staff: oh yeah we got this whole flight dedicated to green and red and contagion !! So cool huh

also staff: this "plague" themed skin has too much red in it. Dragon is clearly suffering from contagion. DENIED

fae dooble to feed the masses

This is feeding ducks bread all over again.

I know this is tempting but please don't feed immolationdeer gasoline; the refined hydrocarbons aren't good for them in a metabolic sense and this can really mess them up. Also if they're getting all the refined hydrocarbons they want, they're not eating resinous (mostly coniferous) deadwood off the forest floor and in suburban areas that can meaningfully contribute to wildfires over time. If you really must hand feed immolationdeer in your area because they're so cute and so sweet and you want pictures of you handfeeding wildlife like a Disney princess, consider carrying around fatwood twigs , natural pine resin chunks, or even just paraffin and sawdust based fire starters. These are much closer to their natural diet while still being rich enough to count as treats, and provide much more nutrition.

Comics by Rose Anne Prevec.

don't think I'm ever gonna finish this, so here's everyone's favourite warrior, Auburn in an experimental ink/render style :}

Another! There is no Tairn without Sgaeyl. So this time it's the murder lady! I imagined her to be sharp, but still elegant and not as muscle-dense as I made Tairn. Timelapse.

Please note that I only read Fourth Wing and it was a longer while ago so it's mostly drawing from memory with small bits supplemented by wiki. I know there is character progression in the series, but I don't own the books and I'm not in position to get them right now so anything beyond Fourth Wing will have to wait for later date 🫀

did you have a good NotN ? ♥

If you have ever been tempted by a Paleozoic Pal, like a a stuffed trilobite or a full size eurypterid body pillow, now's the time to buy one, before they and a really lovely little museum are gone for good 😭😭😭

This was the museum I went to often in my childhood. I'm no longer able to visit unless I visit family, but this place holds a special place in my heart.

As stated in the article, they hold around 7 million artifacts- many of which are orphaned fossils, with the museum taking in collections that otherwise would have been trashed.

Please consider buying a Paleozoic Pal, but I'll also leave a direct donation link as well.

THE GIANT EURYPTERID BODY PILLOW IS BACK IN STOCK

It's really gratifying to see people sharing this and commenting about buying/donating; the Museum of the Earth really is a gem and the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) that runs it does critical work in collecting and preserving "orphan" fossil collections. To explain/expand on a couple things, the financial straits they're in started a couple years ago when a $30 million donation fell through for reasons unknown. They severely restructured and downsized in 2023 to keep things going (including dramatically reducing staff and re-homing about 70 animal ambassadors from the Cayuga Nature Center which is also run by PRI, to ensure the animals got consistent care), but they are now in a critical spot with the mortgage and may be foreclosed on soon.

If you're at all in the Finger Lakes area, I recommend dropping in on a weekend - they've got an incredible mastodon skeleton, a new Blaschka glass specimen exhibit, and a full right whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling; they do Fossil ID Saturdays where you can bring in what you've found and get an expert opinion, and they do mask-required days regularly as well.

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i do not understand american culture. but i don't want to offend the tribespeople. their customs are very complicated. can someone explain when it's good to insult people based on pigmentation genetics and when it's bad

this is just what it feels like to be on the internet in your late 30s after spending most of your life on it.