#ice age day

[pleistocene-pride]

Happy Ice Age Week! Ornimegalonyx better known as the giant Cuban owl or giant cursorial owl is a giant now extinct relative of the modern burrowing owl, which lived throughout the caribbean during the Pleistocene period some 126,000 to 11,000 years ago. The first known remains of Ornimegalonyx consisting of subfossil post cranial remains collected from Cueva de Pío Domingo, Pinar del Río province, western Cuba, on 2 January 1954 by members of the Sociedad Espeleológica de Cuba. These were then named and described by the father of Cuban vertebrate paleontology, the late Oscar Arredondo that same year, who because of the size of the bones believed them to belong to a Phorusrhacid terror bird, giving the animal the name Ornimegalonyx meaning “bird with gigantic claws”. With the specific name arredondoi referring to himself. In 1961, Pierce Brodkorb reviewed the findings and identified them to have belonged to an owl which he formally named Ornimegalonyx oteroi, which was was eventually adopted by Oscar Arredondo. Remains have been abundant throughout the island, in pleistocene era cave deposits, and today at least 3 near complete skeletons have been recovered. In the past, three additional species of Ornimegalonyx besides O. oteroi were regarded as valid those being Ornimegalonyx minor, Ornimegalonyx gigas, & Ornimegalonyx acevedoi. However a 2020 study concluded that those species are all synonyms of O. oteroi, and describe a new valid species, Ornimegalonyx ewingi, from material formerly assigned to the prehistoric horned owl Bubo osvaldoi. Reaching up to 3.7ft (1.1m) tall, and 20 to 30lbs (9 to 13.5kgs) in weight, Ornimegalonyx sported very long powerfully built legs for its size. With a short tail, bulky body, and reduced wings, ornimegalonyx would have only been capable of short flights similar to modern turkeys or peafowl. It is then theorized that these owls would have been strong runners which spent most of there time on the ground, hence the alternate name, cursorial. In life the Cuban giant owl is believed to have preyed principally on large terrestrial vertebrates such as lizards, hutias, and smaller ground sloths.

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[notbecauseofvictories]

I've seen that "the immortal loses their loved one but not their loved one's family; what if the immortal stayed close, followed them down the generations?" post a dozen times, and I understand it's intended to be sweet---but every single time I see it, all I can think is that it's straight-up the beginning of a horror story.

[mammoth-clangen]

Happy world cheetah day!

Here's a fake cheetah (Miracinonyx) to celebrate uvu

Despite their common name (American cheetah) and their lithe build, Miracinonyx is actually believed to be closer related to the modern Puma! I based his spots more off a baby puma bc of this.

They are called Swift Spots by the Fleet Fangs and always have 'nonsense' names that sound squeaky; which is how I imagine their voices sound to all the other large felids cx

Also he and his brother are highly unimportant but i wanted to draw one of them anyway, so enjoy uvu

I know the bg is Lilac's silouhette but imagine it's "generic average homotherium" bc Lilac is actually very tall and would be a bit bigger compared to Seequa

Also i really like that here we have A sprinter: short snout for rapid breathing, long, flexible spine for max stride, long thin legs, long tail for ruddering And a marathoner: huge, blown-out muzzle for constant air cooling, short stiff spine for trotting, long legs for striding but not as thin, nub tail bc that's just how sabercats be

paleo details that make me happy uvu

[thelesbianoffrontiers]

I tried to make a Solas pancake

…😕

[hannigramislife]

"Oh, so you're a jiang cheng apologist-"

Let me make something real fucking clear.

I like Jiang Cheng. I am a Jiang Cheng fan. I like him because that bitch had the entire universe against him and he still triumphed. Impossible what? Jiang Cheng doesn't know what that word means. He cooks impossible for breakfast and feeds it to Jin Ling so that his nephew would take after the Jiang side more.

The only thing Jiang Cheng has to apologize for is serving absolute c*nt in every scene he's in. And when he's done with that, he should apologize for stealing the Jin's thunder, because only one of his outfits could buy Carp Tower. And then, maybe he should apologize for wielding the best spiritual tool so beautifully we forgot other people have spiritual tools.

Never assume I will put fault on a man who went through horrific trauma and reacts in a traumatized way because he was, shocker, traumatized. Also never assume I won't defend him to anyone who talks shit about him in reference to other characters, because this man couldn't have given less of a fuck about the plot, the storyline decided to fuck with him, so he fucked right back.

Valid, is what I say.

[atompalace-official]

[a-gay-bloodmage]

Me, making my Dragon Age OCs in my mid to late teens: Hehe, all but one of them are in their twenties or above... They're so mature...

Me, now, aged 23 with a far more developed brain: Why the fuck are these CHILDREN in charge of SAVING THE WORLD?

[little-pup-pip]

25 Days of Agere Moodboards! Day 4: Perfect Agere Day!!

[madamshogunassassin]

It Was a Good Day - Ice Cube (1992)

[ufogoo]

pip... pippa ingellvar... never posted her final look.... look at my queen

[exhausted-archivist]

Finally cleaned this up, but if you find the tumblr posts cumbersome, here is a google spreadsheet of all the cannonical Drinks, Foods, and Ingredients of Thedas.

If you're looking for other resources, I have a masterlist of things I've worked on from other lists and maps, and other projects I'm working on.

Want to support this blog and just all of my chaos? You can check out my ko-fi.

[makedonsgriva]

I’ve been reading a lot of posts where people talked about watching Yuri On Ice for the first time back when it was airing in 2016 and it really feels so heartwarming and heartbreaking because can you imagine loving a series so much and being there for it from the start only for it to get cancelled.

I watched YOI for the first time back in mid or late 2019 (don’t remember very clearly), after a friend on tumblr urged me to watch it and it just altered my brain chemistry. I watched the whole thing in a day. And then I proceeded to re watch it very soon. I was obsessed. As a baby gay who was still struggling a lot with their sexuality, never comfortable with the labels, the pronouns, all the nuances and always thinking how do I fit myself into this Queer cardboard box with neat little labels, that show rocked my shit.

Viktor and Yuri didn’t need any labels. There was no grand coming out scene, no need to fight against the world for their love and no struggle with their inner self about wtf am I doing or am I right or wrong. They literally just skated and did their work but they fell in love side by side and it was so so beautiful for me.

A part of me was also dismayed because the kiss scene was censored. The touches, the love they showed was subtle. I felt that this meant many could brush them off as friends. That maybe, just maybe, the love wasn’t as strong and maybe I was just deluding myself. It was only after I rewatched it yesterday after years, I realized how wrong I was to think that. And that in turn helped me realize the progress I’d made in my journey to accept my own queerness. Love is not about grand romantic gestures. It’s about being there for each other and lifting each other up and not caring about how the world perceives you. Especially so in queer relationships. It doesn’t matter how some people might perceive Viktor and Yuri as old pals, we know that they are in love.

They don’t have to be incredibly loud. That love is abundantly clear when Yuri asks Viktor to coach him till he retires and Viktor oh so sweetly replies that he hopes Yuri never retires. It’s clear when Yuri changes a jump in the China Cup to show his love for Viktor. It’s clear when Viktor decides to be with Yuri every step of the way from his journey from the rock bottom to the Runner Up of the Grand Prix Final.

We call everything on this ice love and oh YOI you’ll forever be iconic for giving us queers so much love.

[mammoth-clangen]

Ok so technically Summit won but i have no self control so u get Steppe Prowl as well, bc she has already has a ref from her debut >:3

Ice Fangs have both a given name and a surname, which are passed from mother to daughter and father to son (trans individuals can decide which parent they prefer to take after, or which children are given theirs, ie: Summit took his father's) This will be explained in comic too but it's not a spoiler so i have decided you are allowed to know as part of the teaser cx

Important: No, these two having refs does not mean they will inherently be joining the Kindred! As you can imagine that would cause quite a stir XD

Enjoy this meme i made months ago while drawing Moon 6 X'D

[ladydisdainblog]

you got mail/she loves me au: the local shop manager george russel can't take anymore that weird tension between him and his new sales associate bertha who wants to outshine him in every possible way and is constantly pushing his buttons. good thing he has a mysterious online pen pal who always knows what to do.

[trio-of-all-time]

ULTIMATE TRIO BRACKET: MATCH #48

[afinickyguide]

episode 156: tavern fare 🍻🥜✨