A fun write-up of noted Hegsethian Beardo and person who needs to be reminded to smile more, because he works be prettier, Russel Vought.

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

This is good and you should watch it.

Israel used 3D scans developed by the Scottish Maritime Museum in propaganda animations, which were a key part of its attempts to justify attacks on hospitals and residential areas in Gaza, Syria and Iran. The 3D scans, developed for boatbuilding workshops, were used without the museum's knowledge.

If democrats weren’t also so married to nakedly corrupt insider trading like the stuff done by Pelosi they could run on anti-corruption and win in landslides.

“(They) analyzed the world’s largest 250 oil companies’ ownership of (renewable-no ☢️) projects according to data tracked by the NGO Global Energy Monitor. They found the oil industry’s renewable contributions to be “anecdotal” and their own diversification toward clean energy projects “negligible.”

Top 5 Vampires: -Dracula (Bram Stoker original novel) -Alucard (Hellsing, who is also Dracula) -Alucard (Castlevania, who is not Dracula) -Dracula (Castlevania) -The Count (Sesame Street, who they claim is not actually a vampire)

if you are making art for sale, you should at least know why people will want to spend money on it before you start a business. if you're doing the art for you specifically, maybe you're a hobbyist? you do have to think about the customer, their needs, their desires, if you're going to sell it

Okay, I'm at the museum today and I want to geek out about one if my very favorite things in the universe: manuscripts from the middle ages. This is an illuminated Qur'an from the 15-1600s. It's embellished with gold leaf and blue lapis ink. And most of y'all have NO IDEA how expensive that was.

11. COATLICUE - #VividShadows 2025 Few now worship Coatlicue, mother of the moon and stars, patron goddess of warriors and women who die in childbirth. But even in her obscurity, she occasionally sees fit to grant her boons to those who are truly deserve them.

I promise: you are not "betraying" or "abandoning" someone by refusing to take on responsibility for their emotional regulation. You're setting a boundary that is compassionate & realistic-- for both of you.

Wonder Woman: “This lasso compels you to tell the truth. Now speak!” Cheetah: “I actually kind of like being tied up like this. What time are you done at the museum tonight?” Wonder Woman: “………. 7pm.”

How the media are gaslighting trans people

The fact "government shutdown" is even a thing that can happen is a failure in itself. Plenty of countries don't have working governments for months at a time and normal government running costs still get paid. Pretty sure if there was a working congress this happening could be eliminated.

hey what happens to they 0% loan after three months when they can’t pay it back what happens to it then

it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

bug wings really fuck with my muscle memory lol 😭

you know what fair

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

⭐🐧 Choosing a Linux Distro Guide 🧵⭐ Q1. Do you care about anything aside from it just needing to be "good enough" for most tasks? No - just use kubuntu lol it's usually good enough and easy to use Yes - what are you, a nerd? go figure it out yourself

PBS gave us Mister Rogers and Officer Clemmons in the 1960’s. PBS showed the world what love & equality looks like, during a time when people were actually dumping acid into pools where Black kids were swimming...

it just feels like.

This is what I mean when I say, when it comes to political positions, most ppl just run on vibes. 100% feelings-before-facts. Japan is screaming towards a population crash at 1,000 MPH, it's not reversible at this point. But you have political parties agitating to return to hermit kingdom status.

This … is truly awesome … This is such a great piece of art!

Meanwhile in #Portland

hell yeah

While providing tech support for my FIL: FIL: What's that screen? ME: The terminal. You should never use it. FIL: Never? ME: So you know how I'm allowed to watch you open the electrical panel and swap out breakers, but I'm not allowed to ever open up it myself? FIL: Ah! I understand, thank you.

The master of practical effects and the art animation school of legendary pieces are letting their powers combine?!?!?!?!

This is so much bovine excrement. Increased violations warrant increased fines, because the fines are the deterrent to doing things poorly. We discount things that we want people to do more of. So why does Las Vegas want Elon Musk and Boring Company fucking up their environment more?

Be a ruthless, pragmatic extremist when it comes to curating your social media, podcast, & video feeds so they give you resources supportive to your recovery. Life is too short for the stupid rage bait dopamine hamster wheel the algorithm is trying to feed you. Recovery first.

I’m getting big “artists at a con circulating the same $20 around” vibes but like, in an evil way

Very often our traumatized nervous system registers feeling controlled, trapped, or "in trouble" in nuanced ways that aren't immediately observable. If you're having a trauma flavored reaction, check in to see if or how your inner self is picking up on something subtle.

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A ROAST IN A BEEF GIANT YORKSHIRE PORK PUDDING TURKEY

All of these people give off “I have met many humans, and Ted Cruz is one of them” energy. I am certain that this new generation of conservatives cares about common human interests, like lowering taxes, football, the cost of hatching care, and whether or not to hibernate in the wintertime.

people on here apparently need to learn a lesson most of us learn in elementary school, which is that it’s fucking rude to correct people on zero stakes things and doing so leads rightfully to social ostracism

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I've been working on an essay about The Struggles of TTRPG Outreach and Fandom but I think this tumblr post just captured the whole sentiment im like 100 words.

I think part of the reason women seem to like waifu death squad when i show it to them is because I talk to women about the things they like and then I think about how I can put that into the game you can just do that. just talk to women and find out what they like. it's very easy

Miyazaki: in this movie two young girls (one is a toddler) are uprooted from everything they know to start new lives near the rural hospital their mother is in; she is possibly dying of TB. Their dad works several hours away and they are largely unsupervised. AI Bros: so homey! So comfy!

I love this perspective — this is why we support the arts and artists: we need these ways of looking at things.

Be safe, and don't you dare go hollow.

Cis friends and allies: Do you see how "biological" is simply a slur when used by transphobes to demean trans people? "Birth name" is a term we already have (not that that would be any more defensible, just less insane-sounding). "Biological" here is solely a dog-whistling cudgel against trans ppl

There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;

Apropos of nothing: One of the most clean-cut divides between layperson British and American perspectives I've noticed is the general opinion of poachers. in the UK, poachers are romanticized rebels, risking it all to feed their families. In the US, they're assholes. Massive, massive assholes.

Boxes also work on bobcats

I liked when James Baxter used to do occasional guest spots on animated TV shows. I assume studios had a bat signal for him, except instead of a static bat it was a horse running in perspective towards the camera while the camera rotated around it

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs. 2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar. 3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!