* With apologies to John Gillespie Magee Jr.'s "High Flight". † Hectocotylus: a male octopus's specialized tentacle arm used in copulation. I feel confident this is the first time any iteration of this word has been used in a sonnet in the history of the universe. ‡ Rianna belongs to @probablylostrightnow and consumed the astral tadpole. § Prodigious thanks to @perahn for assistance with meter, form, and the word hectocotylus.
ALL THE TAVS! thank you for letting me draw your darlings my Tavs Zorne and Shiv, @loquaciousquark Tavish Gale, @annalyia Olivia, @jadesabre301 Elarwyn, @fistfulofgammarays Verrin, @perahn Varash, @servantofclio Ravat, @eponymous-rose Amisra, @probablylostrightnow Rianna, @mystery-moose Sevistur, @nelsynoo Aleah
it’s not that complicated
this is great, because as far as i know, one of the reasons cats like to knock things off counters is because it gets a large reaction from us. they don’t realize that it’s an unhappy reaction - they’ve just discovered that they can exert a unique kind of agency over their world.
imagine if you walked into a room and there was a button on the wall. you’d want to press it and see what happened. if it did something like make a beep or change the lights, most people will immediately press it again in response, testing out whether it happens again, or what the pattern is.
so the cat is like, huh, wonder what happens if i do this - and then it gets a Big Reaction! it is having a major impact on its environment! cool! wonder if it happens every time? OH IT DOES! this is fun!
and then the dog is getting treats, which dogs hella like. double enrichment! A+ video.
‘Pumpie'
Elephant soft toy made of grey felt, dressed as a sailor in a smart, dark blue, woolen jacket and matching trousers, England, 1900.
Pumpie and his V&A friends post-restoration 🐘 🐻🐇
Pumpie photographed by original Victorian owners, at the seaside and with friends:
These cats are shocked-SHOCKED- at the current shoji screen situation and are ready to help you solve this very mysterious mystery of how this could have happened.
“WHO COULD HAVE DONE THIS?”
Stardew Valley map I cross-stitched, took five months. Link to pattern
♡ ULTIMATE SHIPS MEME ♡ : Soft Scenes [1/7] ↳ Alec Hardison & Parker, Leverage 1.06
MACKENZIE DAVIS as Grace in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
[Video description: A compilation of clips from Star Trek: The Next Generation showing the instances in which Picard pulled his shirt. It is edited so that every time he pulls his shirt, his badge flies off of his uniform with a 'pop' sound. End description]
best damn post on the site
I obsessively collected these from their individual sets, when I was a kid. When I had enough, I built a pocket-sized computer out of LEGO and my imagination with them.
Котомозаика
Котомозаика
Cat mosaics
Santa Barbara Island , sea lions surfing waves……
If this does not represent happiness and freedom, I don’t know what does. Imagine being one of them…
sometimes you just want to be yote
Good catch.
big kitty: ball!ball!ball!ball!ball!ball!ball!ball!ball!ball! guy: *yeet* big kitty: BALL!!!!!!
cam is my fave because she's just trying to get through life but things keep happening around her