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I'm writing something about a species that is genuinely very rare and trying to not get too philosophical about it. No, how we treat this one shrimp is not indicative of humankind as a whole, but at the same time you guys had better keep this shrimp safe after I'm gone or I'll haunt you forever.

#SHIMPS!! #reblog #weird science

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Bunch of arthropod guys - refs created for OC purposes! ;)

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how to find literally any post on a blog in seconds (on desktop)

there are so many posts about ~tumblr is so broken, you can’t find any post on your own blog, it’s impossible, bluhrblub~

I am here to tell you otherwise! it is in fact INCREDIBLY easy to find a post on a blog if you’re on desktop/browser and you know what you’re doing:

url.tumblr.com/tagged/croissant will bring up EVERY post on the blog tagged with the specific and exact phrase #croissant. every single post, every single time. in chronological order starting with the most recent post. note: it will not find #croissants or that time you made the typo #croidnssants. for a tag with multiple words, it’s just /tagged/my-croissant and it will show you everything with the exact phrase #my croissant

url.tumblr.com/tagged/croissant/chrono will bring up EVERY post on the blog tagged with the exact phrase #croissant, but it will show them in reverse order with the oldest first 

url.tumblr.com/search/croissant isn’t as perfect at finding everything, but it’s generally loads better than the search on mobile. it will find a good array of posts that have the word croissant in them somewhere. could be in the body of the post (op captioned it “look at my croissant”) or in the tags (#man I want a croissant). it won’t necessarily find EVERYTHING like /tagged/ does, but I find it’s still more reliable than search on mobile. you can sometimes even find posts by a specific user by searching their url. also, unlike whatever random assortment tumblr mobile pulls up, it will still show them in a more logically chronological order

url.tumblr.com/day/2020/11/05 will show you every post on the blog from november 5th, 2020, in case you’re taking a break from croissants to look for destiel election memes 

url.tumblr.com/archive/ is search paradise. easily go to a particular month and see all posts as thumbnails! search by post type! search by tags but as thumbnails now

url.tumblr.com/archive/filter-by/audio will show you every audio post on your blog (you can also filter by other post types). sometimes a little imperfect if you’re looking for a video when the op embedded the video in a text post instead of posting as a video post, etc

url.tumblr.com/archive/tagged/croissant will show you EVERY post on the blog tagged with the specific and exact phrase #croissant, but it will show you them in the archive thumbnail view divided by months. very useful if you’re looking for a specific picture of a croissant that was reblogged 6 months ago and want to be able to scan for it quickly 

url.tumblr.com/archive/filter-by/audio/tagged/croissant will show you every audio post tagged with the specific phrase #croissant (you can also filter by photo or text instead, because I don’t know why you have audio posts tagged croissant) 

the tag system on desktop tumblr is GENUINELY amazing for searching within a specific blog! 

caveat: this assumes a person HAS a desktop theme (or “custom theme”) enabled. a “custom theme” is url.tumblr.com, as opposed to tumblr.com/url. I’ve heard you have to opt-into the former now, when it used to be the default, so not everyone HAS a custom theme where you can use all those neat url tricks. 

if the person doesn’t have a “custom theme” enabled, you’re beholden to the search bar. still, I’ve found the search bar on tumblr.com/url is WAY more reliable than search on mobile. for starters, it tends to bring posts up in a sensible order, instead of dredging up random posts from 2013 before anything else

if you’re on mobile, I’m sorry. godspeed and good luck finding anything. (my one tip is that if you’re able to click ON a tag rather than go through the search bar, you’ll have better luck. if your mutual has recently reblogged a post tagged #croissant, you can click #croissant and it’ll bring up everything tagged #croissant just like /tagged/croissant. but if there’s no readily available tag to click on, you have to rely on the mobile search bar and its weird bizarre whims) 

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#staring with my big ole eyes

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reminder to worldbuilders: don't get caught up in things that aren't important to the story you're writing, like plot and characters! instead, try to focus on what readers actually care about: detailed plate tectonics

#worldbuilding #writing resources #art resources

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My summaries are very descriptive

New fic alert btw! Started as a joke between me and @spiritshaydra while I was forcing watching Rescue Bots with her. She basically said "ooo Fowler would PISSED" and that started this snowball.

#LETS GOOOOOOOO #let’s slap a beacon on it #reblog

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doodled yet ANOTHER weird Wick variation, this one took on some vaguely tech qualities

#oh hell yeah #sick art

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So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

#I didn’t know this was a thing??? #it’s so sad :( #Im not scary I don’t care if you follow me without talking to me or if you want to strike up conversation 😭 #Im just here to share goofy stuff

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Real ones will see my vision.

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FREE TF PRIDE ICONS 2024 !!!!

hello !!!!!!! i am back once more to draw y'all free transformers icons !!!!! peep the guidelines below if you're interested in getting one :D :

taking exclusively TRANSFORMERS requests

(if you want your ocs/characters from other franchises drawn in this style, message me at @th3e-m4ng0 !! though keep in mind that this will NOT be free :o)

ideal way to request is [CONTINUITY] + [CHARACTER] + [FLAG(S)] -> ex: IDW megatron with the trans + bigender flag by camp-mlm, G1 starscream with the lesbian flag, IDW optimus prime with the bisexual flag, etc etc..

also PLEASE PLEASE do not shorten the names, (ex. megatron to megs, thundercracker to tc.. etc) it's for organization purposes (sorry)

i will only do one character per ask :3

credit me (@prideicons) somewhere if you use them !! i'll be very grateful 😊

requests will be open all april, after april 30th the askbox will close, and i will spend the entirety of may drawing as many icons as (physically) possible, then, they will be queued to be posted all throughout june ! :D

lastly. as a little extra.. if you'd like to tip.... kicks feet in the air 👉👈

that is all, thank you for reading and happy (early) pride month !

#HELL YEAH #reblog

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Me @ the people calling TF One Cybertron “techno-organic” in the notes of that post:

I’m not trying to be pedantic since, by definition, they’re technically correct.

However, “techno-organic” doesn’t quite fit what I’m thinking of when I look at the planet.

It’s a subjective preference thing—not an “I’m objectively right” thing.

#THIS IS SOME GOOD FOOD #speculative biology #cybertronian worldbuilding #reblog

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Dinosaur Glasses // David White Glass

#SCREAMS #NEED

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#HE LOOKS SO PRETTY OH MY GOD #GORGEOUS FANART #reblog #others art

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Divergent is a bad book, but its accidental brilliance is that it completely mauled the YA dystopian genre by stripping it down to its barest bones for maximum marketability, utterly destroying the chances of YA dystopian literature’s long-term survival 

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please? please? please?

#I WOULD PLAY WITH THE MENACE #BABY #!!! #reblog

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hmm

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Polar Plateau

Alabaster limbs can outlive the nitrogen dew so touch me and I'll be the last thing you touch. Marble limbs hold sway in the polar plateau Where I detest you all I wish you could dissappear.

Polar Plateau (The Frozen Autumn) What if the air suddenly solidifies? Nothing to regret Nothing more to plan. Alabaster limbs can outlive The nitrogen dew So touch me and I'll Be the last thing you touch.

Marble limbs hold sway on the Polar Plateau Where I detest you all I wish you could disappear.

Bury me in Sienna Bury me in blue sand Where the useless things are thrown away and Forgotten Bury me in Sienna Bury me in blue sand On the Polar Plateau My eyes turn electric blue.

What if the air suddenly solidifies? Evidence Becomes eternal Troughs and peaks Streamlining limbs To fit a perfect guise A flawless disguise.

Humdrum action Blindfold reaction Will that soften your heart? Will that soften your heart? Bury me in Sienna Bury me in blue sand On the Polar Plateau Please leave me alone

Bury me in Sienna Bury me in blue sand For I detest you all, I detest you all!

Video lapse with song:

From my Soundwave playlist

Youtube

Colder variation:

Traditional sketch

Had to paint it in digital because I can't paint in traditional for the life of me ;_;

Super Resolution

The song:

#SHAKING AROUND WITH MY TEETH #THIS IS BEAUTIFUL #reblog #others art