#i have so many more photos and videos

[manty-monster]

a lot of people don't know that my name is manty partly because um i used to raise and breed a lot of mantises anyway here are some of my babies

Some fun facts: Diana (t. sinensis) is the biggest mantis i've ever had. She was about the size of my entire hand, and used to chase a laser pointer around on my bed! Mantises are solo, binocular predators, and so behave very similarly to cats, in much the same way jumping spiders are said to resemble mammalian movement and behaivior. Bandit (p. paradoxa) is the green ghost mantis in all of these images, was a tripod, we didn't know if she'd make it because early on she lost an arm (one armed bandit), but I got her through a few more molts and she eventually grew that leg back entirely. She loved eating honey straight out of my hand. Banshee & Casper (p. paradoxa) are male and female, and parents of Bandit!! Most of their children went to loving homes, but we kept bandit. Casper had thicc gold-tan antennae that he always kept straight up like this looong crown. He always kind of reminded me of an eldritch king. Thessaly (b. mendica)'s wings turned out curled for her final molt, and I was never sure why. Maybe she didn't like the humidity, but I think her wings are beautiful either way, and since I got her food for her she didn't really need them.

Virgil (s. carolina) was my first mantis! I only actually had him for a few weeks, because he flew into my house as an adult. He is named after the bottle of Virgil's Rootbeer he refused to leave. He used to sit on my laptop and watch me type, occasionally climbing down to attack my pointer. anyway if you made it this far and you don't like bugs here's a picture of my rat, if you don't like

if you don't like rats OR bugs please unfollow me

[nipuni]

Photos at Madrid's Victory ball! 💃

We attended our first ball! It was such a dreamlike experience!! It was also our first time doing Regency reenactment so it was a challenge. We haphazardly put together some looks, had a great time learning more about the fashion and the dances and met a bunch of lovely people from all over the world. The palace was stunning, the live band was wonderful and the food delicious, it was an unforgettable night 🥰

[superskittles]

So, I went to a thing... 🤭

Glen Powell at the premiere screening of Hit Man in Austin, Texas - May 15, 2024

[distortednightmare]

Leaving Chicago. I’m not gonna lie I’m ready to move here yall.

[sexynetra]

Yeah you could say it was a good weekend 🥰

[skykidwolfie]

I love listening to music while playing sky because I get to sync my emotes to the beat. XD

Song is 3000 Lightyears by Mystery Skulls btw!

[velvetjune]

Spoilers for Alan Wake/Control games and DLCs: one of the things I really like in Alan Wake 2 is the confirmation that, no, Alan can’t create something out of nothing. There were implications in-story that supported that, but it was good to have that be a big part in the sequel. The AWE control dlc easily made it seem like Alan himself had a role in the events of the game and the formation of the FBC, and, personally, seeing it through that lens cheapened a lot of the game and Jesse’s story. Instead, having his writing influence the Hiss and try to manipulate (even out of desperation) Jesse/the FBC to end Hartman and get help, fit right into plot and conflicts of Alan Wake 2, with Alan being sympathetic, but also an asshole for trying to change and control people’s lives in his writing.

[crunchchute]

me itching to post some cosplay pics i just found because i look good there but also fighting for my life to Not post them cause i dont want my face online

[rosicheeks]

your smoking video is fun!

your laugh/giggle is so cute!

you are adorable!

[featheredomen]

[babygirlwwx]

oh no new hyperfixation alert

[crusheswhimsandfancies]

Amazing night😭😭😭

I love him so much

[radio-4-is-static]

KATATOKI Teaser | Yojiro Noda x J.I.D Listen to WONDER BOY'S AKUMU CLUB here !!

[neverendingford]

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[goatsandgangsters]

how to find literally any post on a blog in seconds (on desktop)

there are so many posts about ~tumblr is so broken, you can’t find any post on your own blog, it’s impossible, bluhrblub~

I am here to tell you otherwise! it is in fact INCREDIBLY easy to find a post on a blog if you’re on desktop/browser and you know what you’re doing:

url.tumblr.com/tagged/croissant will bring up EVERY post on the blog tagged with the specific and exact phrase #croissant. every single post, every single time. in chronological order starting with the most recent post. note: it will not find #croissants or that time you made the typo #croidnssants. for a tag with multiple words, it’s just /tagged/my-croissant and it will show you everything with the exact phrase #my croissant

url.tumblr.com/tagged/croissant/chrono will bring up EVERY post on the blog tagged with the exact phrase #croissant, but it will show them in reverse order with the oldest first 

url.tumblr.com/search/croissant isn’t as perfect at finding everything, but it’s generally loads better than the search on mobile. it will find a good array of posts that have the word croissant in them somewhere. could be in the body of the post (op captioned it “look at my croissant”) or in the tags (#man I want a croissant). it won’t necessarily find EVERYTHING like /tagged/ does, but I find it’s still more reliable than search on mobile. you can sometimes even find posts by a specific user by searching their url. also, unlike whatever random assortment tumblr mobile pulls up, it will still show them in a more logically chronological order

url.tumblr.com/day/2020/11/05 will show you every post on the blog from november 5th, 2020, in case you’re taking a break from croissants to look for destiel election memes 

url.tumblr.com/archive/ is search paradise. easily go to a particular month and see all posts as thumbnails! search by post type! search by tags but as thumbnails now

url.tumblr.com/archive/filter-by/audio will show you every audio post on your blog (you can also filter by other post types). sometimes a little imperfect if you’re looking for a video when the op embedded the video in a text post instead of posting as a video post, etc

url.tumblr.com/archive/tagged/croissant will show you EVERY post on the blog tagged with the specific and exact phrase #croissant, but it will show you them in the archive thumbnail view divided by months. very useful if you’re looking for a specific picture of a croissant that was reblogged 6 months ago and want to be able to scan for it quickly 

url.tumblr.com/archive/filter-by/audio/tagged/croissant will show you every audio post tagged with the specific phrase #croissant (you can also filter by photo or text instead, because I don’t know why you have audio posts tagged croissant) 

the tag system on desktop tumblr is GENUINELY amazing for searching within a specific blog! 

caveat: this assumes a person HAS a desktop theme (or “custom theme”) enabled. a “custom theme” is url.tumblr.com, as opposed to tumblr.com/url. I’ve heard you have to opt-into the former now, when it used to be the default, so not everyone HAS a custom theme where you can use all those neat url tricks. 

if the person doesn’t have a “custom theme” enabled, you’re beholden to the search bar. still, I’ve found the search bar on tumblr.com/url is WAY more reliable than search on mobile. for starters, it tends to bring posts up in a sensible order, instead of dredging up random posts from 2013 before anything else

if you’re on mobile, I’m sorry. godspeed and good luck finding anything. (my one tip is that if you’re able to click ON a tag rather than go through the search bar, you’ll have better luck. if your mutual has recently reblogged a post tagged #croissant, you can click #croissant and it’ll bring up everything tagged #croissant just like /tagged/croissant. but if there’s no readily available tag to click on, you have to rely on the mobile search bar and its weird bizarre whims)