#goat might

[class1akids]

The animal AU plushies have arrived!!!!

[halebop-s-art]

The diagram for the classic Origami Goat, with a twist to make its horns curve ! It's from this video by by Origami Word, but it seems to be a pretty old/intemporal design that a lot of people have made. I could not find a diagram online so I made one.

(If you make her in yellow/orangy-yellow, then decorate her with red ribbons, you can make your own origami gävlebocken ! )

[linkerbell]

Guess what I just placed an order for.. 😳 New CotL Stickers. 👀 I'll let y'all know when my shop is live. ❤️💜

[niee-chaan]

Chimera Falin

[fliesinthescreen]

the difference between the mountain goats and they might be giants is that you'll hear a tmg song that sounds like absolute nonsense and look up the lyrics and the annotations are like "oh actually this is a reference to the canterbury tales and also a metal band that existed for one month in 1996 and played three shows ever and all existing tapes of their debut album were melted down into glue 20 years ago" vs you'll hear a tmbg song that sounds like absolute nonsense and look up the lyrics and the annotations quote an interview with the johns where they're like "if you even think about interpreting this song we'll come to your house and kill you"

[yuureitoukyou]

it can't end.

[dogwaterdish]

SO CUTE !!!!! goat might is dutifully watching over his sheep son ‼️💛💚 happy holidays to you too, twinkles !!!

Happy holidays everyone! Take some more fluffy creatures as a gift ✨

[asgardian--angels]

**URGENT** HELP SAVE THE USGS BEE LAB!

PLEASE circulate this as widely as possible, as soon as possible.

Hi all, you may not know me but I am a native bee researcher in the eastern US. People like me work to study and protect the 3600 species of native bees in North America, many of which are in severe decline.

We just received devastating news, that unfortunately was not surprising. The Trump administration's proposed 2026 budget is set to defund most of the ecological research happening at the USGS, and that includes zeroing out the budget for the USGS Native Bee Inventory & Monitoring Lab.

Don't know them? Maybe you've seen stunning photos like this:

These gorgeous and evocative focus-stacked photos of native bees on black backgrounds - all of which are public domain - come from the USGS Bee Lab (here's their Flickr). Through these, they've helped bring the beauty and importance of native bees to the public's attention. Hundreds if not thousands of news articles, videos, and publications use these photos.

But that is just one tiny slice of what the USGS Bee Lab does for pollinator conservation. Its primary role is much bigger; they provide technical support, research collaborations, and financial & grant partnerships to federal and state agencies, academic institutions and researchers, and much more, so we can study, manage, and protect North America's wild pollinators. They conduct research of their own that has led to species rediscoveries, and produce invaluable resources that have greatly advanced our understanding of wild bees and our approaches to studying and conserving them. They also provide the essential and irreplaceable service of bee identification. For those who don't know, identifying bees is hard. Sometimes Really Hard. And this lab is one of just a handful of places in the entire country who can identify some of the toughest groups of bees, and who sit on the forefront of breakthroughs on taxonomy and identification that the rest of us in this field rely on. Without this service, agencies and researchers trying to survey and monitor bees in order to track population declines, manage land, and get policy changed are stuck with a lot of nameless bees, severely limiting the usefulness of that data.

Tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of bee specimens pass through this lab annually, plus the thousands in permanent storage, from long-term monitoring efforts by state and federal agencies, and researchers like myself. They operate at a greater capacity than basically any other institution doing this kind of work. Few if any bee researchers in the eastern US, or even the country, have not benefitted from this lab's work, and those benefits are passed on to you through being able to protect pollinators and the services they provide both in agriculture and ecosystems.

This lab is headed up by scientist Sam Droege, who has dedicated decades of his life to this cause, and whom I consider not just a research partner but, humbly, a friend. I am utterly indebted to him for helping me get my start in this field, and for the support and kindness he has shown me and every other young professional who is passionate about pollinators. The Lab operates with an insanely small budget already, and a very limited staff, yet the impact they have is exponentially outsized. Losing the USGS Bee Lab would be a devastating blow to pollinator conservation in this country, at a time when native bee species are sitting on the precipice, and sustainable agriculture is non-negotiable for our future.

You can read more about the Bee Lab here. The Lab is not well-publicized, but it's a lifeline for the many dedicated people who work to try and protect pollinators and the environment at large.

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Sam Droege has sent out a request for help, and has encouraged us to post on social media. This is what he wants you to do to help us save the Bee Lab.

This is verbatim:

What is Happening: ·       The USGS Bee Lab is at risk of being permanently closed due to cuts in the 2026 Federal Budget and looming federal RIF’s ·       Specifically, the Ecosystem Mission Area (EMA) budget, which funds the USGS Bee Lab and the Eastern Ecological Science center has been zeroed out ·       Thousands of layoffs to hit Interior, National Parks imminently - Government Executive What you can do ·       Write to your representatives, the White House, and the Department of the Interior that they should restore the funding for the USGS Bee Lab ·       Send digital or physical letters, write emails, post to social media What you should be highlighting: ·       Personal anecdotes about how the Bee Lab has impacted you or your organization ·       How important the research the Bee Lab is conducting is to your state Contact Information: 1.      Representatives: Find Your Representative | house.gov 2.      Senators: U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators 3.      White House: Contact Us – The White House 4.      Interior: feedback@ios.doi.gov Send a copy of the letter to droegesam@gmail.com Pass this email around.  Post your response to social media

IT'S OK if you are not a scientist and have not directly interacted with the Bee Lab. Have you seen the lab's photos? Are you concerned about native pollinator declines? Are you aware of any pollinator conservation initiatives or policies in your own state - those almost certainly have drawn, directly or indirectly, from work the Lab has done. Speak about American food production and agriculture, how the Lab's research and collaborations are essential to safeguarding pollination services (this might help reach across the aisle).

Sam urges that these letters, emails, phone calls, etc, must happen quickly - within the next couple days. This information went out on May 8th and that is the day I am posting this. So please, don't wait.

If 'save the bees' has ever meant anything to you, this is the agency that is playing one of the biggest roles in this country in making that happen. Please, contact your representatives, and pass this call to action along however you can. Thank you.

[remitro]

Tell the world about our milk project

OH MY FUCKING GOD. YES YES YES okay okay. so. to contextualize the beginning of the end. metfell reblogged this post a little while back with this image attached, and it's been haunting my dreams and my waking hours ever since.

so! out of a morbid sense of curiosity! well. we're scientists you see. Doctors even . PHD certified. you can trust me on this. and of course the basis of ALL good science is experimentation. where's the line? where does it stop? where do we end? is this how it works? what IS milk, really? how much milk can you get per milk?

i bake. i'm a culinary student, actually! so you KNOW you can trust me! i own milk powder. i own milk. boss and i formulate a beautiful, unstoppable plan.

i take a packet. each packet is approximately 90g of milk powder. i have poured maybe a few tablespoons of milk. i shake like, a quarter of the bag in. the milk powder dissolves immediately. The Substance Hungers For More. i pour half the pack in. it's a little thicker, maybe, but nothing. science stops for no one. i pour the entire packet of milk powder in.

behold. more milk per milk. his name is little clot. he is our horrible homunculus son and he has been banished into the fridge to marinate in his own existence. i may to feed him yeast at some point and see what happens. he's beautiful

[up-the-anti]

bonus mm jonatello...

[yhwcomeback]

Jordana warmup sketch

[class1akids]

Oh FINALLY!!!! (We only waited a century or so for this!!!)

[hyakunana]

🍰 Caking! Amazing! 🍰

My contribution for the @ridersystemzine! Thank you for the whole team and the talented artists and writers for this project!!

[quy-twwo]

I might have created another sinister Mark with this timeline... 💀

[ihavealavalamp]

Bell Swamp Connection, The Mountain Goats [x]

[3p1logu3]

trivial gifts you gave isagi during your childhood are a lot more significant to him than you realised.

You lounged around in chbsf!isagi yoichi’s hotel as if it were your own. To be fair to you, the five-star hotel complimentary booked by his team was much nicer than the decrepit dump of an Airbnb you found yourself staying at. A mindless, late minute book as accommodation wasn’t taken as seriously as it should’ve when you decided to surprise him at an international tournament.

Isagi thought you should take more consideration with your financial choices, you’re happy wrapped in silken sheets.

“You’re not even allowed to be here.” You returned his petulant whine with a charming smile, looking up at him from the bed, “you should go before they find you..” Yoichi huffed, biting on his lip to prevent the smirk blossoming from roseate lips as you patted the bed next to you.

“Come lie down,” you beckoned, watching as he studied you for a moment before shaking his head, eyes closed.

You let out a long, annoyed sigh as you slumped back against the bed, gaze trailing him as he pottered around the room which would be his new home for the next week or so, trying to organise the mess it was in.

He sorted through all his clothes, hanging each individual piece before tucking away the empty luggage to the side of the room. He then shifted to you, eyebrows furrowing as he witnessed your body draped over the king-sized bed, scrolling through your phone lazily with your luggage half opened - clothes haphazardly surrounding it. 

“You could at least offer to help clean your mess,” he grumbled, leaning down to fold everything neatly, Yoichi had a habit of letting you get away with whatever you wanted. He didn’t even understand how you got here, how you managed to sneak past security, but he assumed you used some kind of trick because now you’re in his hotel room, in his bed, and won’t leave.

He reached into his backpack and pulled out a soft, plushy bear, placing it on the reading chair as a finishing touch to the now, more home-like room.

It didn’t go out of your notice.

“What’s that?” You gestured to the bear as you looked at him quizzically as he slid into the bed next to you, peering over your shoulder to watch you scroll.

“It’s nothing important,” he mumbled hesitantly, resting his cheek on your shoulder as his eyes flickered between you and the bear.

Even threadbare with lumpy stuffing and loose strings, the once soft teddy-bear was overwhelmingly nostalgic. You went to retrieve the bear before carefully pushing it into his chest.

“He deserves to still be close to you,” you whispered, humming at the boyish smile which graced his lips as he stared down at you.

You curled around the tattered animal, creating a haven of two warm chests for it to lay between.

“Don’t hog the bear,” he whispered in mock annoyance, reaching out to wrap his arm around your waist. Your warmth was intoxicating, keeping him up hours after your eyes had shut. Your head buried within his chest as he gently stroked your back, nose brushing against the top of your head as he inhaled your familiar, comforting scent.

To Isagi, you haven’t changed one bit since you were standing in front of him, all those years ago, pushing the exact same bear into his much smaller figure. From the teasing giggles to boisterous laughs which would fall upon only his ears, you were undoubtedly much the same, energetic child you once were.

Maybe that could the reason why the love he withheld for you grew alongside your bones.

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