#vulgares

[jesusreidamisericordia]

O amor tem valor e ele dá grandeza aos nossos atos. Diário 889.

[effinbirds]

[crawfishcomic]

Recruitment

[cybershock24601]

Rook sitting Bellara and Davrin down all somber and they're expecting some sort of serious conversation only for Rook to go "I need you to teach me how to curse in elven. The common tongue isn't enough. I need to cuss Solas' ass out in his native language."

[pangur-and-grim]

they love apple more than god

[beggars-opera]

There are very few f-bombs in the 18th century slang dictionary, but when they do show up they are CLASS

[onenicebugperday]

Common pill woodlouse, Armadillidium vulgare, Armadillidiidae

Native to Europe, and especially the Mediterranean basin, this species is now found throughout the world.

Photos by pfau_tarleton

[brothermouse-skeleton]

When Shallan and Adolin finally get to talk again:

Shallan: *don't joke about his leg don't joke about his leg don't joke about his leg*

Adolin: Oh Shallan, I don't feel so good, it's like I have...one foot in the grave 😃!

Shallan: YOU BASTARD! I WANTED TO MAKE THAT JOKE!

[zu-is-here]

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[technikki]

what the fuck did they mean by this

[jesusreidamisericordia]

Jesus, Vós me dais a conhecer e compreender em que consiste a grandeza da alma. Diário 889.

[effinbirds]

[tamayula-hl]

In a storage room in the corner of the castle

🐔

[999-roses]

The political speech of the Chinese diaspora has a long history as a site of critique and co-optation by U.S empire and its enabling discourses. Amidst a new apex in Cold War Sinophobia, we trace the revolutionary and reactionary framings of “overseas Chinese” as a political category, from Qing-era anti-colonialism to 20th century Cold War liberalism and beyond.

I think I just gotta straight up post this article more frequently whenever anti-China diaspora like to do the whole song and dance. Point being, "take it from me, that's where I'm from, China is bad!" isn't new at all, and it's part of the long and extended project of assimilation of diaspora into the empire. And it's not just some process that happens passively, many diaspora groups, both historically and presently, are active participants.

Just because you're of X heritage doesn't mean you actually know your history, at least without the filter of the liberal and anti-communist epistemology. I grew up in Texas so what little I was formally taught or gleaned from adults, I spackled in the holes with assumptions formed out of the liberal of the society I lived in. For diaspora in the west, this is the default, and it develops into a sort of background radiation of sinophobia: authoritarianism just like my heavy-handed parents sucks! confucianism is anti-feminist! communist brainwashing etc etc. But why buy into "oh the people back in the mainland are brainwashed" (and therefore untrustworthy sources) narrative? Why would your distance and unfamiliarity grant you more credence as a Knower of History and Truth? Why does "authoritarianism" only ever apply to the accused but never even considered for the accuser? And funniest of all, applying dynastic era history to modern China as a whole - as if that means that the present day systems after more recent history aren't relevant - acting like the "backwards" people back in the motherland would be happy to go back to that era.

[anarchobotany]

wait for it

[pangur-and-grim]

I had two colonies! my scabers were in a beautiful planted terrarium with a bark wall. unfortunately after I went on a trip, they suffered a colony collapse - I'd asked my housemate to spritz them with water in my absence, but I'm guessing she either spritzed more or less than I usually do, and the shock killed them.

a third of them survived this event, so I gave the terrarium away to someone with invertebrate knowledge.

and then there's my vulgare colony! they thrived for years - at one point, there were so many that the ground oscillated like water when I lifted the lid up. and then.....within a month this year, they all died. no clue why. I didn't change any part of my care.

unfortunately, if I don't understand how I killed them, then I won't be able to prevent their deaths in the future, so I'm done with invertebrates for now. they brought me a lot of joy while they lasted, though!