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Dibaeis absoluta

OK, so why does this lichen look like it is growing mushrooms, even though these are decidedly not mushrooms? My first answer is "just to fuck with you," but D. absoluta evolved long before humankind, nonetheless you specifically. So my second answer is because the mushroom shape just makes functional sense when you want to produce a fruiting body by maximizing the physical area that produces spores, and raising them above the substrate by a thin stalk so they can get caught in and distributed by wind. Ok, so they are the spore producing structure of fungi, shaped like that, how are they not mushrooms? Mushrooms are we typically think of them are the reproductive structures of basidiomycete fungi, the spores are typically released from the lower surface of the fruiting bodies like this:

And in an ascocarp, the reproductive structure of an ascomycete fungi like that of D. absoluta, the spores are released from the upper surface of the fruiting bodies. So like this:

OK this is waaayyy simplified. There are also a bunch of internal physiological differences but you, dear reader, can look those up yourself if you are curious about the nuances of fungal development. But very generally speaking, basidiospores come out the bottom, ascospores come out the top.

So not tiny mushrooms, but very very cute just as they are!

anyways, I was recently watching an SCP youtuber named Dr. Sherman, in a live stream where he was in character, I said a silly thing in chat and he actually read it and replied while calling me by my preffered name (my youtube channel has the name) and refering to me as intern

he officially became the first person I'm not personal friends with to call me by my preffered name and it made me feel very gender euphoric

Hello everyone!

Last year I started designing a series of Coat of Arms, themed in the spirit of Pride Month and using different mythological creatures as heraldic animals. I now aim to turn these designs into wearable pins and will be running a Kickstarter in Julyto fund this endeavor!

In addition to these 5 designs I wish to be able to crowdfund enough to be able to also manufacture the following pins and identities:

I have found a very trustworthy local manufacturer, who has already shown the quality of their craftsmanship with the first batch of test pins I received, just look at the detail they were able to produce!

Since I try to support local manufacturers, which produce pins with fair wages and are more ethical than outside of Europe, the pins are more expensive to create than through the usual pipeline via Asia.

I therefore seek to crowdfund the expenses since they would be more than I can afford. If you are interested and look forward to support this little endeavor, please follow the link below to sign up for a mailing list. People who signed up on the email list and pledged during the campaign will receive an exclusive sticker set by the end of a successful launch consisting of the following designs:

SIGN UP ON OUR PRELAUNCH WAITING LIST TO GET THESE LITTLE GUYS FOR FREE

Our Kickstarter Prelaunch Page:

Happy Pride! ~🏳️‍🌈

Here’s a selection of pride flags designed as medieval banners!! Unfortunately due to the massive amount of individual identities we have in the queer community, i could not illustrate all of the flags, so if your flag is not here i am very sorry!

Stay proud this month gays, we’re gonna make it through <33

Flags included:

Bisexual

Lesbian

Gay Men / MLM

Pansexual

Intersex

Asexual

Aromantic

Genderfluid

Polyamorous

Butch

Femme

Transgender

Genderqueer

Nonbinary

Two Spirit

Progress Pride: BIPOC

Sorry to put you on blast for this but

This is the funniest halfasshand I've seen in Years

A lot of details were left out of this comic, because it's already long enough. But I thought it was important to start here, since WE started here.

I elected not to discuss the details of our chosen donor, because ultimately I feel this is a private matter that affects our child. The important thing isn't that - it's the various things we had to consider when choosing them, as well as the complications of getting the actual vials to a different country.......and getting to actually use them.

I had the incredible privilege to design this year’s Pride Shirt from Critical Role! It features our beloved Blue Boi Dorian Storm on his steed Coriolis. I snuck in a little favour of his lover, tied to his arm, and some sneaky Latin: “Amore fiunt homines” is Latin for “It’s love that makes people.”

You can find it in all the CR shops! I’ll be offering prints, too. https://shop.critrole.com/collections/new-products/products/how-do-you-want-to-slay-this-t-shirt

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No one who truly cares about you will ever tell you that you shouldn't be here. Please do not repeat my mistakes and think that you have earned their opinions on your life or value. You deserve to live. You deserve to be happy.

Yum Yum has found a fungus.

It's possible to do sea navigation without a compass, but you'll have to get some spoilers from the Polynesians.

Time Machine Conversation [Explained]

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