Something that I think should be an important part of solarpunk aesthetics is screws.
Look at your smartphone. No screws. You've got to have specialized tools to get inside your phone to repair something. There are certain pieces of tech that are glued in place and glue can't be undone without permanently breaking the bond.
But screws!
You can take apart a broken old radio, repair what's broken, and, if you were careful in taking it apart, you can put it back together and have a fully functioning radio and all you need is a common screwdriver!
It's hard to build screws and other mechanical fasteners because it requires more planning than clamps and glues, but isn't that what solarpunk is all about‽ It's about care and sustainability and and a radio or a computer built carefully with repair in mind is a sustainable computer that stays out of landfills and in use.
Screws are proof that God loves us and wants us to fix shit
we literally need more and better feminism
we need ugly gross disgusting feminism again without conforming to aesthetics and advertisement companies i want pit hair i want leg hair i want weird haircuts i want to get rid of diet culture and ads for pink razors and make-up i want women to reject biological determinism and push away from the overwhelming tradwife narratives that social media feeds everyone ('natural hormone cycles' and 'divine feminine' and all of that shit) etc. i want more women working i want heterosexual relationships to get more balanced i also want it to be a norm for heterosexual couples to assess role assignments in the relationships and think critically about why they want children i want having children not to be something people just do because it is expected of them. I want a dyke for president. Etcetera
and obviously any and all terfism falls under the biological determinism shit and does not belong in feminism
conducting a new experiment called maintaining a normal conversation. i'll let you know how it goes
brought up the eel sex discovery again :/
speaking of: did you guys know that the mystery of eel breeding has finally been discovered??
the reproduction of eels has been a mystery since ancient fucking greece and they JUST discovered how they do it. scientists followed european eels that migrated thousands of kilometers from freshwater streams and rivers to the Sargasso sea (which is by north america) where the females released millions of eggs into the water and the males fertalized them and then the eels just died. because appearantly thats the end of their lifespan.
its insane. its bonkers. ALL european and american eels reproduce IN THE SAME PLACE. european eels swim across the north atlantic ocean just to reproduce. these eels live for about 20 years and go through multiple complex life stages but they begin and end their lives in the same place, despite how far they travel. and god dont get me started on other species of eels-
being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years
what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past ‘dresses are for women and pants are for men.’ i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we’ve made
I was on a ferris wheel today and this is what the seats looked like
Clearly the designers/builders/whatever understand color theory
The new ferris wheel for our local children's hospital lifts the hearts of our patients, the seat design especially gives strong vibes of compassion and strength!
Dolls of the World - The Princess Collection Featuring South Africa, Denmark, Portugal, & Ireland
Barbie® Collectibles by Mail - Summer 2003
Source: magazinescans
Art by u/reachling
Get his ass
If someone cut down whole fucking trees on a property I owned without my permission this would instead be a post about the graphic details of my murder trial (worth it)
people who have not worked in the service industry in years (if at all, ever) will be like “you have to work SATURDAYS? 😰” yeah man things you guys go to are open those days. So there i must fucking be
frenums
just must say that this makes me very happy like… yes b*tch make that cheese i love u and dedicate this comc to u
world heritage post
Incredibly cool Finnish law. Wish this was more common.
Rich folk in places that do this (like Finland) tend to complain about being unfairly targeted.
I mean, if I saw a beater and a brand new Ferrari both going ten over, I would know the Ferrari driver could afford a fine, even an income based one, better than the driver od the other car.
So yeah I get it. But a new sports car and be targeted by the cops.
Thing is that happens anyway, and I know it does because I've seen it first hand and have had the cops doing it explain it like I didn't just see what happened.
Also I don't care, and we should slap rich people with fines until they are no longer rich.
Reddit Refugee here!
I always posted my cat on r/Cats
I will bless you with my boy
In exchange I give you my cat Nyahko
#love all the cats
here are some comfy girls to welcome you
they are having a Nice Time and i hope you are too
Scuzzbopper and Jagaimo would like to say hi as well!
Dread Kitty Solas welcomes all cat lovers.
this is Annie, she was disappointed to find that the box contains no cheese but she welcomes all.
Ember and Smokey, who are good kitties…most of the time.
This is Rukio! I pushed her on the second one... i wanted to poke the pooch. It's her look of betrayal
you know some shit is going down when 3 of the trending tags on tumblr have the destiel breaking news meme as the top post
Zelda theorist: “There’s a lot of unanswered questions in Tears of the Kingdom!”
Me: “you’re right! Let’s hear what you’ve got!”
Zelda theorist: “Where did all the Sheika tech go between games???”
Me: “uh… they dismantled them? That tech was used over the course of 100 years to murder and destroy innocent lives. Nobody wants to see that happen again. Also Purah repurposed it all? Did you not see the guardian arms that come out of the ground at every Lookout Tower?”
Zelda Theorist: “How did we never see the sky islands before now?”
Me: “well, there’s two thoughts on that. First maybe the time travel works like in Back to the Future where events only begin to shift and change after the initial time travel event happens. The other more simplistic explanation if you prefer a closed loop time travel theory is that they were hidden by a cloud barrier ala Skyward Sword. This is backed up by the Light Dragon breaking through the barrier at the beginning of the game and by the Temple of Time side quest.”
Zelda Theorist: “how come no one remembers Link?”
Me: “plenty of people remember Link. Especially around the Castle Town area. The further out and into remote areas people’s recognition gets foggy.”
Zelda theorist: “Nintendo clearly doesn’t care about the canon of the games!”
Me: “wait what? Seriously? ….you guys are kinda bad at this whole theorizing aspect, aren’t you???”
[ID: Tweet via Lydia Kiesling: Housed people have the privilege of having their worst moments in private; unhoused people don't. This gives some people the profoundly mistaken impression that the person they see acting belligerent on the street is and will be that person every single moment of their life. /end ID]
