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CHEERS TO GUY WALTON FOR “OUTING” THE FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES

From the article:  

Walton has devised his own criteria for named heatwaves in the US, based on duration and extremity, on a one to five scale similar to hurricanes. Heatwave Chevron is classed as a four and is “historic”, Walton said. The meteorologist said he has a list of 20 oil and gas companies – including Exxon and Shell – for upcoming heatwaves and will turn to coal companies if he runs out of names.

OUTSTANDING MOVE

Y'all know what to do. Use Walton's naming system. Make it catch on.

I've recently delved into the Witcher book series for the first time, and while I absolutely adore Jaskier and Geralt in the television adaptation, I must admit that their friendship reaches unparalleled heights in the books.

It's as if they both have this endearing perspective of each other, constantly thinking, "Behold this feral gremlin man I stumbled upon in the dumpster; I love him."

The genuine adoration between Dandelion and Geralt is an absolute delight to experience while reading. Their dynamic is filled with infectious joy and camaraderie, making it an incredibly enjoyable aspect of the story.

Okay so why is no one talking about the fact that Joey Batey has mentioned in several interviews that he is writing a novel ? I mean … THE Joey batey who wrote The good man’s grace and the old witches sleep ? THE Joey batey who wrote Inkpot gods and all those other amazing lyrical masterpieces is writing a novel ? And I haven’t seen a single comment about this.

I am literally so excited for this.

I’ve seen some people respond to governments restricting trans affirming care for autistic people with statements like “autistic people have higher IQs” and “I’m autistic and I have a biology degree” and I’d just like to say that autistic trans people with low IQs and no degrees also deserve to medically transition should they choose to do so.

[Image ID: a black and white typography edit that reads "the homosexual and the transsexual must always seek to liberate the other for they fight the same fight." in black boxes. in the center of the image is a cat affectionately rubbing it's face against a large fluffy dog that is laying down. the entire image is textured to look aged and photocopied. /End ID]

click for quality (instagram) (as a sticker) (prints)

Saw Dungeons and Dragons: honor among thieves recently (okay it was like a month ago now), and I thought I’d vented to this hellsite before but I don’t think I did so here:

I was expecting more. I’m not talking characters or plot (which could use work, ngl), I’m talking the execution of DnD.

I’m no seasoned player of DnD but I’ve been around the block a bit, so going into it, I was expecting these great scenes of “—no, you can’t do that bc jdjdjdhdh” and the setting melts to the characters in modern clothes or bad cosplay in the real world around a table with minis and a bought board added to with DIY cardboard additions, and someone has a perfectly matching set of dice they use and someone else has just literally everything. Someone uses their face to roll at some point, and someone else gets up and acts something out. And there’s a small discussion IRL then it melts back into the fantasy and reabsorbs the viewer.

It woulda been so damn fun, and would have made the movie better for me, personally. Besides it’s something I’d have expected people to expect with any level of knowledge of DnD or such like games; like a hallmark of the genre I’d say.

I can’t ignore it anymore, it’s fucking weird to take two characters who are canonically similar or equal heights and feminize—for lack of a better word—the one you think is the bottom (usually also whilst exaggerating the “top’s” height/size). Cut that heteronormative shit out. Leave it with the straights, it shouldn’t be with the queers.

Now before some “big brain” hurts itself, if that’s how the ship already is in cannon or how your OCs just are, fine, great, good for them.

What’s weird is taking it from cannon and straight-ifying it, is what I’m saying.

The way I see it, heteronormativity hasn’t really got a place (or as least a significant space) in queerness. Diverge from it, my loves.

I’m looking at you yaoi/danmei fans, mainly. Also, and I can’t believe I’m uttering this, I’m looking at you omegaverse. Do better.

(Once again. I say it because it’s RAMPANT, not that I’m damning any single person or small group that happens to crisp their egg rolls with it. Please understand that. I’m calling out the larger aspect of fandoms because it’s so commonplace.)

Fandom needs more subversion of expectations, anyway. That shit is COOL, y’all!

hate to say it but the key to having things solved by big company customer service is you just gotta stretch the truth with them. or straight up lie. actually. was on the phone for 3 hours because they sent something to the wrong address and spoke to 10 different departments trying to figure out if anyone could go fucking get it and they're like "uhhh but can you go get it" bitch I'm 8 hours away by car, I don't live in the house where you sent it.

took a moment to think, called back and was just like. Hi. My package was stolen off the porch!!! Saw the cunt steal it myself!! Anyway can you please send new things to this other address for free since that's your policy for stolen goods thank you~☆ ! and it was immediately solved.

actually my tags are too good not to include

follow me for more customer service tips and tricks

THIS is how it's done!!!

when we were teenagers, my best friend once asked a telemarketer whether the magazine they were selling was available in braille. i’ve never been more proud of her 

[image id: a twitter post by the user @housetoastonish saying “comics kids, please also bear in mind that when Nazis turned up at the Marvel offices talking a big game about how they wanted to see the guys that made Captain America comics, Jack Kirby went straight down into the street with the intention of beating the living hell out of them.” In response to a tweet by the user @_fetusfilets_ that says “hey edm kids: punk at one point had a nazi problem, wanna know how they cleared a lot of them out? They put the nazi’s physical safety in jeopardy every time they came to shows. And it worked”. End id]

youd think horses were one of those animals that has horrible health due to humans breeding unhealthy animals to achieve a certain look but no they really are just naturally that fucked up

horses’ lungs bleed when they run at a certain speed

if their diet is too rich / low in selenium their hooves fall off

excuse me

The reason they have such poor health outcomes after breaking or otherwise injuring their legs is because their legs are actually hyper-specialized fingers; and as in human fingers, there is very little muscle supporting the bone, just a lot of cartilage and tendons and whatnot. You’d think an animal that literally evolved to run away to avoid being eaten would have ALSO evolved sturdier running appendages, but…

I fucking hate this post, it’s 1 AM I don’t want to know that horse legs are giant fucking fingers

holy shit

the homologues of the (human) knee and elbow on a horse are at the level of the ribcage. the “knees” in the middle of the legs are homologous to wrists on the front and heels on the back. anything below that is hand/foot.

I understood most of that but the diagram for me is what makes me never want to look at a horse again

arabian horses have been bred so badly that they have breathing problems because of the shape of their face

This is how horses are built compared to a human

I wish Tumblr would stop telling me things about horses

@ithaspockets as per our conversation today!!!!

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everyone calling reddit social media is wrong

it's a forum and message board platform not social media at least not in the same vain as other social media sites it doesn't work like twitter or instagram or tiktok

and I think this is why everyone on tumblr is more accepting of their refugees and not twitters (besides the twitter refugees bringing old discourse back)

because tumblr is also not what social media is thought of nowadays it's a blogging platform. both tumblr and reddit are similar in that they both reflect the internet of old, when forums and blogs and personal websites were more popular, a time when you didn't post about every little thing in your life, when you could be anonymous

and no matter how hard the ceos or the staff of either websites may try they can never fully transform into the next twitter or whatever without fundamentally changing what these websites are. which would be a death sentence

people aren't coming to these websites for social media, they're coming for the community, for the uniqueness, for the long discussions they can have without a character limit, for information, for anonymity. to browse the internet without feeling pressured into posting perfectly fake photos and stories about your life in a desperate attempt for likes and attention