Billionaires are fighting

just learned that magnolias are so old that they’re pollinated by beetles because they existed before bees

They existed *before beetles*

Why is this sad? Why am I sad?

This is what I love about photojournalism. It is just a history of moments where human beings have gone “I know I should really be hauling ass out of here but I have to get a picture of this”

i don’t think tumblr actually eats asks i think that was made up by someone who was caught in the crossfire of some petty tumblr drama years ago and we all just ran with it because it’s both plausible and incredibly convenient. for the record if i don’t answer your ask it’s because i didn’t want to. peace peace ✌️

every day i learn about another way this hellsite used to be even more fucked up than now

BLOCK. THE. BRANDS.

I also recommend a strategy that Redditors have used to take down hate subs. Do you see a heinous, bigoted tweet next to an advertisement? Screenshot it and send it to the brand saying 'this is the kind of content you're partnering with on Twitter?' Turn their capitalistic pearl clutching against them. If Musk has to choose between 'free speech' and advertiser money, he will absolutely choose the money. He's already made that clear.

Too many people think they'd be hanged for witchcraft in the 15th century and not enough people realize they'd probably be part of the accusing mob.

Love that you can see the exact moment that Enlightenment™ occurs for this little dude. Good job, you did it.

You know the problem with reading a book? You get hooked and then it ends and you feel sad

This post is cancelled, I have found a new book and everything is all right again

By Talos this cannot be happening

Eternal Flame Falls sounds like the coolest concept for a fantasy book. A path you follow down into a ravine until you find an ever-burning flame inside of a waterfall? That’s fuckin metal! But it’s not in a fantasy book it’s like an hour away from my house I can literally go see it any time! I remember it like once a month and lose my shit over it every time

OP whats it called? Do you know how it works??

It’s called Eternal Flame Falls, in Orchard Park in western New York. 400 feet below the surface is a 400-million-year old shale formation that contains natural gas, and the grotto contains a leak where that gas is escaping.  The flame can and does go out, but the gas can be re-lit with a lighter like a gas stove. It’s super, super cool from both an aesthetic and a geologic perspective!

Took me years to understand the "why the long face" punchlines to "so a horse walks into a bar" jokes because I just thought that's a normal sized face to have if you're a horse. It never occurred to me judge a horse by the standards of man

I was a better person than all of you