today i found out that when monarch butterflies migrate south for the winter, all the ones that go across the middle of lake superior suddenly stop going south and go west for five miles and then continue south. which really freaked scientists out cos like What is in the Middle of Lake Superior what do Butterflies know that We Dont Is This The End Times etc. anyway turns out about a hundred million years ago there was a mountain there and the butterflies still think they gotta fly around it. classic butterflies
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today i found out that when monarch butterflies migrate south for the winter, all the ones that go across the middle of lake superior suddenly stop going south and go west for five miles and then continue south. which really freaked scientists out cos like What is in the Middle of Lake Superior what do Butterflies know that We Dont Is This The End Times etc. anyway turns out about a hundred million years ago there was a mountain there and the butterflies still think they gotta fly around it. classic butterflies
combine this with the fact that caterpillars literally turn into bug soup in their crystallis, meaning there is no central nervous system to carry over any information, but they seem to retain memories from caterpillar life regardless…
and it brings up a lot of questions about what kind of information can even be stored in genes, like… does genetic memory really exist? what does this mean for humankind? could a race of people develop an instinctual memory of the land like this? are there people whose bones tell the stories of ancient mountains? what about my people? is the diaspora something that can be felt among every one of us? are we all the living cumulation of hundreds of thousands of ghosts?
i am simultaneously fascinated and frightened by this. classic butterflies indeed
What’s the most simple thing you’ve ever had to explain to a fully competent adult?
That you cannot fax money to someone.
Had someone accidentally fax us some paperwork. They then asked if we would fax it back due to the paperwork being confidential…
I have received a fax in an envelope. like… they took the documents, put em in an envelope, then faxed me a picture of the sealed envelope.
When I was a kid, I faxed my dad’s satellite office drawings of horses. I had watched my father send so many faxes that I had the process memorized. Except, for some reason I thought that I could fax things to grandma. I put in the numbers for the office every time, but was convinced that the faxes were going to grandma. I also didn’t think to inform my parents that I was doing this.
My dad visited the satellite office (three hour drive) one day and discovered their conference room white board absolutely covered in my drawings. The guys thought it was adorable that I sent drawings and letters to them, and didn’t tell my dad because they knew he’d stop me.
That’s one of the cutest things I’ve ever heard.
I like that this just turned into stories about faxing
Master List of Lesbian & Bi Women Books Recommendations

Classics:
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (review)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (review)
Orlando by Virginia Woolf (review)

Fiction:
Nevada by Imogen Binnie (review)
My Education by Susan Choi (review)
Missed Her by Ivan Coyote (review)
Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg (review)
Just Girls by Rachel Gold (review)
Painting Their Portraits in Winter by Myriam Gurba (review)
When Fox is a Thousand by Larissa Lai (review)
The Collection edited by Tom Leger and Riley Macleod (review)
Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey (review)
Hero Worship by Rebekah Matthews (review)
Hymnal for Dirty Girls by Rebekah Matthews (review)
Lizzy & Annie by Casey Plett (review)
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (review)
(You) Set Me On Fire by Mariko Tamaki (review)
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson

Historical Fiction:
The Last Nude by Ellis Avery (review)
Miss Timmins’ School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy (review)
Prairie Ostrich by Tamai Kobayashi (review)
Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Poetry:
Sisterhood by Julie R. Enszer (review)
Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (review)
When I Was Straight by Julie Marie Wade (review)
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho edited by Anne Carson

Young Adult:
Starting From Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (review)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth (review)
Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole (review)
The Difference Between You and Me by Madeleine George (review)
Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin (review)
You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan (review)
Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
Under Threat by Robin Stevenson
As I Descended by Robin Talley (review)
The House You Pass On the Way by Jacqueline Woodson (review)

SFF Young Adult:
Love In the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block (review)
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova (review)
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (review)
All Good Children by Dayna Ingram (review)
Adaptation (review) and Inheritance by Malinda Lo (review)
Natural Selection (Adaptation 1.5) by Malinda Lo (review)
Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce (review)
Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner (review)
Sci Fi:
Tierra Del Fuego, Colony Ship: Parting Shots by Caron Cro (review)
Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (review)

Fantasy:
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (review)
The Narrows by m. craig (review)
Indigo Springs by A.M. Dellamonica (review)
Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue
Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History edited by Rose Fox and Daniel José Older (review)
The Last Mango by Shira Glassman (review)
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson (review)
Falling In Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson (review)
Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson (review)
Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks (review)
Everfair by Nisi Shawl (review)
Hellebore & Rue edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft and Catherine Lundoff (review)

Horror/Zombies/Vampires:
Fist of the Spider Woman edited by Amber Dawn (review)
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez (review)
Eat Your Heart Out by Dayna Ingram (review)
The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (review)
Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories by Pam Kesey
The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan (review)
Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon (review)

Romance & Erotica:
Rescued Heart by Georgia Beers (review)
A Pirate’s Heart by Catherine Friend (review)
The Long Way Home by Rachel Spangler (review)
Macho Sluts by Patrick Califia (review)
Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica edited by Sinclair Sexsmith (review)

Comics:
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (review)
Darlin’ It’s Betta Down Where It’s Wetta by Megan Rose Gedris (review)
The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg (review)
100 Crushes by Elisha Lim (review)
On Loving Women by Diane Obomsawin (review)
Revolutionary Girl Utena manga by Chiho Saito (review)
Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Shannon Watters
Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
Jem and the Holograms by Kelly Thompson and Sophia Campbell
Charm School Book One: Magical Witch Girl Bunny by Elizabeth Watasin (review)
War of Streets and Houses by Sophie Yanow (review)

Memoirs/Biographies:
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy Allison (review)
The Family Tooth by Ellis Avery (review)
When We Were Outlaws by Jeanne Cordova (review)
Prairie Silence by Melanie Hoffert (review)
First Spring Grass Fire by Rae Spoon (review)
Gender Failure by Rae Spoon & Ivan E. Coyote (review)
Before the Rain: A Memoir of Love & Revolution by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa (review)
Licking the Spoon: A Memoir of Food, Family and Identity by Candace Walsh (review)

Nonfiction:
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme edited by Ivan Coyote and Zena Sharman (review)
Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire by Lisa M. Diamond (review)
Inseparable: Desire Between Women In Literature by Emma Donoghue (review)
Queers Dig Time Lords edited by Sigrid Ellis and Michael Damian Thomas (review)
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer
Kicked Out edited by Sassafras Lowrey (review)
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book by Felice Newman (review)
Dear John, I Love Jane edited by Candace Walsh and Laura Andre (review)
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I’m not even going to attempt to gif this. Watch it. Now. 15 pendulums, not interacting with one another, each with a slightly different time for a full swing.
Results in gorgeousness.
In case you missed it
Mesmerizing.
Is it weird that that made me tear up a bit? Gorgeous.
SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO STILL TRIES TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS AFTER DEPRESSION HIT THEM HARD. THERE ISN’T ENOUGH RECOGNITION FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THAT THEY’RE GOING TO LOSE INTEREST AND MOTIVATION AGAIN BUT PUSH THEMSELVES TO DO STUFF ANYWAYS. YOU ARE FIGHTING A DAILY BATTLE WITH YOUR OWN THOUGHTS AND YOU’RE STILL COMING OUT ON TOP, YOU’RE ALL BRAVE AS FUCK
SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO STILL TRIES TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS AFTER DEPRESSION HIT THEM HARD. THERE ISN’T ENOUGH RECOGNITION FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THAT THEY’RE GOING TO LOSE INTEREST AND MOTIVATION AGAIN BUT PUSH THEMSELVES TO DO STUFF ANYWAYS. YOU ARE FIGHTING A DAILY BATTLE WITH YOUR OWN THOUGHTS AND YOU’RE STILL COMING OUT ON TOP, YOU’RE ALL BRAVE AS FUCK
While On a Delivery Today
- Doorbell: Ring ring
- Me: Hello I have your order!
- Little Girl: *answers the door and stares at me for a moment*
- Little Girl: ...You're a girl.
- Me: Yes, actually I am!
- Little Girl: *hands on hips, giving me a firm, calculated look*
- Little Girl: Girls can deliver pizzas too!
- Me: That's right!
- Little Girl: *nods approvingly* Girls can do ANYTHING.
Hitler’s plan for Moscow was to kill all residents and replace it with a lake.
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