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Meso

@saucy-mesothelioma / saucy-mesothelioma.tumblr.com

They/Them || Local Film Fanatic and Outer Wilds/Slay the Princess Lore Whore || Hi, yes, thank you, I am a perfectly normal human and not a shapeless void.
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Just realized I should write a Pinned Post for my shit, and I honestly can't believe I haven't done this yet. So here we are folks.

About Me:

  • I go by Meso (They/Them)
  • Nonbinary trans-masc and AroAcespec
  • Deep South and Appalachian boi
  • Metalhead Dudeist ("Just take it easy, mankind")
  • I love horror, video games, books, movies, 60s-90s media, and a lot of other stuff
  • I'm a big fan of any kind of sound design and practical effects, especially in horror movies (The Thing 1982 my beloved)
  • I do embroidery, make playlists, and review movies for fun
  • I am obsessed with Outer Wilds and Slay the Princess I am so normal about these games I swear
  • I'm even MORE normal about The Mummy 1999 I promise it's fine you can come closer
  • I have a cat named Nebula who is my rat child and the bane of my existence

Main Tags:

  • #the sauce, #saucy bois, #saucy momentsTM: Screenshots from the hell that is The Sauce
  • #meso's mixtapes: Where I make playlists on characters I enjoy; you're also free to send me characters to do as well and maybe even some ships. The list of fandoms I'm familiar with can be found in my Fandoms tab, but I'm willing to try my hand at characters from fandoms that aren't listed though
  • #the nebby manifesto: Pictures of my cat
  • #art by the homebois: Art by my mutuals
  • #meso's musings: Just me talking about my life or what's on my mind
  • #meso's movies: My ramblings on films (and maybe a few TV episodes) because I can't shut up about them. Doesn't include my film reviews, but if you're interested they can be found on my Letterboxd
  • #meso's art: I bit the bullet and did the thing. Enter at your own risk
  • #meso's recipes: Where I share recipes from my family and a few others

Other Info:

  • Please feel free to tag me in stuff, send asks, or dm me (if we're mutuals). I love hearing from people and seeing what everybody's up to.
  • Be good people. I'm not going to tolerate TERFS, bigots, transphobes, homophobes, acephobes, etc on my blog. To quote Harlan Ellison, "You are not entitled to your opinion, you are entitled to your informed opinion. If you are not informed on the subject, then your opinion counts for nothing."
  • If you've got a problem with one of the fandoms I have listed for my mixtape references, then just ignore it. Just because a fandom is listed doesn't mean I'm a part of it or agree with the material. You don't like something on there? That's fine with me, just don't bring your hatred here. I do these mixtapes to have fun, not get into discourse.
  • It's hip to fuck bees <3
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Gall Wasps: these wasps produce a chemical that triggers abnormal cell growth in plants, causing the plants to form strange-looking structures around the wasp's larvae

Above: plant growths caused by the larvae of three different species of gall wasp, including Trigonaspis teres, Callirhytis seminator, and Feron izabellae

These tumor-like growths are known as plant galls. They develop in response to chemicals that are injected or secreted by certain insects, mites, and nematodes. Each plant gall forms around the body of a single larva (or, in some cases, a small group of larvae), and the structure serves as both protection and sustenance for the tiny creature developing within.

Above: the plant gall of the oak apple gall wasp, Atrusca quercuscentricola, with a bisected view that shows the larva within

There are many different insects that can trigger the production of plant galls, including certain aphids, psyllids, flies, beetles, scale insects, and caterpillars, but gall-forming wasps are especially diverse. They also create some of the most distinctive plant galls in nature.

Above: the photo at the top shows the plant gall of an unidentified gall wasp from the family Cynipidae, and the photo at the bottom depicts the plant galls of the urchin gall wasp, Cynips quercusechinus

The color, shape, size, and texture of each plant gall varies depending on the species of gall wasp that induces it. Some wasps are associated with plant galls that look like fuzzy little pom-poms; others produce mushroom-shaped structures, colorful discs, cones, pink spheres, cottonballs, etc.

Above: this photo shows a mushroom gall wasp, Heteroecus sanctaeclarae, which produces plant galls that look like tiny mushroom-shaped houses

As this article explains:

Galls are plant growths (similar to tumors) that are induced by various organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and insects. Gall wasps have evolved to “trick” the plant into forming this growth which they then use for food and shelter as they transform from a larva to an adult.
The wasp larvae secrete chemicals that mimic growth hormones in a particular plant upon hatching. The chemicals trick the oak into growing a gall on its flowers, acorns, leaves, or stems. The larva is then encapsulated by the gall as it grows, waiting patiently inside until its metamorphosis is complete.

Above: Feron parmula, commonly known as the disc gall wasp

Many of these plant galls have elaborate, colorful features that are truly stunning.

Above: the spined-turban gall wasp, Cynips douglasii

Gall-forming wasps are only parasitic toward plants -- they do not parasitize other animals. The larvae feed on the nutritive tissues of their plant galls, but the adult wasps do not feed at all.

Above: plant galls produced by two different species of gall wasp

These wasps also have a peculiar reproductive cycle:

Many species have alternating generations, meaning all of the adults emerging from galls during one time of the year are female-only, while the adults emerging in a different season have both males and females. Most species have females that can reproduce using parthenogenesis when they emerge by themselves. This means that their eggs are essentially clones of themselves. What’s more, some species appear not to have any males at all.

Above: the huge, fuzzy plant galls of Striatoandricus furnessae and Druon pattoni

Scientists have named and described roughly 1400 species of gall wasp, and that's likely just a fraction of the number of species that actually exist, as gall-forming organisms are widely understudied.

Above: close-up of a gall wasp larva nestled in its plant gall

Once the larva transforms into a fully-developed wasp, it finally emerges from its gall.

Above: adult gall wasps

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Maria Skłodowska-Curie's notebooks are crazy once you think about it. They're so radioactive they have to be sealed in a lead box. Imagine a world where atomic theory is forgotten and a dude just goes "yea there's a book that details the secrets of the universe, the machinations of the creation of existence down to its barest essentials, but if you get close to it you fucking die. The more you read it the more your body slowly disassembles into mush." like wat excuse me

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this just happened on my dash… 

it happend again

How can you hate on cookies though?? Like, in any form?? They’re FUCKING COOKIES BRO!!!

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vio-and-his-tupla

don’t let the anti-moreos guy see this either

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wait for it he has sources

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perchu

hi

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calypso-oswald

 he’s here

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perchu

hell yeah im here and im ready to whoop your substantially corrupt minds back into fucking place

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alexiantoinette

You’re like 15 dude you ain’t about to whoop anyone’s ass

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perchu

I have the power of skeleton memes on my side, what do you  have?  tom hiddystan? bendelick mumberdun? doctor when??? yeah

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shadowwolf727

This is literally the most beautiful post on Tumblr

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lifeisamindgameloveisablinddate

doctor when

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bendelick mumberdun. done. 

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THANK YOU FOR REBLOGGING THIS YOU MADE MY DAY

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Omg

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I CANT BREATH!

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I keep seeing post about how younger bloggers don’t know the Moreos guy so I had to bring this back 

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Rip moreos guy :’(

#rip moreos guy#gone but never forgotten </3
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that muppet post reminded me, most if not all of the main muppets have twitter pages. Fav has gotta be Miss Piggys, which is filled with selfies and vaguely uplifting text thats also egocentric. all the comments are people complimenting her and being like “YAS QUEEN”

Close second is Gonzos. Which is just…unhinged

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magical-grrrl-mavis

Gonzo, get on tumblr, girl, you have a home here.

#someone get the muppets a tumblr account STAT

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