what he says: I'm fine
what he means: Honestly the idea of men not being able to have emotions other than anger is really upsetting and an issue that needs to be addressed in our society. The hyper masculinity in our society that we teach to male children starting right as they are able to speak is an issue, we should be teaching kids that feelings are okay and that they should be able to express themselves in a healthy manner instead of bottling it up because "crying isn't manly"
I wonder if John Miller, or John Barron are available?
Donald Trump is picking a running mate. That is a sentence that can be said now: After dispatching with the rest of the Republican field via a rigorous program of pomposity and insult comedy, Donald Trump now must decide who precisely he would like to hoist up as his vice presidential pick—a difficult problem, given that Donald Trump doesn't consider anyone other than himself to be qualified for anything. He may yet pick himself as his own running mate, just so he can be sure there's someone in the position who admires him as much as he thinks he should be admired.
Barring that, ex-presidential candidate turned Donald Trump hanger-on Ben Carson spills the beans as to who is being considered.
The most favorably regarded contenders after himself, he was told, were John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Chris Christie.
Note that there are several caveats to this. First, Ben Carson likely does not know what he is talking about. Second, "after himself" is a red herring, as he claims he doesn't want the job. Third, he later called the reporter to say that he was just throwin' out names and was not necessarily accidentally leaking important insider information that others in the Trump campaign would have his head over. Fourth—Sarah Palin?
Sure, why not. If you consider running the nation to be no different from running a reality TV show, it stands to reason you'd pick a reality TV icon to do the job. Plus, you don't want anyone with either knowledge or eloquence in the VP slot, lest they show Donald up.
People still think of Lando as “The Guy Who Betrayed The Trio” and that’s some grade A bull.
I mean what would you do if you had people to protect and Darth Vader, Scariest Dude in the Galaxy, comes marching up to your door with a whole battalion of soldiers? Like? How much choice do you think he actually had here? Not much because Vader literally changes the rules on him every scene they’re together so the deal goes from “Trap the smuggler and his friends” to “Han’s being tortured and frozen in carbonite and taken away and the others that were supposed to be left untouched are also being taken capture indefinitely right now” and Lando has all of no control over any of it.
And then the second he realizes what’s happened he risks everything to help Chewie and Leia out. Leaves his cozy home to help them. Joins the Rebellion? Frees Han? Blows up the second Death Star?
But sure he’s just that sleaze ball who betrayed the gang. Sure.
I do not trust people who rag on Lando.
Seriously? Did they just sleep through Return of the Jedi?
Also, “They showed up here just before you did” gives us context to when Han arrives unannounced, and Lando tries to get Han to lose his cool and book out?
“ Why you slimy, double-crossing, no-good swindler. “
Lando opens with giving Han an excuse to say “Same to you Bantha herder, Chewie, we’re out”. Lando insults a smuggler known for his pride, hoping to get a rise and a reaction and risks his life to try to insult Han off the trap
“ You got a lot of guts coming here, after what you pulled!”
Also, assume that Lando’s just been ambushed by the Empire, and told that Han Solo is headed here, and that it’s the same Han Solo who just ran a blockade on Hoth, and Hoth is within non-hyperdrive flight range of Bespin.
Lando literally opens with a coded “You ran an Imperial Blockade and now you’re flying in openly at the nearest system?”
If the Han Solo of ANH and, as recently as Hoth base (Who’s scruffy looking?), had been as a hot headed as Lando expected, he would have walked back up the ramp and flown off in a huff. Lando tries to salvage the situation from before we even know there’s a problem
Lando was administrator and responsible for tens of thousands of lives. From the radio play “You should have looked around more, Han. You’d have recognized a lot of faces. A lot of people here are at the end of their ropes. This is their last chance for any kind of life.”
Yup. Lando’s actions are “Try to get Cloud City out this, try to get his friends out of this, try to get out of this himself, got out? EVACUATE THE CITY. Then save friends and self”
He could have flown off quietly, Lobot could have been instructed to prepare the escape vehicle. No, Lando gives the evac signal by announcing it’s him, and announcing the Empire has control of the city. Yeah, way to paint a target on your back there. No “Hit the fire alarm” button and run, no sneak off in the night.
Lando Calrissian was trying to save the most people possible without being willing to simply sacrifice his friends for the most efficient gain
Lando Calrissian is one of the most ethical characters in the original trilogy. He was stuck between a rock and a hard place, but he also turned on Vader/helped Leia and Chewie as soon as he could do so. We last see him in Empire setting off to help track down where Boba Fett took Han.
We see him next in Return of the Jedi, saving Han. And then volunteering for a possibly suicidal mission. Lando’s proven himself a hundred times over.
obviously there's the fact that artemis is apollo's twin sister which made her a good fit for leia, but also there's the fact that they are both rebellious princess leaders so yeah
apollo is literally the god of light. it doesn't get much more on the nose than that.
han was literally the easiest one to work out. thieves, travelers and tricksters are his people. there's also the nice parallel of hermes and apollo being good friends which was nice
“Everyone’s favorite murder lizard, Ted Cruz, dropped out of the race”
“This means that, to Ted, the use that his lord picked out for him was to completely destroy the Republican party as we know it while getting dusted by a carnie handed mango man.”
I can’t breathe.
I laughed way too hard during this one.
“I don’t really know much ‘bout Kasich, but apparently that sumbitch eats the HELL outta s’ghetti.”
Someone on Tumblr was asking recently if Classic Who had a famous OTP like how Supernatural has Destiel. Some suggested Two/Jamie. However, we know what the real OTP of our show is:
Five/Hatstand.
EXCUSE YOU.
Excuse you.
not forgetting
of course
OTP: The Doctor and shoes
This started off as a ridiculous text post but became a catalogue of all the times the Doctor has expressed affection for inanimate objects.
this honestly just came out of left fucking field i would have never expected to hear anything like this in this show. consider me Pleasantly Surprised tbh
This was the autism episode
people seem to forget that house was a multiply disabled man, so it should be a given that he’d be against eugenics and eugenicist doctors
acknowledging House as a character who has multiple disabilities instead of just a narcissistic asshole is refreshing. Thank you.
I’m all about gays in space but if you’re not playing up a romance in your story maybe not have the male character weirdly ask the female character if she has a boyfriend because that’s… you know… usually Step 1 down romance road
the administration has determined that the designation of “sex” in Title IX protections also includes gender identity, which means that if public schools don’t comply with these protections, they lose federal funding
transgender students are only required to have their parent or guardian contact the school district to notify them that their identity differs from what is previously on record
these students do not need to provide a medical diagnosis, identification documents, or any other information regarding their transition
transgender students must be accommodated even when it makes others students uncomfortable
transgender students can be offered the use of single stall restrooms, but if other students are not required to use them, then they aren’t required, either, and specifically mentions that if a student is uncomfortable sharing a restroom with a transgender person they can be offered a single stall restroom
these protections also cover correct pronoun use as well, along with other guidelines
if you live in north carolina this is extremely relevant to you because it virtually overrides house bill 2 for transgender students.
thank you so much for this, president obama.
He’s metaphorically destroying the republicans before he goes what did we do to deserve them
“We will never be the same again. But here’s a little secret for you—no one is ever the same thing again after anything. You are never the same twice, and much of your unhappiness comes from trying to pretend that you are. Accept that you are different each day, and do so joyfully, recognizing it for the gift it is. Work within the desires and goals of the person you are currently, until you aren’t that person anymore, and everything changes once again.”
- (Cecil, Welcome to Night Vale, Episode 75) That is legitimately some of the most helpful advice I’ve ever heard. (via sleuths)
sam and t'challa sending each other cat and bird memes at any time of the day. all the time. asking “is this u?” or taking pictures of random birbs and cats they see and asking “do u know that one?” regardless of where they are like sam could be on a fucking mission and t'challa on a diplomatic trip or something he’d be like “excuse me one second” and take the photo to send to sam even though he knows it’s the middle of the night where sam is and sams probs asleep.
The other side of this scene being Steve wearing his incognito baseball cap and aviators, finishing off his coffee while he watches Sam with his smartphone chase down someone’s house cat
“So this is you texting the king of Wakanda about how Bucky is doing?” Steve asks.
“Help me come up with a pun here, Steve, I need to be scathing. all I’ve got is that ‘highness’ sounds kinda like ‘anus’ but I don’t think that’s enough.”
And Steve’s just like, “why don’t I just text him myself” as Sam lies on the ground and loving frames that cat’s butt in his selfie.
everything. about this is so well done. the question, the stutters. the sighs, the looks of pain. the tears that are wiped away. this is art. this is why humanity lives on
Also, there's the key point of what you do when you enter the bathroom. Do you go in a stall, take care of things, exit the stall, wash your hands, and leave? Yes? Then I don't really care what your identity is.
“In addition to the “Dear Colleague” letter, the Department of Education has produced a 25-page booklet outlining some positive examples of how school districts have handled transgender students. It’s not a mandate, but it’s intended to offer some suggestions of what’s worked and what other districts might want to copy. “ (x)
If men - not transgender, just men - are willing to install two way mirrors to spy on girls/women in bathrooms, what makes you think teenage boys won’t just say “I’m a girl” to get into a locker room?
what makes anyone think that the vagueness of this isn’t a fucking blow to women’s privacy and safety?
If those guys are willing to claim that they identify as girls to get into a locker room then they also have live with the discrimination that transgender people, especially transgender women, have to face every day.
I say, if those boys are willing to commit to the hell that it means being a minority, particularly in a school setting, then by all means let them.
Readers, I’m at work now so it will be later tonight that I can write a longer response, but Witcharyllia has got the key point right. To use the bathroom you would need to publicly declare yourself to the school and administrators as trans or nonbinary.
“But guys will do it with a wink knowing that their friends will know it’s a joke, they’re not really trans.” By doing this they run the risk of serious consequences with the law when it is revealed that they were entering the bathroom abusively and not for gender identity purposes. The same consequences they would face if these new guidelines didn’t exist.
A sweet, affectionate and attention-seeking juvenile flying-fox named Jeddah made all sorts of adorable happy noises while sitting blissfully in his caretaker’s arms getting a yummy head scratch. Jeddah was rescued by Megabattie, a really wonderful person who cares for wayward, injured and orphaned bats of all sorts and provides them with a home when they can’t be released into the wild.
This is Jeddah. He loves to be tickled and scratched. Look at that blissful face. I usually clip my videos quite short when it’s all one behaviour being shown, but this bliss went on and on and I just couldn’t bring myself to deprive you of any of the lengthy joy. I particularly loved the yawny and sniffy bits about half way through. And I love the curl of the tongue as he yawns. This bat was not releasable due to injuries. He is in care with a vaccinated and licensed bat carer. He is used to being handled. He actively solicits attention and cuddles. There have been suggestions that this bat is terrified and the squeaks are not cute. This bat is in bliss and is able to get away from the carer at any time. He is choosing to be stroked. He solicits attention.
