and a shoutout to the two Māori men who travelled to Vienna in 1859, got themselves apprenticed as printers (and incidentally became accomplished ballroom dancers), and finally had an audience with Franz Josef where they charmed him so much that he sent a printing press to New Zealand….which was promptly used from 1861 to print the newspaper of the Kingitanga anti-colonial movement.

Just researched a bit- they’re names are Wiremu Toetoe and Te Hemara Rerehau Paraone and it’s quite a fascinating story.

More of my lovely little monster Au. Gaz was fun. :0)

I need to draw them more.

I heard manifesting is real, so I am going to MARRY CARLOS OLIVEIRA, or a man like him 🕯️🙏🏼🕯️

call me delulu I don't care

OOWHDJQ, if you saw me repost this. No you didn't. 💔

Omg srsly felt like the urge to delete it and repost it My bad loves😼

Philippine Frogmouth (Batrachostomus septimus) parents with chick, family Podargidae, order Podargiformes, Sierra Madre, Rizal, Philippines

photograph by Mhark Gee

Large Frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus), mother with chick, family Podargidae, order Podargiformes, found in SE Asia

photograph by Jamil Mat Isa

Spooky season Nikprice 💕

A harbor seal glides through the bay, In waters where the sunbeams play, With whiskered grace and dappled skin, A quiet dance, a gentle spin.

Majestic in its silent glide, Rules the waters, free and wide. A fleeting shadow, sleek and wise, The harbor seal beneath the skies.

Footage from our divers enjoying the magic of the sublime seals right outside in the bay 🌈 🌊

@thatgoblin This is how I imagine Selkie Curtis. Beautiful baby man. Big ol' baby eyes. Sweet mans. Adorable.

I love big baby seal Curtis

you can lead a horse to water, teach it to fish, and then look into its mouth

does this still work if the horse was given to me as a gift?

I’ve been known to post a couple on one of these (or both, I can’t remember)

r/Malaphors

r/perverbs

You opened this can of worms, you can lie in it.

A bat's chance in hell.

combine your first real fandom with your current one to create a terrible, terrible au

CATS the musical vs The Magnus Archives dear CHRIST.

D. Gray-man and Loki: AU where mobius is an exorcist and loki is a member of the superpowered human family the controls all the demons (wait this is cool I might need to draw it)

This isn’t a tag game but I feel like it should be! 😁

tagging: @in-my-loki-feels, @loki-is-my-kink-awakening, @insert-witty-user-name-here, @mobius-m-mobius, @cha-melodius, @mirilyawrites, @blackbirdofasgard, @lgwilt, @splenderai, @devilbearingtrouble

Also @distracteddream I just reblogged this from you but would love to hear more about the aus you had!

Ooofa that’s hard to pick but I would say Bleach and the MCU

@vbecker10 @sapphira-mydnyte @muddyorbsblr @official-president-loki want to join in?

Lol Lord of the Rings and the MCU

@animnerd @soubi001 @firedrakegirl

Ok i got two:

Sword Art Online vs Avengers

Or

Once Upon A time and avangers

Thank you for the tag! @vbecker10

No pressure tags: @superdcchick @misscherry-26 @jobean12-blog

MOVE OVER FOR POWER RANGERS/DIGIMON AND R6/COD/PAYDAY!!

Hey remember when US and Russia was all like “We’re the best!!! We’ve won the space race!!!!” But India sent a kick-ass space probe to Mars and the whole mission was fuel efficient, costed less and a roaring success in the first try and then they were like “…..wait no that can’t be true” and still have the audacity to call us “underdeveloped” or only view us as a ‘third world country’? :)

For anyone who needs more info, the probe was called Mangalyaan (which literally means space probe vehicle) or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and you can also get more information here and here

Remember when NYT mocked India for this very thing and an TOI (a major indian newspaper) responded with this? :)

They were being racist asf and we were till respectful literally fuck you if you think ‘third world counties’ can’t be better than you

white people can and should reblog this

and shout out to the women engineers integral to the launch

“Indian staff from the Indian Space Research Organisation celebrate after the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft entered Mars’s orbit.

On November 5, 2013, a rocket launched toward Mars. It was India’s first interplanetary mission, Mangalyaan, and a terrific gamble. Only 40 percent of missions sent to Mars by major space organizations—NASA, Russia’s, Japan’s, or China’s—had ever been a success. No space organization had succeeded on its first attempt. What’s more, India’s space organization, ISRO, had very little funding: while NASA’s Mars probe, Maven, cost $651 million, the budget for this mission was $74 million. 

This was not the only success of the mission. An image of the scientists celebrating in the mission control room went viral. Girls in India and beyond gained new heroes: the kind that wear sarees and tie flowers in their hair, and send rockets into space.”

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The photo of the women looks like a baroque painting

I didn’t know about this. That’s so cool! India, you’re phenomenal!

if you’re at a low point in life right now, consider THIS:

they need to bring patronage back. i was not meant to 'clock in' or 'take exams', i should be attending salons and being a dandy on someone else's dime while producing one creative work of merit every five years