#tree & peter.

[arealtrashact]

'Do you know anything about the Chinese zodiac?'

[potato-lord-but-not]

had a little too much fun with this @bearsintreesofficial piece ummmm

[itsdefinitely]

ruth was told how everyone was related to each other but she didn't retain that information at all so she's useless when pete asks her for help

[in-som-niyah]

happy international women’s day to Jason Todd and his thick, fat and sexy thighs

my thoughts about him singlehandedly dismantle the entire feminist movement and i’m not ashamed

[myheadphonesareneverloudenough]

literally everything about richie lipschitz SCREAMS short. i cant explain it, but i know in my heart that richie is a tiny little guy and the only thing stopping that from being 100% canon is the fact that Jon is over 6 feet tall. but he literally crouches down for the majority of the show. richard. lipschitz. is. short. as. fuck.

[probablyasocialecologist]

The three of us have studied forest fungi for our whole careers, and even we were surprised by some of the more extraordinary claims surfacing in the media about the wood-wide web. Thinking we had missed something, we thoroughly reviewed 26 field studies, including several of our own, that looked at the role fungal networks play in resource transfer in forests. What we found shows how easily confirmation bias, unchecked claims, and credulous news reporting can, over time, distort research findings beyond recognition. It should serve as a cautionary tale for scientists and journalists alike.

First, let’s be clear: Fungi do grow inside and on tree roots, forming a symbiosis called a mycorrhiza, or fungus-root. Mycorrhizae are essential for the normal growth of trees. Among other things, the fungi can take up from the soil, and transfer to the tree, nutrients that roots could not otherwise access. In return, fungi receive from the roots sugars they need to grow.

As fungal filaments spread out through forest soil, they will often, at least temporarily, physically connect the roots of two neighboring trees. The resulting system of interconnected tree roots is called a common mycorrhizal network, or CMN.

When people speak of the wood-wide web, they are generally referring to CMNs. But there’s very little that scientists can say with certainty about how, and to what extent, trees interact via CMNs. Unfortunately, that hasn’t prevented the emergence of wildly speculative claims, often with little or no experimental evidence to back them up.

One common assertion is that seedlings benefit from being connected to mature trees via CMNs. However, across the 28 experiments that directly tackled that question, the answer varied depending on the trees’ species, and on when, where, and in what type of soil the seedling is planted. In other words, there is no consensus. Allowed to form CMNs with larger trees, some seedlings seem to perform better, others worse, and still others seem to behave no differently at all. Field experiments designed to allow roots of trees and seedlings to intermingle — as they would in natural forest conditions — cast still more doubt on the seedling hypothesis: In only 18 percent of those studies were the positive effects of CMNs strong enough to overcome the negative effects of root interactions. To say that seedlings generally grow or survive better when connected to CMNs is to make a generalization that simply isn’t supported by the published research.

Other widely reported claims — that trees use CMNs to signal danger, to recognize offspring, or to share nutrients with other trees — are based on similarly thin or misinterpreted evidence. How did such a weakly sourced narrative take such a strong grip on the public imagination?

[philcoulsonismyhero]

I'm doing some rereading, and this bit in Broken Homes always cracks me up. You're both nerds, lads, let's move on

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[hedonistbyheart]

Turns out I really enjoy drawing people in skintight suits~

[huariqueje]

Russian Pine ‐ Peter Hoffer , 2015.

Canadian, b. 1965 ‐

Acrylic, oil and resin on panel , 72 x 40 in. 182.9 x 101.6 cm.

[arc-hus]

Zinc Mine Museum, Allmannajuvet, Sauda, Norway - Peter Zumthor

[artemlegere-art]

Abundance

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens  (Flemish, 1577–1640) 

Genre: Allegory Painting

Date: circa 1630

Medium: Oil on Panel

Collection: National Museum of Western Art

Description

The young woman in the center of the composition represents Abundance, and the cornucopia, symbol of abundance, is placed on her lap. The fruits that spill forth from the cornucopia symbolize the goodness of nature for mankind. Two putti are shown gathering the fruit that spills forth. The purse under the woman's foot represents material treasures in contrast with the natural treasures of the cornucopia. This is a superb preparatory work in oils by Rubens's own hand.

[yeamarvel]

"The one thing I remember is talking to Chris Pratt when he had little Baby Groot on him and to think about his son Jack. And the minute I said that, Chris was looking down and he just got these tears in his eyes because he loves Jack so much. And that's about the only direction I ever remember giving besides, you know, going up to Chris and going, 'Just don't suck this time. Do it again but suck less.'" 

James Gunn on the final scene of Peter Quill and Baby Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

[norry-yippee]

Sirius was the one with the knife Regulus was the one being chased

[5thelement]

Kevin Durand in Abigail (2024) as ‘Peter’/Terrence Lacroix

[the-apparatus]

I'm actually kind of heartbroken over Peter Hughes leaving the mountain goats. Obviously I support his decision and want him to do whatever is best for him, but still.

He was such a major part of me getting into playing bass and writing music and I love his energy so much. I feel so grateful to have gotten to see him perform multiple times. I remember the first time I saw them perform, in 2021 at The Gothic in Englewood Colorado and I distinctly remember when the bass for Tallahassee hit and it was genuinely a life changing moment for me.

I have so much love for this man and I hope the world has good things in store for him.

Peter, I hope you love your life and I hope life loves you back.

<3

[bellshazes]

name one difference between etho's nameless wolf in tfcs2 who died in a cave in after repeatedly walking into fire as etho halfheartedly tried to stop it while constantly acknowledging they would not last til the end of the episode. and bdubs last life. you simply cannot