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#Juventus #It's been a while... #Not language related

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when people say "ok but x bug has no benefit to nature" I bet they can't even name 5 facts about the bug they're shitting on. so how could they Possibly know what its function is in the environment and if it's "useless" or not

wasps being the perfect example, I still get people saying "oh bees are cute and pollinate :) yay. but WASPS ARE EVIL and they don't contribute ANYTHING!!!" and it's like buddy. wasps pollinate too. they also control spider populations. they do a lot of great valuable things. but even if they didn't, they're still worthy of being here. I see SO much hatred toward wasps and I wish people would try to learn a little more about them.

I'm mainly talking about paper wasps here because these are common ones we run into in daily life and most commonly deemed "aggressive". but wasps have body language. and if you learn to read this language and learn how to properly act around them, things will go a lot better for you! wasps can be curious creatures and they may come up to observe you, especially if you're wearing something brightly colored. this can be startling for sure, but my best advice is to just be still, DO NOT SWAT or wave your arms. try to just back away or sidestep so it loses interest and leaves. swatting is just gonna make them feel as if they are being attacked and increase your chances of being stung.

many stings happen due to unfortunate but accidental circumstances. unknowingly getting too close to a nest, stepping on a wasp on accident, one getting stuck in clothing, etc. I got stung once while gardening, went to pull a weed and the wasp was on it, so I grabbed her without knowing and she stung me because she was scared. this doesn't mean "oh wasps are AGGRESSIVE and EVIL" it means you stumbled into an unfortunate situation where the wasps felt threatened and defensive. instead of being like "FUCK all wasps" go forward trying to learn about common nesting areas, be wary of holes in the ground, wear gloves while gardening, and if you do have to be around a nest, try not to make a lot of noise. if the nest absolutely needs removed, call a professional.

#Biology #Not language related

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A good King relies upon good advice, Uhtred. I speak only as a man who has made mistakes before.

#The Last Kingdom #Not Language Related

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I’m quite fond of scarlet and turquoise together, and Edessa rufomarginata displays them both in the form of a gorgeous stinkbug!

seen in Costa Rica, alongside an equally beautiful juvenile of the same species. they are quite common in this habitat but no less pretty for it!

#Insects #Biology #not language realted

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Simone Simons 📸© Black Line Productions

#Simone Simons #😍 #not language realted

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Them | Being crackheads.

#ATLA #not language realted

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We are not men, and we are not so easy to kill. 

#The Last Kingdom #Not Language Related

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Magnificus by andre de kesel on Flickr.

#Insects #Biology #Not language related

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Simone Simons & Alissa White-Gluz by @timtronckoe (2023)

#Simone Simons #Alissa White-Gluz #❤️💙 #Not language related

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Daily Life Actions in Swedish - At Night! 😴 PS: Learn Swedish with the best FREE online resources, just click here https://www.swedishpod101.com/?src=tumblr_infographic_daily_night_120523

#Vocabulary #Swedish #Languages #Svenska

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The First and Second most popular languages on Duolingo in 2023

#Languages #Duolingo

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I mostly use the desktop version of Tumblr and I just have to say... wtf tumblr?! Are we trolling tw1tt3r again?

#I mean I don't hate it but I don't like it either

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Happy 26th year of release to Princess Mononoke (July 12, 1997) + letterboxd reviews and tumblr text posts

bonus:

#Studio Ghibli #not language realted

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#Jelusick #Dino Jelusick #Music #not language related #Youtube

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old video of Zoë enjoying her fruit salad of peach and prickly pear off of her favorite plate.

never fails to make me smile when a creature made of weapons daintily enjoys a sip of sweetness

(Scolopendra hainanum)

#This is so adorable! #Biology #Myriapods #Not language related

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I love insects where the juveniles eat meat and the adults drink nectar. Wasps with huge wicked sharp jaws and venomous stingers all to carry some spider back to its nest for its big soft wriggly babies to eat. She's going to go lazily drink nectar while they really go to town on it. So many fly larvae are voracious carnivores to be feared and avoided and then they turn into dopey flies that wander from flower to flower only stopping to lay eggs conspicuously close to a bunch of caterpillar eggs.

#Insects are amazing #Biology #Not Language related

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10- Vocab list: family | 1MonthOfLangs

la famiglia - family

il genitore - parent (la genitrice -> mother, feminine parent) la madre, la mamma - mother, mom il padre, il papà - father, dad  la matrigna - stepmother il patrigno - stepfather il figlio - son la figlia - daughter il figliastro - stepson la figliastra - stepdaughter il fratello - brother la sorella - sister il fratellastro - half-brother la sorellastra - half-sister il suocero - father-in-law la suocera - mother-in-law il genero - son-in-law la nuora - daughter-in-law il cognato - brother-in-law la cognata - sister-in-law il nonno - grandfather la nonna - grandmother il bisnonno, il bisavolo - great-grandfather la bisnonna, la bisavola - great-grandmother il trisnonno, il trisavolo - great-great grandfather la trisnonna, la trisavola - great-great grandmother la zia - aunt lo zio - uncle la prozia - great-aunt il prozio - great-uncle il cugino, la cugina - cousin il nipote, la nipote* - nephew / grandson, niece / granddaughter *(yes, we have the same word for both the situations)

-> famigliare, familiare adjective and noun meanings: - domestic, familial (a.) (e.g. un ambiente familiare = a familial environment) - family, good for a family (a.) (e.g. una confezione familiare = a family size pack) - familiar, well-acquainted (a.) (e.g. una faccia famigliare = a familiar face) - informal, friendly (a.) (e.g. un ristorante famigliare = an informal restaurant) - station wagon car (n.)  - relative, family member (n.) (e.g. un mio famigliare = one of my relatives)

-> familiare originates (and is used more often) from the Latin familiarem ; famigliare originates from the word “famiglia” and is considered more popular: the versions of these kinds of words (there are more that you can use in two different ways) that originate from Latin, are considered more “erudite” and are the ones that are usually preferred. Neither of them is wrong btw (so you can use famigliare as well anyway).

[it’s so sad that some of these nouns -half-bro/sis, step-parent, stepchild,…- have the negative acception whithin them, as in fairytales]

#Italiano #Italian #Vocabulary