TarkabarkaHolgy

TarkabarkaHolgy, 7 months ago to animals Hungarian

Alright Mastodon, tell me about your favorite weird animals 😄

#animals #nature #biology

TarkabarkaHolgy, 8 months ago to animals

A post I made on FB about my favorite animals led to a whole lot of people realizing that pink fairy armadillos are an actual thing, and it is delightful to watch 😆

I guess I'm now spreading the gospel of the pink fairy armadillo. They are real, y'all.

#armadillos #animals #nature #cute

TarkabarkaHolgy, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to Jokes

My favorite character of Hungarian jokes is Aggressive Piglet. There are dozens of jokes, and they are... very quotable.

#AggressivePiglet rides a bike, runs into a wall, and falls. Rabbit sees this.
"OMG, Piglet, are you okay?"
Piglet:
"Shut up! THIS IS HOW I PARK!"

"Piglet, what are you doing up that tree?"
"Eating cherries!"
"But piglet, this is a pine tree!"
"I BROUGHT SOME!"

Finally, my favorite
3.
"Piglet, wake up! It will be 8 o'clock soon!"
"NO IT WON'T BE!"

#jokes #Hungary 🐷

TarkabarkaHolgy, 7 months ago to folklore

Alright so let's try this.

What folktales or fairy tales would you nominate for a Folktale of the Year bracket?

What's your favorite tale?
Which one do you think would make a good Folktale of the Year for 2024?
Which one would be fun to campaign for in a vote?
Which one would you enjoy reading other people's opinions about?

Give us a title, a summary, or a type (see toot below for explanation of tale types) 😄

Boosts welcome

#folktales #folklore #storytelling #lore #FolktaleFrenzy

TarkabarkaHolgy, 5 months ago to books

So here is a question to the @bookstodon community: what is the best #nofiction book you have read this year?

#reading #books #AmReading #bookstodon

TarkabarkaHolgy, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to books

It's #BookLoversDay and I want to share the list of awesome #nonfiction books I read for this year's Polymath Training Challenge.

Run on a Hungarian book site, this challenge announces 12 nonfiction topics every year - 11 are the same, the 12th is randomly selected for each participant. You get to pick the books you want to read.

I found some awesome books for this year and finished early, so I'm sharing now 😊 📚

Thread 🧵

#ReadingChallenge #books #bookstodon #ReadingCommunity @bookstodon

TarkabarkaHolgy, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to folklore Hungarian

I am still mulling over the idea of doing a folktale bracket for October... Have people nominate their favorite tale types and find some fun stories for each type, maybe. What say you all?

#folklore #folktales #storytelling @folklore @SoniaSulaiman @juergen_hubert @SimonRoyHughes @neilphilip

TarkabarkaHolgy, 9 months ago to Parenting Hungarian

Kid had a red (unicorn) t-shirt on today, and was wearing Spiderman sneakers. She has long hair, and yet all the moms at the playground immediately defaulted to calling her a little boy.

The whole thing fascinates me. My mom tells me you can only find red and blue at rhe boys' section at the store. I am amazed at how gender coded kids' clothing is... 😆

#gender #parenting #WTF

TarkabarkaHolgy, 8 months ago to folklore

Today's #MinCup23 vote is between cinnabar and quartz. This is a tough one! Going on folklore, both have a whole lot to offer.

I'll make this a thread and share some stories.

🧵

#folklore #folktales #mythology #minerals

TarkabarkaHolgy, 8 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to folklore

Today's #MinCup23 match is corundum vs lawsonite.

Cracks knuckles

I'm voting corundum, because folklore (and because as a kid I had a book on gemstones, and padparadscha seemed so magical).

I'm going to make this a thread, because rubies and sapphires figure into a whole bunch of tales and legends.

🧵

#folklore #folktales #mythology #gems #minerals #thread #corundum

TarkabarkaHolgy, 9 months ago to random Hungarian

So, just to recap:
Hungary has a new law that forbids any queer content to be presented in any form to people under 18. This involves all books with any reference to LGBT+ (including, ironically, Harry Potter). These books can only be sold wrapped in plastic, and in the adult section of bookstores. Stores have already been fined for millions of Forints for not complying. This week, they are also being taken off the shelves in some stores completely.
I feel helpless.

TarkabarkaHolgy, 7 months ago to animals Hungarian

This one bat at the zoo decided to be extra for some reason 😄

(Wrong guesses only...)

#animals #bats #zoo #Budapest #image

TarkabarkaHolgy, 4 months ago to 13thFloor Hungarian

So here's a question I'm curious about today:

Do you remember how/where you first encountered Greek mythology?

(It took me a while to remember mine)

#mythology #myths #storytelling #books

TarkabarkaHolgy, 8 months ago to Parenting Hungarian

The wet playground has ankle-deep water, except for one random spot where it's three feet deep. Ask me how we found out.

#parenting #DesignFail #MamaToTheRescue

TarkabarkaHolgy, 9 months ago to folklore

One of my favorite #folklore tidbits:

In many parts of Greece it was believed that vampires can't cross salt water. Because of this, they often buried suspected vampires on desert islands.

Greek vampires also had an affinity for shoemaking.

So... there are probably a bunch of fashion-forward vampire islands in the Mediterranean somewhere 😄 😄

#vampire #Greece #storytelling #vampires 🧛 👠

TarkabarkaHolgy, 4 months ago to animals Hungarian

They started dropping hints about the Mammal of the Year 2024 (Hungary does this every year). People can try to guess what it is.
So far we know it's a nocturnal predator that hides in bushes and rocks, mostly eats fresh meat, and has retractable claws. Also it occurs in most of Europe and Africa.
I have my guess, what's yours?

#animals #nature

TarkabarkaHolgy, 8 months ago to science

So what happens after #MinCup23 ends?... What's gonna fill the "fun Mastodon voting campaign in a scientific field" shaped hole in my heart?

Is there like a Moth Cup? Or a Nudibranch Cup?...

#science

TarkabarkaHolgy, 7 months ago to Parenting Hungarian

One thing about #parenting no one prepared me for is the sheer amount of unsolicited advice I get on the street from random strangers. 😬

TarkabarkaHolgy, 7 months ago to 13thFloor Hungarian

Wrote a blog post for Myths and Legends Day on the A to Z main blog. It's about how to find good books on legends and mythology 😊 And what to look for in a good source.

Read here
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2023/10/happy-myths-and-legends-day.html?m=1

#AtoZChallenge #mythology #legends #books #bookstodon #research

TarkabarkaHolgy, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to folklore Hungarian

I was asked to do a series of books of animal folktales. I am in early planning stages, and musing what would be the best system to organize the series by... any input?

#folklore #folktales #animals #nature #vote #AmWriting

TarkabarkaHolgy, 11 months ago to random Hungarian

So I caught the recruiting tram again and made more photos for all you dorks 😄

(This is a tram that runs in Budapest that has clear paneling so you can see the inner workings. They use it to recruit engineers and mechanics for public transport.)

#Budapest #trams #tramstodon #PublicTransport

Clear panel by the wheels, showing ehat I assume is the braking mechanism? I am very bad at this. Partial sign says "would you like to know more? Look for our job advertisements and work for us" in Hungarian.
Clear panel inside the tram at floor level. Showing... complicated mechanical and electrical stuff.
Clear panel above the doors, showing the opening mechanism.

TarkabarkaHolgy, 1 month ago to books

It is surprising how often, when I say "Hey, I'm reading this really interesting book..." people immediately respond with "Oh, you have TIME to read?! I don't even..."

Like... what is that?
What makes people jump right to that?

It bugs me for a bunch of reasons.

1. Yes, I am busy too. I make time because it relaxes me.

2. No, I don't care how much you read and I'm not judging you. You don't need to defend yourself.

3. I wanted to share something I found fun, geez.

#reading

TarkabarkaHolgy, 6 months ago to folklore

Hungarian #FolktaleMoment of the day:

Jesus Christ, while walking the earth, encounters some mean and greedy people. And he punishes them by turning all ears of corn in their fields into horse d***s.

#folklore #folktales

TarkabarkaHolgy, 6 months ago to DnD Hungarian

Having a toddler is like having That Dude join your #DnD party.

"The innkeeper hands you a cup of his finest wine."
"What color is the cup?"
"Blue."
"I RAGE."

"The Wizard is casting Sleep. You immediately fall asleep."
"No I don't."
"You have the lowest HP in the party."
"I'M IMMUNE, B***ES!"

"It's a Gelatinous Cube."
"I lick it."
"It's very dangerous!"
"I'm already licking it."

#ttrpg #parenting #ToddlerDnD

TarkabarkaHolgy, 4 months ago to EarWorms

🎶 For the past 5 years, every morning I wrote down what song was stuck in my head on a loop when I woke up.

🎶 At the end of every year, I have been posting the statistics on my blog. And featuring the top 5 earworms of the year.

🎶 Here is this year's post:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/12/290-earworms.html

🎶 Do you also wake up #earworms? Do you tend to write them down? What were yours this year?

#music #earworm