#vug

[popolodipekino]

fiorivano i rubini

Quando passo davanti a Tiffany's mi fermo a guardare le vetrine, contemplo i diamanti prigionieri, schegge del nostro regno perduto. Giacciono in bare di velluto, incatenati d'argento e di platino; con l'immaginazione e la memoria li ingigantisco, ridò loro dimensioni di rocca, di giardino, di lago, immagino l'ombra azzurrina di Vug che vi si specchia. Non l'immagino: è proprio Vug quella che ora avanza tra i diamanti. Mi volto: è la ragazza che guarda la vetrina alle mie spalle, sotto i capelli obliqui. - Vug! - dico. - I nostri diamanti! Ride. - Sei proprio tu? - chiedo. - Il tuo nome? Mi dà il suo telefono. Siamo tra lastre di vetro: io vivo nel finto ordine, vorrei dirle, ho un ufficio in East-Side, abito nel New Jersey, per il weekend Dorothy ha invitato i Bemberg, contro il finto ordine non può nulla il finto disordine, ci vorrebbe il diamante, non da averlo noi ma che il diamante ci avesse, il libero diamante in cui andavamo liberi Vug e io... - Ti chiamerò, - le dico, ed è solo per la voglia di riprendere a litigare con lei. Dove in un cristallo d'alluminio il caso disperde degli atomi di cromo, là la trasparenza si colora d'un rosso cupo: così sotto i nostri passi fiorivano i rubini. da I. Calvino, I cristalli, in Ti con zero (Tutte le cosmicomiche)

(ancora dei versi: 10, 6, 7, 10, 11, 9 sillabe

Dove in un cristallo d'alluminio il caso disperde degli atomi di cromo, là la trasparenza si colora d'un rosso cupo: così sotto i nostri passi fiorivano i rubini.)

[webvampzz]

going crazy rn i just saw a fucking ANT climb onto my pilloq

[theshadowrealmitself]

Alien species that once you apply for and get citizenship for their planet, you’re considered one of their species, and the people who do this actually love being accepted like that, yeah they do accept that you’re technically not a part of their species if it’s important to you, but that’s secondary to them, you got citizenship, you’re one of them

Captains will look at their paperwork that says “transport 5 Pruq-vugs” and they’ll look at the group they’re transporting and none of them will look like what they know Pruq-vugs to look like, in fact one of them is definitely a human???

They make a clicking sound at the end of sentences that sounds like when you’re calling a cat over, and it’s their way of saying “very”, how many clicks is how much you’re emphasizing your point, it’s not uncommon to see the children get into “you’re very stupid” “well you’re very very stupid” fights that just end with them loudly and angrily clicking at each other

They have amazing scientists but it’s their fiber artists/workers that are the most respected and valued by everyone on the planet

Weirdest hierarchy that gets a bit confusing to outsiders, just know blanket makers are at the top and untouchable by the law (no blanket makers ever seem to abuse this tho)

Every Pruq-vug can tell instantly when another person is a Pruq-vug, even when those other Pruq-vugs are technically a different species

It’s theorized that none of the current Pruq-vugs who are considered the “actual” Pruq-vugs are from the original species, but everyone knows the original species would not give a fuck anyways and would still consider all Pruq-vugs as Pruq-vugs

[dash-n-step]

Say what you will about people who put big titty anime girl stickers on their laptops

They will let you touch their fumo

[pilferingapples]

if there was anything to do, and any "bousingot" to track out, it was in that quarter. From time to time, parties re-sole their old insults. In 1832, the word bousingot formed the interim between the word jacobin, which had become obsolete, and the word demagogue which has since rendered such excellent service.

LM 5.3.2

[yansurnummu]

today in unhinged eso shenanigans that @tilliphont wanted me to share: last man standing in vfl

[ghostjelliess]

[combustible-head]

i might make personalized tags for my friends tl add to posts that make me think of them without like.. @/ing them on it, yk?

[reddpenn]

I’m back from my rock show! I got some Cool Rocks!

First, the agates.

Another Turkish stick agate to join my collection! I can't get enough of this stuff. These form as pseudomorphs of selenite. A bunch of criss-crossing selenite crystals grow inside an empty pocket in the rock, and then the space around them fills in with agate. Eventually, the selenite crystals dissolve, and the hollows they leave behind are also filled with agate, preserving a record of their shapes!

Bonus! This pair has a nice green fluorescence.

Here is another Turkish agate. (Almost all of today's agates are from Turkey; Turkey produces some beautiful agate specimens.) This one has a really interesting pattern to its banding.

I actually picked this one out for its fluorescence, which is a stunning bright green.

Also from Turkey! Growing inside a super cool crust of volcanic rhyolite, this agate is called sagenite. Sagenite agate has a fibrous appearance because it is a pseudomorph of a fibrous zeolite mineral.

The last two from Turkey: a pretty red specimen with a sparkly central vug, and a weirdo with squiggles of yellow. What’s going on with that guy?

This one is from China! The red and orange agates from this locale are called "Fighting Blood" agate. I already have a Fighting Blood in my collection, but I thought this one was neat because its vug is full of amethyst!

Here are some things which are not agate!

This one is a lead mineral called plumbogummite! Specifically, these crystals are a pseudomorph of another lead mineral called pyromorphite. Over time, the lime green pyromorphite crystals were slowly replaced by the tealy plumbogummite. In a few of the broken crystals, you can still see a green pyromorphite core!

Hyalite opal! This rock has been on my bucket list, I am so excited. This form of opal is known for its water-clear, jelly-like globule formations. Though typically a colorless mineral, this specimen is tinted yellow due to iron staining. It’s also a mineral famous for its bright fluorescence… but this specimen’s glow is utterly unimpressive. :c I will be on the lookout for a more glowy specimen at future shows. Honestly, I’m just happy to finally own some at all!

This year, I also got some high-end mineral specimens! Take a look at these beauties.

Roselite! This rare, toxic mineral is full of arsenic. If I ate it I would probably die! Roselite’s deep red color comes from the cobalt in its chemical structure, and makes it highly sought after by collectors. This specimen is showing off a well defined lenticular crystal habit! Again, I cannot overstress how rare this stuff is. I spent… an inadvisable amount of money on it.

Oh, the best and most sparkly boy. This is wulfenite! I have wanted a piece in my collection for so long, and I’ve been waiting for just the right specimen to come along. It's a lead mineral, and it forms the coolest square, tabular crystals! This mineral is extremely brittle, which makes large, intact crystals of it very hard to find. But check out the huge tabular crystal on the right side of this specimen, it’s bigger than my thumbnail!!

And finally, I could not resist buying something silly.

This is Tully. He's a plush Tully Monster, which is my state fossil!

[lux-et-astra]

words musical theatre people can spell:

uncoupled

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

revenge

syzygy

chimerical

words musical theatre people can't spell:

sorry (how many Rs again?)

revolting (who needs a g on the end)

vug (i overcomplicated, dads!)

[baddybaddyadardaddy]

Do you think Adar is good at oral histories? Reciting epic poems, memorizing lineages and events, and so forth? He's not just a father but a historian....

is Adar good at oral HELL YAWWWW ABSOLUTELY HE IS TOP NOTCH HE'D EAT IT LIKE IT WAS A SEVEN COURSE MEAL YIIIIIP YIPYIPYIPYIPYIPYIP

*squints at ask*

oh, oral HISTORIES.

*le blush*

why OF COURSE, he's great at that too!

Actually putting on my serious Adar Scholar cap: So i think one of the curses of Adar's life is that he remembers. EVERYTHING.

I think that aside from maybe a brief time early in his capture in Utumno, he can remember everything that happened to him with startling clarity. So yes, i think he absolutely is the keeper of all of the oral histories of the uruk especially. He could probably look at a TROP uruk like Glug or Vrath or Lurka from last season and tell you the complete history of their bloodline, (i.e., Glug son of Vug, whose father was Gug allllllllllll the way back to the first orcs, because he was there for ALL OF IT.)

Also VERY much love the idea (and think it makes sense) that uruk history is oral, and that's how it gets passed down. It then makes things EXTRA TRAGIC when Adar dies. Because--similar to another ask I got about the words that Adar would have given the uruks, i.e. "love," "family," etc.-- it means that their history essentially dies with him.

[jomindraws]

Next up on our alien animals, the Sponges !!!!

Of which there are MANY MANY MANY on Jom'Gol... the entire planet was once covered by sponges for nearly 1 billion years in its early history....

(AN1 C2) Clade: Spongae

A clade of asymmetricans that have internal, flexible skeletons made of spongin fibers.

PHYLUM DEEPSPONGAE

Phylum of sponge existing in the lower stratification of the marine biosphere, containing a pseudo-hemocoel and porous membrane.

(AN1 C2-a) Clade: Fossospongae

A clade of sponge that rely on ambient environment temperature and have small mesohyl nodes within sponge structures.

(AN1 C2-ai) Clade: Saltuspongae

A clade of fossospongae that thrive in salt-rich and copper-rich environments within the lower stratification of the marine biosphere.

Class Seafloor Spongeforest

Class of colonial sponge that organize into massive forest-like hives on the seafloor with other members of the same class.

(AN1 C2-b) Clade: Hadeospongae

A clade of sponge that have large mesoglea organ tissues to regulate pressure and contain biological antifreeze agents to regulate core temperature.

Class Abyssal Sponges

Class of sponge that exist in ocean trenches and deep marine fissures in the abyssal and hadal zones of the ocean.

Class Deep Underspongal

Class of sponge that are strictly stygofauna and live in brackish subterranean waters within aquifers, deep flooded caves, and some vugs.

(AN1 C2-c) Clade: Fractospongae

A clade of sponge that relies on a branching hemocoel to deliver nutrients to areas of the sponge not able to reach food.

(AN1 C2-ci) Clade: Underspongae

A clade of fractospongae that use entirely chemical synthesis for ectothermy and navigation rather than light.

Class Underspongal

Class of sponge that are troglofauna and frequently line low-pressure cave systems and non-brackish pools of cave water.

[geologyin-blog]

Vugs are very similar to geodes and are usually lined with calcite crystals. Because of the crystal's tooth-like shape, this form is called dogtooth spar. Custer County, South Dakota

📷: National Parks Gallery

[new-bug-ideas]

Vug is his name and being a bug that starts with the letter v is his game

[trying-geology]

Went to Big Bend National Park in Texas!!!

First two pictures are along the Emory Peak trail with a view of what they call The Window. The rocks are from a rhyolitic lava flow.

Third picture is of the eclipse.

Fourth is of mini potholes or vugs from a random rock I climbed into.

Fifth is the trail heading to the Rio Grande depicting the Santa Elena Canyon.