yavien 💚

So, I knew that lysergic acid amide was synthesized by ergot fungi (causing st. Anthony's fire in middle ages), and that it was found in morning glory plants. I assumed that it was two evolutionary metabolism pathways in 2 kingdoms, but it turns out ipomoea plants are in symbiosis with fungi closely related to ergot, making "one evolutionary development" more likely. Literally a 2025 discovery!

In Poland we don't say someone is a "jack of all trades", we say that someone "ties the ties AND terminates pregnancies" and I think it's beautiful

Every art museum out there should have at least one "draw your own" station for all ages. and if it has? I'm sat. I'm drawing my own version, I'm ~engaging with art~

I knit myself one (1) beret and I already feel Very Fancy wearing it. Clearly I must make more

kinda funny how japanese uses "middle schooler" as part of a descrption of over the top main character syndrome, while polish uses "middle schooler" as part of a description of an edgy reactive atheist (chuunibyou vs gimboateista)

men in kilts on the streets gender envy. I wanna have hairy pits and (muscular) legs and super short masc hair and wear tank tops and the stupidest tacticool kilts out there

Remember Log Lady? They transitioned #mylog

the "hey let's read about the royal road chord progression" to "good luck babe and never gonna give you up is basically j-pop" pipeline

mfw I'm reading about an AMAB painter who often dressed in women's clothes to go and paint androgynous demimonde people in night clubs, claimed he was only into muscular, not considered "conventionally attractive" women and died single, and claimed having several drag/femme alter egos helped him with depression and suicidality:

chat, do I wanna buy a cashmere sweater (whose fit and style I don't like) off vinted for 10€ for unraveling and re-knitting purposes, ASSUMING and not being sure it's chain linked (and thus unravelable) and seemingly being from what reddit links as a "good quality cashmere"