the continual discovery of fresh types of nonsense

Apulian mouse vessel

400–300 BCE

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Friendly midday pick-up.

oh my goodness, one of dian fossey’s first close up observations with gorillas happened when she was trying to climb a tree to see them better, but so badly that by the time she’d gotten up the entire group had come out of hiding to look at her: “Nearly all members of the group had totally exposed themselves, forgetting about hiding coyly behind foliage screens because it was obvious to them that the observer had been distracted by tree-climbing problems, an activity they could understand.”

The women of The Expanse, Season 1: Naomi Nagata, Chrisjen Avasarala, and Julie Andromeda Mao

I just started marathoning this show and I am having a blast, y’all. 

The winning picture of the Kennel Clubs Dog Photographer of the Year competition in the category ‘Dogs at Work’

Service dogs training to sit through a movie at a theater.

It’s actually better than that - the picture comes from dogs being trained to sit through a PLAY… which means there are actors on the stage performing a musical for a theatre full of dogs.

Incredible vital update, it was a performance of Billy Elliot.

if youre ever feeling bad just look at pictures of albatross chicks bc theyre adorable but also fucking hilarious like the parents look like they go to pta meetings in full makeup carrying gucci handbags and the babies look like funky little muppets and i love them

dont speak to me or my versace dress or my son ever again