i think for everyone's general safety we should start using this specific image like a forum signature at the end of every single post we make for the next little while

the only acceptable reason

does anyone have the screenshot of the comment on the youtube video of molten iron slag being poured where it's a guy describing his experience witnessing the same thing written in the most beautiful prose imaginable

@f2tal @barabones with your key addition of 'seagulls,' i was able to find it!

Op you may enjoy this description of molten iron from Gary, Indiana, and the Long Shadow of US Steel by Paige Williams for the New Yorker

deer eating together

@elodieunderglass leucism channel?

Yes PLEASE

showering:

pros: you get to feel clean. you get non greasy hair, non oily feeling skin, it just in general makes you feel better, more energised, refreshed.

cons: there are so many steps. oh my god are there so many steps. before getting into the shower there are steps. during the shower there are steps. and once youve gotten out of the shower? guess what!!! more fucking steps!!!!!!!! UGHHHH

The spouse is getting curious about tumblr

Obi-Wan is like I got the kids in the divorce. They aren't even my kids. Or my divorce

At least we have jacking off

Noooooo fuck god noo

Fucking wild to be teaching about Rosa Parks at the same time as a trans woman in Florida does an act of civil disobedience to use a women's restroom in the state capitol

As far as I know, she is the first woman arrested bc of this law. The law requires that the trans person be warned to leave the bathroom by a state official, and then if they stay they are guilty of trespassing after a warning.

So like, me, my gf, others just piss and nobody asks or tells, but this young woman sent a statement about the law to over 100 FL lawmakers so they would know she was coming, the cops were ready for her, she brought a reporter and went in anyway and spent the night in a men's jail. She is out on bail, and is hoping this will inspire change of the law. But if found guilty, and the law is upheld as constitutional, then she could spend up to 60 days in a mens county jail.

I think it's important to know that this woman is a devout Catholic and is performing this act of civil disobedience as a profound act of faith (which I deeply respect, as someone whose Judaism vibes on the same wavelength). She brought a rosary with her and was planning on praying the rosary in the restroom after washing her hands if she was able to do so.

I also think it's important to know that she said in her letter that she knows that if she's sent to a men's prison that it is very likely that she will be raped.

fixing Messmer's helmet bc he's not wearing it properly 😤 prints ✦ patreon  

found the initial sketch

You just had to be there I guess.

you have to transition. even if youre in your 40s 50s 60s. its your duty to make this world a better place

would you think about how youve never had a delicious chocolate cake. and how its probably too late to eat a delicious cake at this point.no. its ridiculous. you would never think that. transition. now

This woman was 90. Still worth it

I wish rheumatologists would TELL YOU why they’re asking questions and doing certain tests. there’s one test - having me bend over to touch my toes - that she had me do during each appointment. and because I’m hyper flexible, I can bend in half and place my palms flat on the ground. but WHAT I’VE JUST LEARNED is that one of the diagnostic criteria for psoriatic arthritis is loss of flexibility.

now, during a flare up, I can’t bend my back at all. if I drop something, retrieving it becomes a serious problem. I have to carefully bend my legs while keeping my spine straight, it looks ridiculous. but when I’m not in a flare up, I’m able to move more or less normally.

if I went to an appointment during a flare up, she’d be able to write down “flexibility severely impaired”, but because I didn’t, and because she didn’t TELL ME why touching my toes mattered, my diagnosis was delayed. which meant delayed medication, which meant further deterioration of my bones and joints. and probably there’s a million other examples of bad communication that I’m not even aware of yet.

I did genuinely have a doctor tell me that I was experiencing hysteria, and that’s why my chest hurt. and then I got some further tests done, and it turned out I had no blood in my body and the pain was my overworked heart working twice as hard to pump watery nothingness through my veins. I got a transfusion, and voila, no more chest ache.

and then later I got told that my side pain was period cramps, only to find out my spleen was enlarged and in danger of rupturing due to mono.

I didn’t start off with all this bitterness toward the medical system! this has been gradually acquired!

my soft and comfortable mama