When life gives you lemons be like “wow this fic is really old”

I know I’ve said this before, but, truly, one of the hazards of growing up in Massachusetts is the high level of ambient transcendentalism

Buzzfeed’s latest “Ruining History” episode was on the crash that inspired Moby Dick, and my first thought was “Relevant to Mica’s interests.” Then I watched it and thought no, nope, too general and not enough specific details.

you are… not the only person to tell me this

it is frankly a crime to talk about the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone in the context of arctic fisheries without mentioning the 20th century UK-Iceland Cod Wars

“There’s a very nice marine laboratory on Svalbard, but every few years they lose a student to the polar bears. When I considered doing research there, they asked me if I could use a gun. …I decided not to go there.”

I swear to god I’m going to show up at microsoft’s headquarters with a list of words they need to add to MS Word’s dictionary.

stop fucking telling me ‘biomagnification’ isn’t a word, you imbecilic scrap of software

katleyh:

I’ve added this ram skull embroidery to my etsy shop!

this is gorgeous!

Idra, Ino, Mireän, and three Maias, a bit smudgy because I forgot to bring a pencil sharpener today. 😦

fafarago:

“California Desert Wildflowers with Mountains Beyond“ (date unknown)

by Benjamin Brown (1865-1942)