elektrashocktherapy:

vamprisms:

vamprisms:

maidens if you are going to flee dramatically from my castle in the middle of the night once i reveal my true nature to you please leave your candelabra on the little ledge by the portcullis we are running out of them

starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost

At the checkout in Home Goods loading the belt with nothing but candelabras in all shapes & sizes while the cashier watches sympathetically and asks if it’s the maidens again

frogboyo:

soberscientistlife:

THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

My library stopped fines because we made practically no money on it and evidence showed all it did was discourage low income folks from using the library.

dykelliewilliams:

willow-wanderings:

castle-engineer:

all-aboard-the-bane-train:

mmmmmistilllikepotatosalad:

OMFG.

Very curious doggo

Reminder that puffins are extremely social and like to fit in with their friends, so they will adopt mannerisms and interests of the group. So there is a good chance this little guy is trying to be friends with the photographer by showing his interest in the camera.

TIL photographers are a lot like puffins, cuz we also make friends by showing interest in your camera XD

Reminds me of the time researchers were trying to get puffins to land in a specific area so the put decoys up to draw them in but the decoys only had 1 leg and

thebiggestsoup:

40ouncesandamule:

Bulldozers kill man in tent in Atlanta clearing homeless camp near MLK’s church

Tactics pioneered in the periphery always eventually come home

“I care deeply about each and every life in this city,” says the mayor who approved the bulldozers to “reduce the visibility” of homelessness.

cartoonscientist:

grumfield:

grumfield:

It needs its own post. Emilia Perez sounds exactly like the kind of thing Jenna Maroney would be auditioning for as a side plot in 30 Rock.

“It’s a Spanish-language English-produced French crime film about a transgender male-to-female Mexican cartel leader trying to get reassignment surgery. And it’s a musical, Liz.”

“Well that seems tone deaf.”

“It better not be. I’m auditioning for the lead singer.”

“Shouldn’t the role should be played by a transgender woman? And a Mexican?”

“I have to play a different character every week when I do this show. That’s basically the same thing as transitioning. And the director said his vision for the project is Parisian, not Mexican. You know how much I love Paris, Liz.”

Historic snowfalls don’t occur often in Houston, so when they do you want to capture memories of them. With that in mind, we’re offering up images posted to our feeds on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, along with others sent directly to us. For videos check our #housnow2025 Instagram story.

As Matt wrote in his post earlier today, we’ll get official numbers from National Weather Service tomorrow, but based on what we’ve seen in our social feeds, the amount that fell was all over the map. But in the absence of formal numbers, we’ll crowdsource some measures posted by folks sticking rulers in the snow. It’s a trend!

Temperatures are supposed to plummet again tonight, causing what’s melted Tuesday afternoon to freeze as ice. That will make travel even more hazardous than it was this morning. We’ll have an update on what comes next later tonight.

Actually this should be a word.

Doge whistle (noun): To do or say something clearly far-right or pro-fascist, then claim it was just a meme or a joke that anyone who criticizes them doesn’t get.

It’s not exactly what Musk did, but the regular term “dog whistle” already exists for that. A doge whistle is a dog whistle used by Schrödinger’s Douchebag.

hometoursandotherstuff:

robustcornhusk:

anxietyproblem:

Gröning proposed the idea for the film to the monks in 1984, but the Carthusians said they wanted time to think about it. They responded to him 16 years later to say they were willing to permit him to shoot the movie if he was still interested.

into great silence

whiz-bastard:

transhuman-priestess:

Whoever decided to give your sinuses boner parts should be beaten

hey girl, I’ve been erect (in my face) for five days and you’re invited. to kill me. i cannot breathe. twould be an act of mercy,

mysticalalleycat:

virtualgirladv:

sodasona:

sodasona:

therapist: cunt dracula is not real and cannot fuck you.

cunt dracula:

[jojo pose] count dracula. [different jojo pose] nice to meet you. [jojo walk cycle] alexa, turn down the music! [the obnoxious music doesn’t change volume] mr harker

Cuntula

cemeterygrace:

if you don’t remember anything else for the next 4 years, remember this: don’t be a fucking snitch.

I’m tearing up because I’m so happy for one of our clients. I just got a call from a customer that went like this:

Me: Thanks for calling [Redacted], how can I help you?

Dr. Jones: Hi Alli, this is Dr. Jones!

Me: Oh my goodness, Dr. Jones, it’s so good to hear from you, how are you doing?!

Dr. Jones: Terrible!

Me: I bet! Let’s see what we can do to make your day better. How can I help?

Dr. Jones: Well, I just got my server hooked up to the generator and figured you guys would know where to go from there.

Me: I think we do. Let me grab someone and let’s get you up and running.

This is an example, not Dr. Jones’s practice, but Dr. Jones is in Altadena, and this is pretty much how things went at his location:

It’s the first time I’ve heard from their office since the evacuation order was lifted. Apparently everyone is fine, nobody from the office lost a home, there’s smoke damage that should be relatively easy to fix, and we’ve got a solid backup so no patient information is lost or at risk.

rfpreiwaphase:

musicalhell:

sometransgal:

escuerzoresucitado:

God forbid women do anything

“Tamale Shibari” would be a great name for a band

in lieu of tamales @copperbadge

I like that three of them are the same but she’s clearly experimenting with form on the other two. Go grandma, use those transferrable skills. :D

[ID: A post to social media, uncredited, reading “I think my grandma’s watching BDSM porn because look at her tamales”. The photo that follows is several packets wrapped in what appear to be corn husks or banana leaves; they are tied elaborately with string in fancy patterns that resemble rope bondage.]

halliserres:

well this has broken me

headspace-hotel:

headspace-hotel:

soberscientistlife:

So many people do not understand the relationship between climate change and cold weather.

If you see this post it is important to send it to someone else so they too can understand

People hardly ever change their minds in front of you…the conversation becomes one of a series of slow drips that builds up to a realization

meltymoth:

WHAT THE FUUUUUUCK
ME ME ME ME ME ME

mylarena:

enki2:

artist credit is ana_pijamas on twitter/x!!

cosmicanger:

aquariumpacific:

aquariumpacific:

The Aquarium’s first animal 🐈💙

Thank you for all the Topaz love! This social media manager didn’t get to meet him personally, but he is an icon of our Aquarium. I’m so glad you all got to know him through this video too. 💙

GOOD KITTEH <3

the-moon-loves-the-sea:

Shared here today by Matthew Boroson on Facebook.

Tanith Lee was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award for best novel, for the second book of the Flat Earth series. She died in 2015. You can buy Tales From the Flat Earth here in paperback or here on Kindle.

thememedaddy:

bedupolker:

bedupolker:

Just found out there’s a group on inaturalist dedicated to showcasing the silliest observations

A few other good ones

Yes very regal

whatbigotspost:

mixupmycota:

spirit-of-science:

classycookiexo:

Anytime you’re interacting with your child, but especially when angry, say to yourself “how would I feel if their future partner treated them the way I am currently treating them?”

You are creating their ‘normal’

People need to read the UN Conventions On The Rights Of The Child before becoming parents and regularly while parenting and I am so serious about this.

Everyone SHOULD read it, and it is often a distressing experience to do so. Back in 1929 it was internationally recognized that children in particular needed to have a codified set of rights, it has been improved on since - in many ways it is still not perfect but it needs to be understood that the rights contained within are the BARE MINIMUM.

If any of these are breached - whether on the home scale or on the cultural one, particularly for signatory countries - that is a fundamental issue.

I promise that learning what the established bare minimums are in universal human rights frameworks will enable you to cut through so much propaganda immediately.

Children and teens are full human beings and by becoming parents an immense responsibility is applied to treat them as such. They need open and clear communication, not to be talked down too, and to have their questions answered. They have the right to autonomy and life.

ALL OF THIS

blignick:

hotvampireadjacent:

They are too funny on red book

katedrawscomics:

why-i-love-comics:

Flash Comics #13 - “The Creeps” (1941)

written by John B. Wentworth
art by Stan Aschmeier

i could live a hundred years and i’ll never write comic dialogue this good

I wasted more time than you know pursuing that city park proposal which was less a proposal and more a fait accompli. I had prepared a brief statement which I did not present and would have been inappropriate if I had — this city council meeting was more about where they should implement their expanded park proposal, not how. One of the things I wish the many, many people who spoke at that meeting had learned was to be brief and on point, and I wasn’t going to bring up an issue that was not under consideration.

I had my own petty concerns.

I’m going to speak for the bugs, as unpopular as they usually are.

If you get down on your hands and knees with a handlens in the park and look carefully in the grass, you’ll find a flourishing population of springtails and ants and isopods and beetles, all tending to the soil and bothering no humans at all. The soil is alive, and the biological elements are working to maintain it to our benefit — new grass is always pushing up and the detritovores are actively cleaning up any dead material. The natural surface is a familiar and safe substrate for children, too, with dirt and grass providing a comfortable cushion for play.

Landscape Structures Inc. intends to replace that living surface with dead asphalt and dead poured-in-place synthetic rubber sheets. I had to look up this stuff: it’s called EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer), made from processed recycled plastics and rubber. It’s mostly safe — you can read the material safety data sheet . There is a very small cancer hazard which can be regarded as negligible, since the polymer is so stable that the dangerous compounds are unlikely to be released. It is however toxic to aquatic organisms, since water runoff can carry the material into the groundwater. So maybe not as stable as we’d like to imagine?

I don’t think toxicity is a serious concern. I’m more concerned that we’d be replacing a living surface with dead , sterile plastic that will gradually decay, and need regular maintenance and eventual replacement. In the world we’d be making with this playground, falling leaves and twigs are a damaging contaminant rather than an aspect of a healthy environment.

Do we need to pave over more of the park? Don’t we have enough plastic in our environment?

As it turns out, that was all totally irrelevant anyway, since the city had already signed contracts with Landscape Structures, Inc.

The theme of this park is supposed to be a celebration of agriculture. Perhaps our farmers will start raising a rich crop of ethylene propylene diene monomer? It’s the future, you know.

dragon-in-a-fez:

they should invent feet that stay warm