#but it gets me every time

[chacerider]

ok listen if ur partner ever says "i'll just throw something on the TV for background noise" DON'T BELIEVE THEM it is a TRICK to give u a new brainrot

[lover-praxis]

"i'm only afraid of dying alone" WHEN SHE LITERALLY ALREADY DIED ALONE ONCE

[untilyouremember]

Date of Marriage

Available digitally on Mangamo

[evanbuckleysarms]

Watching PLL as an adult is really just a series of 😬😳😧 every time the adults are insistent on fucking those teenagers.

[faithfulcat111]

My great-grandpa talking about the house he was born in: It had one stove, no electricity, no gas, no water, no sewage, no insulation, no toilet... It did have a floor.

Me: *loses it*

[this-is-a-love-story-isnt-it]

I just watched The Locket and I’m a messsss

[get-inthechair]

I AM NOT AFRAID TO KEEP ON LIVING. THE SUN IS UP.

[chiimeramanticore]

compilation of this type of post

edit: idk how much this is gonna do but since making this post i got covid and need some help, please consider it

[atalana]

the curse of adhd:

i will remember with absolute clarity, when the thought strikes me that i have a text to send someone, that this is the fourth time in three days i've attempted to send this specific text

i will forget, in the time it takes me to pick up my phone, that i picked it up intending to send a text

[valtsv]

anyone who thinks dostoevsky's writing is dry and humourless is missing out on passages like this

[ozcarr]

Obsessed with tiktoks of high school girls doing Steve Harvey cosplay. My favorite genre of video tbh

[awkwardexxodus]

ive watched this video 5 times in the last two days and it always makes me laugh til i get a headache & i wanted it on my blog but didnt find it anywhere so guess i gotta do it myself

[cipher-legal-and-ethics-dept]

Greevil: Why are you sitting with your backs to each other? Eldes: We were fighting earlier Greevil: ...ok, but why are you holding hands? Ardos: We get upset when we fight and need emotional support

[kensatou]

(✿◕‿◕) die (ꈍ ꒳ ꈍ✿)

[velinxi]

Here's the full artwork I did for the upcoming Avatar concert! Thank you for having me🎶

Tour dates and info: https://avatarinconcert.com

[markscherz]

Meet the seven new frog species we just named after iconic Star Trek captains!

Artwork by A. Petzold, CC BY-ND 4.0

At the right time of year along rushing streams in the humid rainforests that stretch the length of Madagascar's eastern and northern mountain ridges, otherworldly trills of piercing whistles can be heard.

Are they birds? Insects? Communicator beeps? Tricorder noises?

No, they're little treefrogs!

Boophis janewayae. Photo by M. Vences, CC BY-SA 4.0

Until recently, we thought all of the populations of these little brown frogs across the island were one widespread species, Boophis marojezensis, described in 1994. But genetics in the early 2000s and 2010s showed that there were several species here, not just one.

Now my colleagues and I have shown that they are in fact eight separate species, each with unique calls!

These whistling sounds reminded us so much of Star Trek sound effects that we decided to name the seven new species after Star Trek captains: Boophis kirki, B. picardi, B. janewayae, B. siskoi, B. pikei, B. archeri, and B. burnhamae.

Photos of all new species described by Vences et al. 2024. CC BY-SA 4.0

I subtly and not-so-subtly built some Star Trek references into the paper, but probably the best one is this one:

'Finding these frogs sometimes requires considerable trekking; pursuing strange new calls, to seek out new frogs in new forests; boldly going where no herpetologist has gone before.'

— Vences et al. 2024

There’s a real sense of scientific discovery and exploration here, which we think is in the spirit of Star Trek.

Of course, it doesn't hurt that there are at least two Trekkies amongst the authors (including yours truly). As fans of Star Trek, we are also just pleased to dedicate these new species to the characters who have inspired and entertained us over the decades.

On a personal note, this marks a milestone for me, as it means I have now described over 100 frog species! I am very pleased that the 100th is Captain Janeway's Bright-eyed Frog, Boophis janewayae (if you count them in order of appearance in the paper)—she is probably my favourite captain, and I really love Star Trek: Voyager.

You can read more about the discovery of these new species on my website! You can also read the Open Access paper published in Vertebrate Zoology here.