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VERY IMPORTANT a dam in the Netherlands, the weerdsluis lock, is directly on a migratory path for spawning fish. They have a worker stationed there to open the door for the fish, but they can take a while to open it. So to keep the fish from getting preyed on by birds they installed a doorbell. Only, the fish don't have hands to ring the doorbell. If you go to their website, they have a LIVE CAMERA AND A DOORBELL that YOU RING FOR THE FISH when they're waiting, and then the dam worker opens the door for them! I can't express how obsessed I am with this. look at this shit. oh my god.

Please check on the fish doorbell once in a while :)

Clark never felt pain until after he became Superman.

A Taxonomy of Magic

This is a purely and relentlessly thematic/Doylist set of categories. 

The question is: What is the magic for, in this universe that was created to have magic?

Or, even better: What is nature of the fantasy that’s on display here?

Because it is, literally, fantasy.  It’s pretty much always someone’s secret desire.

(NOTE: “Magic” here is being used to mean “usually actual magic that is coded as such, but also, like, psionics and superhero powers and other kinds of Weird Unnatural Stuff that has been embedded in a fictional world.”)

(NOTE: These categories often commingle and intersect.  I am definitely not claiming that the boundaries between them are rigid.)

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"Here, we should also mention the origin of the name "Ukraine. " Of course, this is not a "okraina" [russian] (there is no such word in the Ukrainian language at all - there is "okolytsia"), because in the 12th century, when this name arose, there was not a single state nearby that could call the powerful empire its "okraina" (Moscow, for example, was only founded in 1147). Instead, it is likely that the name "Ukraine" consists of two words: "u" (that is, "in", "inside") and "kraina" (country). This was the designation of the metropolis, or the ethnic lands of the Ruthenians, the owners of the empire of Kievan Rus, without taking into account the colonies. That is, Rus (the empire) minus the colonies equals the U-kraina ("inner lands"). In German, there is also a similar term - Inland (in - in, Land - land, country), which is used as a counterweight to Ausland. The emergence of this name was determined by the then processes of the empire's disintegration and the need for a separate designation of its "non-colonial" territories. But the old name Rus was preserved for Ukraine until the middle of the 15th century, as evidenced by numerous documents and chronicles, and for its separate parts until the 19th (Halychyna) and 20th (Transcarpathia) centuries. And Russia has approximately the same relation to the historical and cultural heritage of Kyivan Rus as its former colony Romania has to the corresponding heritage of the Roman Empire (Roma)..."

(c) Mykhailo Krasuskyi - THE ANTIQUITY OF THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE

And we have XKCD about this 😅

I understand why alchemists invented, and modern fiction writers use, systems with a few understandable Elements like Earth / Fire / Air / Water / Light / Dark.

I understand why even most nerds don't bother to study the Elements in real life. There's too many of them, and they don't neatly correspond to meaningful aspects of macro-level existence.

But just once I'd like to read a worked magical system where the author has looked up the properties of the real Elements, has put in all the work to build up a system of plausible-sounding correspondences, and the protagonist is a rare dual-element Tellurium-Iodine wizard.

MORE MUGS

moist von lipwig:

and adora belle:

AE pessimal: 

when sybil buys vimes a mug:

when VETINARI buys vimes a mug, because no one will EVER believe it was him that bought it:

sybil:

angua: 

carrot: 

otto: 

Baldur’s Gate (fan trailer)

I made this a long time ago, but I’m reposting directly to Tumblr because apparently YouTube has been giving people regional viewing issues.  Enjoy.

Din carrying Grogu properly

УКР: Вітаю вас, хочу дати вам два посилання на чудові веб сторінки на яких є колекції артефакті з України. Там ви можете переглянути вбрання, прикраси, речі побуту і більше. Внизу під сами фотографіями можна дізнатися більше про саму річ. Переважна ті артефакти із кіньця 19ст. до початку 20ст. Гарного вам перегляду і далі вивчайте нашу файну культуру.

honchar.org.ua

Музейні колекції

Музейні колекції

Відкрита скриня: https://vskrynia.com.ua/collection/

ENG: Hello everyone, I wanted to give you two link that have photos of artifacts from Ukraine. There you can find clothing, accessories, household items and more. Under the photos you can find out more about that specific item. Most of these artifacts are from the late 19th century to early 20th century. The websites are in Ukrainian so you can use a translator if you need help. Have fun looking around and learning more about this beautiful culture.