The Technicolor Out Of Space @neonNeptunian@awoo.space

Thankingsall for stopping by! And for puns. And for shitposts.

And for being a friend. 💜

I hope today treats you kindly;

and if it does not, then let just
the passage of time
carry your pains away
like flower petals
in vernal winds.

(woah dang this toot popped off)

A gentle blessing for the day:

May flowers grow in your footsteps.

💜

Today I learned: Ursula K. LeGuin spent a chunk of her life making an album of world music for a paracosmic civilization from one of her books. (' Music And Poetry Of The Kesh', paired with the book 'Always Coming Home')

Also that she was working in her last days on seeing it being reissued, and now it's on Bandcamp? Just...to buy? And that's really beautiful in its own way.

Thanks for one more story. <3

https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/03/22/music-and-poetry-of-the-kesh-ursula-le-guin-interview/

Mood, of music having been stuck in heads from long ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AslPYSm7jfg

(hecking heck has it been six years)

http://time.com/4885569/honeybee-population-increase/

so on the whole, at the very least, bees are doing okay in america, or at least pulling away from being severely endangered.

The bugs are makin' trends towards okay. 💜

There's not much to report here?
I just hope that today is not too utterly terrible for you.

In fact, y'know what?
I'll be wishing for you to have a *good* day
That you can find some warmth and happiness

a full meal
shelter and comfort and friendship

and the knowledge that you are loved.

This ott is wishing that for you. 💜

‘And this big squishy one in the middle of it? That’s...dripping?’

‘Yeah, That goes down their throat. That’s the important one. Hold on, I’ll help, then we get them in the pod.’

‘So’— Squelch.— ‘why’zit called a starfish?’
‘Cuz when you get it in their throat, you push this button and the whole rig curls around their head.’

....
‘Like that. O-oh. Like a starfish. Right.’

‘Mhm. Now help me lift, we’ve got four more to pod up before we can take off.’

[casual banter between two starship technicians, spacetime data lost]

‘Okay, they’re getting slowed down mentally for stasis; they shouldn’t respond when we move ‘em. did you put the starfish on them yet?’

‘Starfish?’

‘That headrig. The cord with the big squishy bundle at the end? Plugs their nose and ears and eyes and stuff, to help make sure they don’t get disturbed or almost wake up in the tank.’

‘*All* of these go in them, then?’

dear ellu:
next time your mind goes 'im bored i dunno what to do bluhh'

take five minutes
get out the songdrum
go boop around on it

Hey, you out there! Hi!

I hope your day treats you kindly, and you find warmth and joy. If you'd like hugs, please come and receive some free of charge ✨

Mood snapshot:

the light of a foreign sun, distant, dim;
its teal light shimmering over a wide lake.
Ruins jut from the water; pillars of white marble, mist and fog peeling off,
melting away into the air.

https://youtu.be/RXkAiPCVvXw

so today is my manufactory-date! I've been really lucky to get to spend it with friends and in warmth and sunlight.

I hope you find happiness today, too. 💜

I hope today greets you kindly.
I hope you can find warmth
and solace
and safety
and most of all happiness, today.

💜

Also weird: based on fossils, thought it was upside-down at first; the spines were thought to be its legs and the legs just tentacles. Some other researchers thought it an appendage of a larger animal.

It is described as part of Lobopodia, a taxa that is actually just an informal group for 'worms what with feet'

see also: tardigrades!

so today i learned about this thing
this thing is called Hallucigenia sparsa
it is a pre-cambrian worm (called a xenusiid, relatives to tardigrades)
and JUST LOOK AT IT

IT'S LIKE THE PINGU OF ELDRITCH TERRORS
like i genuinely expect it to just go 'noot noot' or something. whossa good monstrosity yes its youuuu~

https://awoo.space/media/cO8jJLwsGJMBFYYH5Mk

‘Hey I’m boi!’ -me
‘I’m not so boi!’ -@indi
🎶‘And we’re the gay bois!’ 🎶

Let’s all cuddle in a sunbeam today and just Give Eachother Pettings A Bunch.

That sounds pretty nice. 💜