Aerial view

to reach a heteronormative-but-theyre-queer-so-its-fine ending that doesn't fit the rebellious (see:queer) tone of the rest of the story and is instead domestic and cute but empty feeling. I feel like I could write a whole essay on this because it's such an odd recurrence in queer media lately (2/2)

when I say queer narrative respect I don't just mean "queer people exist" (they do in both shows) I mean that the queer people stick to their previously stated queer values/arcs and don't get twisted into simpler characters that just happen to be queer (1/2)

In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

Shocked to find out that I simply do not want to harass and bully and mock and threaten people who had a more negative reaction to a show ending than I did. It's very easy to not do those things, actually! In fact, I feel really bad for them!

Can't wait to see this interaction happen in the Master of the Universe film

NEW: One interesting thing about the "missing scientists" claims is how similar they are to another theory that's been circulating in the "natural health" world for years. I wrote about why some of these claims reach the mainstream and others don't. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I am so sorry, ma’am, but we lost your son. Surgery was going fine but we decided to let RFK Jr. futz around a little on his insides with a robot. He was eating squash at the time.

Nadine's Botanical Tête-à-Tête

saw someone saying about good omens s3 "I might enjoy this as a fic but not as the actual canon" which I will now call ofmd syndrome

#BoycottEurovision #DontWatchEurovision

Sorry folks, no more electricity for you. We have to feed the Basilisk.

Love that flavour of Goldenboy where Ben's settling for Izzy because he can't access Ed yet, but then it dawns on him there's something so deeply wrong with Izzy it's like he's found a rare Pokemon. That he can fuck.

he can't keep getting away with it

At no time in US history have white people been the target of oppression or discrimination

Close enough welcome back Stede Bonnet

A fluffy bear floating through the water in search of fish. Bears can float due to their thick layers of fat, which is less dense than water. Brown bears accumulate extra body fat during fall, allowing them to float while "snorkeling" for salmon.

The Food and Drug Administration commissioned the research, received the answer, and is not releasing it

All newborns lack vitamin K. No matter how much vitamin K a mother consumes, it doesn’t sufficiently pass through the placenta and breast milk doesn’t contain enough of it — meaning babies are at risk of uncontrollable bleeding without a vitamin K shot.

interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

Rawbraining it

This is actually true, imo. And also, COVID reminded people of their own vulnerability, the porosity of their own skins and bodies, their mortality and they HATED it. They still hate it. Thats why they scream about masks, about COVID and any reminder of that vulnerability.

this is a good take well done filler episodes can really develop character dynamics and get you deeply attached to the cast - I feel like a lot of "comfort watch" shows come out of that, where you just end up happy to spend more time with your favorite characters

Choughs reappear at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall after decades of absence

. . . (ref by @bcliston.bsky.social of Heather) #figureart #nude #nsfw #figuredrawing #fineart #figurativeart #art #sketchbook #contemporaryart

Thomas Stockett's Baltimore Afro-American cartoon on the Voting Rights Act, August 1965.

Nearly 50,000 people in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, because it's redirecting that power to data centers. /1

Emergency blep deployed for all who need it

You have to answer her three riddles. Photo from my collection, 1977. Yeah, now.

Kneeling Male Nude with Drapery https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/310588

Been watching some old Richard Scarry VHS rips with my son, and found an outstanding reaction image, especially for ill-conceived fast food items!

:p

Well someone *was* helping, but Ed knows everything about everything so.

This painting, Le Parc Montsouris, was created in 1909 by the French Cubist artist André Lhote (1885–1962).

if season 2 ofmd finale has no haters i and all my friends are dead

Marcille screen redraw🩷 #art #drawing #fanart #wip #marcille

sorry to add to the discourse but I think the "everyone should have stayed on twitter" mindset is at least partially based on the misapprehension that 1) arguing on the internet is praxis and 2) leftists are obligated to spend their time doing this

The artwork is titled "Baby Bird I" and was created by Beverly Fuller.

seattle is so hostile to starbucks that they only have 180 stores within city limits

Poszedł pofotografować ptaki, a tu obserwator taki. #ŻyjKolorowo #birds #birdwatching

RIP, brave soul. For all you fought thru and damn cancer took your life - NBA should build a statue by the Hall of Fame. Trailblazer, and a true warrior fighting a brutal killer. apnews.com/article/jaso...

Rope (1948) remains one of the most interesting experiments ever attempted by a major director working with big box-office names, and it’s worth seeing. The movie starred James Stewart, John Dall and Farley Granger in a movie version of a play that was inspired by the Leopold-Loeb murder case.

Too many people extend the benefit of the doubt in circumstances where it simply isn’t warranted. An attitude of “I can’t know what’s in their heart, so I must assume their heart is pure” that somehow only ever benefits those with power to the detriment of those who are marginalized.

I told you this place is always crowded, we should’ve called for a reservation 😩

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You never know what will wash up on the rocky shores of Potato Bay. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

FYI trans Americans with a Canadian ancestor can apply for expedited processing on their applications for Canadian citizenship!