wait for me?

Okay, I am really obsessed with this joke. I literally reblog it every time I see it.

He’s the only reason it’s working

@kittybroker How much for this very domestic cat?

Modern style washing machine only $38.22!

You know, the Elon Husk recklessly cutting so many jobs from the federal government has really reminded me of just how much the government does.

A lot of people ask “what has the government ever done for me?” and it turns out that well until like two weeks ago when the Husk cut so many people from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau it was making companies that charged you random illegal charges refund you without you even noticing and suing companies that break the law

what's crazy about people discoursing the fall into Tartarus as Annabeth's fault, or that she dragged Percy in or whatever, is that it's literally the prime example (and I think best and only real good example) of both of their fatal flaws in action. The text is not subtle about this. Annabeth is too proud to notice her friends telling her "you are tied to the giant spider. Cut the tether on your ankle!" and gets pulled in. Meanwhile, Percy, one of the strongest demigods on the quest, would rather abandon the five other members of the quest + Nico, potentially dooming them and the world to die with her in Tartarus than live without her. He'd sacrifice the entire world for one person. He could have let her fall alone. Letting her fall alone would be the utilitarian thing to do. But he would never do that, because his personal loyalty to her means more to him than his loyalty to the rest of the world.

That's why they both fall.

Actually, post canceled. I just reread the scene myself, and now I don't even agree with my own post that it's the result of her pride. She's not proud in that moment. She's in intense physical pain and sobbing. Her friends are telling her how impressive she is, and she just wants a fucking hug. And when she gets pulled in, she's willing to go alone if it means Percy survives.

It's a moment where we see Percy's fatal flaw in action for sure. But not hers.

"Bleed the Sky"

The sky bursts open,

not gently,

not softly,

but like a body breaking,

like something holding on for too long

finally letting go.

The first drop hits—

hot asphalt hisses,

dust rises like ghosts startled awake,

and the earth opens her mouth

like she’s starving.

There’s no beauty here.

No poetry.

Just the raw writhing of water finding cracks,

finding hunger,

finding every place that aches or crumbles or waits.

The rain doesn’t ask permission.

It doesn’t care where it falls—

forest, rooftop, desert, skin.

It pounds against leaves as if to punish them

for turning their faces away,

fills the throats of rivers

until they choke on their own rushing,

slides down windowpanes like tears

too heavy to hold back.

And it keeps going.

There is no tenderness in this.

This is not about grace.

This is about gravity and surrender,

the weight of billions of tiny impacts

stripping the world bare.

And something in you loosens—

against your will,

unraveling in the rhythm,

in the relentless pounding that reminds you of your own breaking,

of the times you couldn’t stop falling.

You stand there,

letting it hit you,

letting it drench everything you thought was safe.

Maybe this is what healing feels like:

not silent, not soft,

not clean.

But messy.

Wet hands in the dirt,

skin soaked,

blurry vision as everything spills.

The rain knows.

It always knows.

It comes to destroy,

and in the destruction

it leaves something you didn’t know you were—

raw, gasping,

and growing.

I wasn’t crazy about this piece so I wasn’t intending on publicly posting it again, but it keeps getting stolen every five minutes so I figured I’d put it here so people at least know who to attribute the original thing to lmao

[Digital illustration, Procreate App, 2020]

ITS NOT A PHOTO????????

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Kunizai!!

Whoever invented getting out of bed can go to hell

— R.H. Sin

Slime mold was grown on an agar gel plate shaped like America and food sources were placed where America’s large cities are. 

The result? A possible look at how to best build public transportation. 

I just really like the idea of slime mold on a map of the US. It’s beautiful.

I’m—

holy shit

I have a raging science ladyboner right now.

I’d love if we could do it on a state-by-state basis.

That same slime mold once affirmed that the Tokyo subway is pretty well-designed.  

Using slime molds as a calculator.

Using slime molds as a calculator.

Using slime molds as a calculator.

Natural computation: it’s a thing, and it’s awesome. What is the universe but a really, really complicated computer?

I love this.

Slime recommended national transit map

i always click the "track package" button as soon as i get the email. "oh boy i wonder where my package is!" warehouse.

its just embarrassing when you make a fandom related post and it doesnt get any notes like okay. so no one want to play tuoys with me. no one wants to play with our little guys together. okay thats fine. yeah its cool... puts my hands in my jacket pockets. kicks a beer can that was on the side of the road a little

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