn’t just inspire — it builds.

📸 Witness the hidden genius of aquatic life — one pebble at a time.

credit: The Survival war Insects

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My contribution to dimensional dreams

@billfordzine

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It’s interesting how diseases rip through schools at incredible speeds despite being in an arguably modern, clean(ish) environment. I wonder if it has something to do with the whole “you need a doctor’s note to excuse your absence of even one day” combined with the average price of going to a doctor, the lack of education on things like “you’re still contagious even after the fever goes away”, and the overwhelming message of “if you don’t struggle through it, you’re a failure!”

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observation: among a certain subset of tumblr users, the term “blorbo” has become unchic, but the concept it describes is still important; and so it has been replaced with “The Character”

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my great-grandfather had to leave italy in the 20′s because he hit a fascist with a tuba, so if you think I am going to take this sitting down you are going to have to catch these hands and also this tuba

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I figured the goldfish deserved their own post! I love having a big everyday bag but it is nice to have the option of something smaller when the occasion calls for it.

The top two of these are still available in my shop in case you too need a fish bag in your life!

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"Love for canine pets in particular was one of the most attractive features of the ancient Roman character.” Toynbee, English Historian

Roman terracotta figure of a pet dog, 1st century AD. British Museum

An ancient Roman epitaph for a dog called Myia reads: 'How sweet she was, how kind, always a friend in sleep and in bed. You can no longer run wild through the house, jump on me, or cheer me up with your sweet bites; The deep grave already holds you unaware; Shame you died'

Grave Stele for a dog called Helena, 2nd century: 'To the incomparable and worthy light of Helena's soul'

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“If I had time travel I’d kill Hitler” “If I had time travel I’d stop my favourite politician getting assassinated” you’re all thinking way too small. If I had time travel I’d stop Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from dying on the moon due to Soviet sabotage, kicking off the Great Nuclear War and devastating half of the planet.

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2025-03-04

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That sounds kind of cool, honestly. Like you could own a couple apartment buildings but you can't own and rent millions of buildings across the country as some mega empire exploiting the local poor.

They say "not all landlords are rich".

But if you suggest limiting how many rental properties a landlord can own, which would only affect rich landlords, they complain about that too.

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Guys... We're not in the Harry Potter world rn. Pointing an object at a dangerous animal and saying the magic words won't make it stop and leave you alone.

I need you to understand that the caste system that has insulated you and makes you think you are exempt from these random acts of violence is no longer in place. There is a power now above you that does not see you as a citizen and a fellow man, but as livestock to be sold, subdued, or culled.

Livestock can not order the butcher to back down.

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I would have never assumed this dispensed tampons. More like those perfumed alcohol wipes, mystery pills, makeup, and condoms.

brand new Personal Hygiene Dispenser (Germany, 1980s)