Smatterbrain

Hello, my name is Raneen Ibrahim from Gaza. Due to the brutal war, I was displaced to the southern part of the Gaza Strip in Rafah and then we were displaced to Deir al-Balah after the invasion of Rafah. We have endured a lot and witnessed death up close, yet, miraculously, we are still alive.



My home in Gaza was completely destroyed. The apartment that held our memories and our lives was turned into rubble, resulting in losses estimated at around $80,000. Everything I had saved and invested in it - our memories, our lives, and our precious possessions - are all gone.



I am begging you, please help us rebuild. Every donation, no matter how small, will make a huge difference in restoring normalcy to our shattered lives. Your generosity will not only provide us with shelter, but also provide hope for a better tomorrow.



Thank you for your kindness and support during this difficult time.

ABOUT TIME!!! for those out of the loop homeowners’ associations in the US 1. suck horrendously in every way 2. were the beginning of the end of urban biodiversity

"Soltys decided to push back. She tidied up her plantings, but she also partnered with regional environmental nonprofits to help introduce a bill in the Virginia legislature to protect the right to grow native plants in HOA communities. Soltys was inspired by first-in-the-nation legislation passed in nearby  Maryland in 2021—born of a like-minded couple’s years-long and costly legal battle with their own HOA—that now serves as a template for other states. Last year, Maine enacted a similar bill, and Minnesota went a step further, requiring not just HOAs but all municipalities to allow natural landscaping."

M. C. Escher (Dutch,1898-1972)

Puddle, 1952

Woodcut in colors on thin laid Japon paper

if i ever had godlike powers over the nature of animals i'd just make crabs smarter. like on par with crows or something. you'll walk out onto the pier at night and see a group of crabs working together to drag an unconscious man into the water. you can't help him now. he's gone.

Life is Imminent

Detail shots of the insects because they were the most fun part to draw!

I've finally finished my Dread Wolf tarot embroidery from Dragon Age Inquisition! Clocking in at 64 hours of work, it measures 11.5 X 19.5 cm and I've been chipping away it during my downtime at work. My fellow community council members on Dragon Age: The Veilguard may have been biased while helping me choose which character's card to do, but I'm so grateful they did because it was so much fun to work on, and so different from the previous ones.

This is my fourth large Dragon Age character card project, and the first one I started since I uprooted everything to train as a costumer. Having a portable yet elaborate project was comforting while travelling for new experiences.

Now, who's excited for the new game later this year?!

more than a mountain

I’m frothing at the mouth this is my DREAM

#as a professional carnie i gotta say#wlw have a special inate ability at these games i swear to god#there used to be some kind of year#yearly retreat for?? idk what but it was made of almost entirely butch women#and there would be like a whole day the part was just overrun by gay ladies#and when the catering hall let their party out they all wanted nothing more than clean fucking house for their gifriends and wivesa#we all knew it was coming. wed all be like todays the lesbian day guys get everything stocked#and this isnt like the o be weird or something abt butch women being strong or athletic#i mean they would win games of chance way more often than straight couples#gay dudes do not factor in cuz we all suck balls at those games literally they were all awful#one very out gay coworker i had would openly tell them like look from one of us to another keep walking these arent for us they just arent#but girls? girls dating other girls? it was on sight they all won all the time (via @transkeiichi)

"Today's the lesbian day guys get everything stocked" is sending me

official lesbian post

mud daubers vibrate their wing muscles to dig up mud and also to compact it when they are building the nest! these girls literally put their whole body into constructing a fortress for their kids

quote from below source: “the plastered soil layer is compacted by the repetitive tapping produced by the front legs and vibrating mandibles, creating an intense vibration buzzing noise. This repetitive tapping on soil plays a similar role as the vibratory compaction commonly used to compact soil in geotechnical engineering.”

my brother works on a boat so when he rants about his job I can’t take it seriously because he keeps angrily referring to his boss as “captain”. like sorry ur having 19th century sailor problems my guy

Strange and silent angels came to meet you in the field — to circle darkly overhead, to show you where to kneel.

Stickers arrive today soooo they'll be available soon :>

when spiders put their little pedipalps together

the glorious, scrunkly wunkly chonky buggies

absolutely ready for battle buggies

big buff arms buggies

behold them and be blessed