#Like the tree thing

[alyanas-little-hideout]

Sorry for posting notes but it's actually worth mentioning that taxonomy is a predecessor for determining how different creatures are related based on shared physical characteristics but, importantly, doesn't presume evolutionary mechanism in the same way that phylogeny- that is, basing the connections between animals on the percentage of shared genome data- does.

Phylogeny has 0 concern for shared physical characteristics- a hyrax and a whale are more closely related than a whale and a shark, for instance, despite the shared body plan and lifestyles of sharks and whales and the completely unrelated body plans of hyraxes and whales.

Also phylogenetically -fish don't exist as a group -lobe-finned fish encompasses all land animals -sharks and ray-finned fish are more distinct than any land animal is from another -trees don't exist as a group -birds are dinosaurs, which are reptiles, which are amphibians.

and other fun oddities of biology.

which of my household appliances am i most closely related to

[baristabomb]

...weird amount of dunmeshi fans have been saying being a caretaker in a relationship is the worst thing ever..marcille must want to killl everyone soo bad because doing things for people suuuucks sooo muchh

it's an act of love, not just a job i promise. we all want someone who's willing to take care of us in some way, just like how senshi shows care for others by cooking for them :'|

[title]

Will you help me get undressed, please?

Roman Holiday (1953), directed by William Wyler

[nex-has-gender-envy]

Trying to feel that holy spirit 🫦🫦

[dricacchi]

john and yellow: "men suffer in silence" then why am i always hearing about it

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

cnetizens obsessed with infinity nikki (a cozy open-world adventure with platforming, puzzles, dress-up and more, powered by UE5)

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[the-barefoot-hatter]

me, looking up birch tree facts for to make sure a single sentence is correct in my billford fic: oh, i WAS right about that! yay!

but now i have extra facts and nowhere to put them...

so, Tree Facts be upon you!

Ironically, beating something with a birch branch is meant to drive out evil

Birches are also associated with death, fairies, adaptability, and returning from the dead

Birches are one of the first trees to repopulate in fire damaged areas! In a weird twist, though, it's NOT because they are fire-resistant. Birches burn very well actually, they are a popular campfire wood choice!

Birches burn fast at a medium to high heat, with no heavy smoke or sparks. In fact, they can burn BLUE

Pines ARE resistant to burning!

Birches and pines grow well in stands together

Birches and pines might even share sugars through interconnected mycorrhizae in their root systems, supporting each other

Birch bark is waterproof. Makes for great paper.

A large number of lepidopteran insects feed on birch foliage. (Lepidopterans of course include butterflies and moths)

Birches live 140-250 years on average, while pine trees live 100-1000 years. The oldest living organism in the world is Methuselah the Great Basin bristlecone pine- it’s over 4,850 years old

[chalkrub]

pwyw com from last month ! these are closed now but i will open again at the end of feb maybe

[dietmimo]

Plant boi be planting. 🌱

[spicycinnabun]

“What?” Eddie asked. Steve was laughing his ass off at him for no apparent reason. Eddie narrowed his eyes. “What is it? Steven, you better tell me—or are you such a lightweight that you’re already wasted?”

They were sitting on a blanket in the grass. Around them in the open field, people danced to the music, drank by the fire, smoked, and yelled nonsense.

Steve was only on his first beer, as far as Eddie knew. Hardly seemed enough to get the Keg King tipsy, let alone drunk. No, Steve seemed sober except for the sudden giggle fit at Eddie’s expense.

“Wish I could take a picture of you right now,” Steve said once he calmed down, which wasn’t an answer that made sense at all.

“What the fuck. Why?”

Steve grinned. “Besides the fact that you’re cute as hell—”

Eddie choked on his spit, blushing suddenly and furiously.

“—you’ve got a bunch of fireflies in your hair.”

Unbeknownst to Eddie, several of them had landed on him and nested in his curls, blinking light at odd intervals and making him look like a human Christmas tree.

pt. 2 🔥🪰

[lilpomelito]

In a series of events that absolutely nobody could have predicted, Steve’s parents adore Eddie. Richard thinks he’s witty and sharp, a breath of fresh air for a man stuck in endless meetings with corporate egos. Linda laughed so hard the first time they invited him to dinner, she cried. Nobody is more surprised than Steve, who brought his alternative high school dropout boyfriend to his parents almost as an act of late teenage rebellion. But hilariously, Eddie’s fun personality and his disdain for everything mainstream makes him catnip for rich pretentious people. They bond over their hatred of the idiosyncrasy of middle class small town people in America, everyone is so closed minded and average, you know? No ambition, nothing! And this guy is a rockstar, Steve!, they say. You could use some of that ambition yourself! Have some goals in life!

It’s almost insulting. Like that’s his boyfriend. They can’t like him more than he does!! But Steve even caught his mom smoking pot with Eddie in the porch after dinner one time, which was insane to him since the last time they caught him doing exactly that Steve had been grounded for a week. You were 16 Steve, and a star athlete, we couldn’t have you smoking in the house, she argued. And Eddie, the treacherous man that he was, agreed with her. How would you feel if Dustin started smoking, huh?

In retrospective, Steve should have seen this coming. His parents hate Hawkins people as much as Eddie does, they do everything in their power to be away from town as much as it’s physically possible without actually moving away. They’ve had the “moving to another state” conversation several times already, and it’s been Steve who refused every time. The entire fight about Steve not getting into any college had been more about having to stay in Hawkins than anything else. But of course, his boyfriend who is literally everything this town hates in a person would be exactly what his parents like. No bond is stronger than the one between people who hate the same things.

[puppppppppy]

GUH

@chipper-smol

[galasriniel817]

A little obsessed with the idea of Lucanis falling asleep with Rook and both of them waking up to discover Spite has braided things into Rook’s hair—a black feather, beads they’ve collected while exploring, any of Rook’s shiny jewelry, any of Lucanis’ spare buttons, stealing things from Manfred and Emmrich…

[ricky-mortis]

I heard that Corey Dorris sang Show Stopping Number at Innit- so I present: Corey!Hidgens

[cctinsleybaxter]

one thing i think people miss about lake mungo is a thing people also miss about twin peaks, which is that you limit your understanding by only seeing yourself as the dead girl; sometimes you're one of the people who knew her

[otiksimr]

Queen Sequoia

As she gets older in age her leaves are continuingly withering off.