#the closing circle

[whats-in-a-sentence]

In "The Closing Circle" (1971), a book that articulated much of the environmental concern of the post-"Earthrise" environmental moment, Barry Commoner used the same acronym in much the same way, going so far as to make TANSTAAFL one of his "four laws of ecology".*

* He did not mention Heinlein, nor did Milton Friedman when he used the phrase as a book title four years later.

"The Moon: A History for the Future" - Oliver Morton

[tenth-sentence]

It served as a punchy summary of the idea that in a world of endless cycles, replenishment must be arranged for any resource taken, space made for any waste.

"The Moon: A History for the Future" - Oliver Morton

[kensatou]

the h in nhl stands for homoerotic

bonus intricate rituals:

[abyssal-ilk]

no more romance. romance is canceled. tell me about your warden/hawke/inquisitor's best friend and any info you want to add about their dynamic 🖐

[commsroom]

you're remembering this wrong. (by @hehearse)

[suratan-zir]

Ukrainians sharing the news about russian atrocities for other Ukrainians to see and share for other Ukrainians to see and share for other Ukrainians..... be like:

[scramratz]

I try not to be a doomer or conspiracy brained but it doesn't feel coincidental that they've started flying Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters above my predominantly black and hispanic neighborhood.

[zivazivc]

If anyone is interested, I opened for character art commissions!!! ♥

I don't have fixed character prices since I don't feel right charging the same for very complicated and detailed character designs and poses, and very simple little guys in a simplified art style standing still. The character base is between 60 and 100€, and additional characters are 35€ less.

a "chibi" character like a troll would fall under 60€, a regular character with a simple pose (like the drawing of me above) would be around 75€, more complicated designs and difficult poses/angles increase the price, more painterly rendering/coloring increases it too.

For more info check out my commission form! (which I hope I didn't make too daunting 😅)

Some examples of my character art:

[bumblingbabooshka]

I love Vulcans we need to get more into the emotional lives of Vulcans without imposing Human standards onto them. "The way you feel is wrong/repressive because it's not the way it's "supposed" to be from my perspective as an alien called Human" is boring to me especially when it's treated as correct. I wanna know how the aliens feel about their alien way of life. Vulcans are so interesting to me when written AS aliens and not as analogous to repressed Humans. I think about Tuvok's description of attachment to his family and how that isn't the emotion 'love' but something else, something that he feels no shame about having and sees as normal, as naturally Vulcan and I love it and I love it because there aren't any Humans there to go "Um actually checkmate you Vulcan s.o.b - that's emotion!" and he isn't being influenced by anything. These are his authentic thoughts. He sees his children, his family, as part of him. They were at times illogical, incomprehensible, and it was extremely rewarding to be in their lives. He thinks about them every day. They were well behaved. As teens they were contemptuous of authority and convinced of their own superiority. His youngest son loved one 200 verse story so he sang it to him. He'd rather die than betray his wife even in spirit. He's incomplete without them. It's obvious through Tuvok that Vulcan life is not inherently devoid of pleasure, comfort, or love and thus Human life (I think) should not be portrayed as inherently having something greater, deeper, more meaningful. I'm not talking here of society but of...emotional life. Interiority. There's this sense that all Vulcans are the same and miserable for it. That they hold themselves back and are indistinguishable and antagonistic to the self, repressed and wrong. That to be Vulcan is to suffer endlessly and Humans are all about Freedom Man and I don't know, I like that Tuvok's existence sort of challenges this as much as I acknowledge that Vulcan society is in fact repressive and unwelcoming to those who don't fit neatly into it. I'm not saying Vulcan society is a utopia, I'm questioning the perception of Vulcan emotional control - that way of life - as being inherently bad, devoid, or lacking. That Vulcans walk around with 'empty cups' and are only deluding themselves that to be that way is good. If only, Humanity moans, they could taste how delicious life could be! Tuvok is an average Vulcan. He does not struggle with emotion, he is not mixed species, he was not raised atypically, and yet he has a family he cares about and a wife he's loyal to and friends he values and none of these things seem to be Un-Vulcan to him. If Vulcan life was truly devoid of love and care, Tuvok wouldn't think of his family. They're not here, so why bother? When his pon farr came, he'd be trying to find the most compatible mate rather than risking his life by trying to meditate through it out of loyalty to T'Pel. T'Pel would also have just given Tuvok up for dead instead of waiting and his children wouldn't have traveled all the way to the most holy temple on the planet to say prayers for his safe return. I think these things are interesting and I wish they'd been explored more. The fact that caring about your family, caring about your friends, is not Un-Vulcan. The fact that Tuvok at no point longs for Humanity, sees nothing better or of interest to him in it. (Even in his teenage rebellion he only says he's sorry he was born Vulcan which reads less as Vulcan v Human and more like 'I hate this goddamn family' ykwim?). I want to know more about how Vulcans interact with each other, how they care for one another, what it means and what it's like to be Vulcan in more of an everyday way rather than what it means to be Vulcan vs Human.

[rimatsu]

setting pessimism aside to daydream about my ideal bucktommy makeup scenario and i just... keep oscillating between buck extending an olive branch and tommy reaching out first. there's merit in both. yes i'd love for buck to discard passivity and fight for this salvageable relationship — for buck to look tommy straight in the eyes and tell him that his sharp edges and his vulnerable insides don't make him any less deserving of love. that he's not blinded by the excitement of novelty or misguided admiration — even without the full picture, buck has seen enough pieces of the puzzle that makes up tommy's whole to know that he loves the entirety of him, unspoken faults and past sins included. that buck can't guarantee forever but he sure as hell can try to build the sturdy foundation of a shared life based on the hope for more. that sometimes you just luck out on the first draw and there's nothing wrong with good fortune.

but it would also be extremely healing if tommy knocked on buck's door to chase after his own second chance. to say "i want you more than i'm scared of hurting" when buck asks him what's changed in 4 months — because tommy would rather live with scars than be haunted by regrets and what-ifs. because buck is worth the risk of never recovering from having loved him

[violentdelightshavevioletends]

"You sure I shouldn't ask Cuir or Chradh—"

"No." I start down the stairs. There's only one other person besides Bodhi and Garrick I can trust to prioritize Xaden's best interests, only one other person who can know the truth in its entirety. "Tell Glane I need Imogen."

— Violet Sorrengail, in the Onyx Storm prologue

"What did you do?" My head snaps toward Imogen, and a deep sense of foreboding takes root in my chest.

She slowly lifts her gaze to mine. "What you asked me to."

— Violet Sorrengail to Imogen Cardulo, during Chapter 66 of Onyx Storm

[mellohiizz]

s2 wemmbu design since we got the first ep already ^_^ avian wemmbu infected my brain im sorry... he's the biggest bird guys....

[sforzesco]

machiavelli and biagio (and a third person), hard at work in the office :)

[hazard-and-friends]

so Hazard's intermittent hind leg problem finally has a probable cause (one vertebra in the lumbrosacral region has a hook and associated stenosis, aka various nerves and muscles get pinched in routine motion) but it's been making me think about that 60% of problem-behavior dogs have a pain issue study

that's usually understood as the pain causing/exacerbating the problem behavior; treat the pain, behavior improves. and i'm not disagreeing with that interpretation but

given how subtle Hazard's symptoms were and how much I've had to push for any investigation at all

...are we sure that 60% of all dogs aren't in chronic pain?

[sunsetsover]

i'm actually so obsessed w the idea that john isn't even actually jack's son. ever since ryan made that comment abt not being 100% sure he's his brother i can't stop thinking about it. the idea that not only is john a weirdo and a murderer, but that he's a fraud? a stalker? that he's potentially stolen someone else's identity, or just straight up made one up? that the thing robert said about john stealing his life is quite literally true? it's so fucking delicious actually. because why? why that village? why that family? why aaron? it would make this whole thing so much more interesting, bc then not only has he been out here killing people, but who the fuck is he and what exactly is his end game with all of this ?? like i need it so bad icl

[seolinguk]

You're a jerk. TASTEFULLY YOURS 당신의 맛 (2025)