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[punkintyre]

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(updated as of 30/10/24 <3) name: norman/light/melody (or mel)/sky pronouns: she/her nationality: mexican-american favourite wrestlers: 'hangman' adam page, kenny omega, darby allin, toni storm, mariah may, mina shirakawa, shawn michaels, bret hart, stone cold steve austin, x-pac, chyna, aj lee, drew mcintyre, la knight, cm punk, aj styles, damian priest, rhea ripley, dominik mysterio, etc. favourite wrestling ships ^-^: hangswerve, allinpage, tonimariah, punkintyre, finndamian, dieselbreak, ajpunk, drewrhea, rheadom, candy, ambrolleigns, hhhbk, hartbreak, etc. this is my wrestling acc btw my main is @izekiaaa (i make multifandom things and say silly stuff there...oh yeah i also follow people on that account) aaaaaand thats it! i hope we can be silly friends :3 WRITING REQUESTS

[sparrowlucero]

like the most politically neutered movie of all time unironically

[rumalas]

Such a fun duo.

[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.

[shelfis]

I still play House and suck in endgame content but at least I know WHY

[t0bey]

a lotta lords!

[hrokkall]

Art trade with the lovely @pigswithwings! The goal was to emulate each other's styles

[composeregg]

edit (10/23/2024) now that the poll is over: Original version, with 10 questions, from April 2023 here

And, given that the original is from April 2023, that means I can very easily say:

No, this was not an ISAT reference!

Just because I use parentheses and 2nd person pov and love the same concepts of what a time loop can do to a person doesn't mean it's ISAT

(Yes, I like ISAT, the original poll is why I was recommended the game! But if you look at the original, you can see all the origins of the options to choose from, including what spurred me on with the moss option from the replies)

If I were going to make something for ISAT, I would never be so vague, you can simply look at my ao3 for proof of that

[ale-arro]

been going a little bit insane about this sentence from Ace by Angela Chen for the past week

[separatist-apologist]

Genuinely, and I mean this kindly, but learning to recognize bait and not engaging with it will change your fandom experience.

[punkintyre]

my (new and awesome sauce) pinned!

(updated as of 13/01 :3) hi, i'm norman, welcome to my wrestling page <33 my main is @izekiaaa!! (i follow people from there) some stuff about me: i'm poly, aegosexual and panromantic, pronouns are he/him, am a transmasc goob and i'm also hispanic :3 favourite wrestlers (from wwe): santos escobar, andrade, trick williams, aksana, drew mcintyre, cm punk, dominik mysterio, aj lee, bayley, fraxiom, the d'angelo family, naomi, jade cargill, bianca belair, etc. favourite wrestlers (from aew): jon moxley, bryan danielson, swerve strickland, julia hart, 'hangman' adam page, kenny omega, jack perry, mina shirakawa, young bucks, pac/wheeler yuta/claudio castagnoli, mariah may, mercedes mone, marina shafir, etc. extra: i'm the ceo of sethmian (seth 'freakin' rollins and damian priest), maystorm (toni storm and mariah may) and nikkisana (nikki bella and aksana) :3 oh and I'm also autistic so please use tone tags when you talk to me <33 i write fanfics too aaaaaaaaaaaaaand yuh :3 thats all for now folks! if you wanna be friends then please send me a dm! NOTE: although i make spicy posts here on occasion, i still wanna make this blog as safe for work as possible (also the reason why i won't post smut here) <3 WRITING REQUESTS MASTERLIST

[botanyshitposts]

confirming the Ethiopian wolf pollination hypothesis seems so straightforward in theory, like just erecting anti-wolf barriers around some of the hot poker plants and seeing if those get pollinated at the same rate as the other ones, but also I feel like it could be some lab’s 6 year long project that ends up in Nature and answers more questions about wolf dessert time than I could ever think to ask. and also it would give more beautiful photos of wolves between 3 seconds and 1 hour into passionate nectar indulgence. so hopefully with the media attention they’re getting they can do that

[rumalas]

Very dapper

[beneathsilverstars]

btw shallan is bi bc of me. i tweeted smth like "bsand did you know you wrote shallan as super into her beautiful talented mentor? like her whole pov comes off as so attracted to women?" and he replied like "it wasn't on purpose but looking back you are SO right" and then in book 3 or 4 one of shallan's alters (who is less concerned w social propriety than shallan so obviously she's where the attraction to women would go) has a bi moment. BC OF ME!!!!! here's to hoping for multiple shallan bi moments in book 5 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[shelfis]

As my friend said

He would give a 4 hour lecture about what a difference between all accordion types

[sanctus-ingenium]

I compiled a bunch of art about one of my fantasy world building projects into a field-guide themed sketchbook, it's free it's almost 60 pages long it comes with some prose and most of what's in it has never been posted on this blog. and it's about monsters